Did I...

• Determine learners’ relevant experiences, needs, strengths, and interests?
• Identify learning goals for the group (or identify learning goals with the group)?
• Plan activities for the learners to prepare them for the discussion?
• Read and reflect on the topics planned for the session?
• Find or create appropriate resources?
• Attend any relevant lectures or other sessions that the learners attended prior to the discussion (if appropriate)?
• Identify and work on the understanding and skills I have for leading the session?
• Develop a well-structured (yet flexible) plan for the session?

Did I...

• Create an inclusive environment in which learners feel they can take risks?
• Do an initial assessment of the learners’ levels of readiness?
• Initiate the discussion with an engaging, relevant topic or challenge?
• Use mainly open-ended questions or comments?
• Encourage active listening?
• Foster dialogue amongst the learners and help them to consider multiple points of view?
• Probe the learners’ understandings and foster higher-level thinking and discussion?
• Help the learners digest what they are hearing?
• Monitor and facilitate the flow of the session?
• As needed, help the group reach a satisfactory closure?
• Encourage learners to participate?
  • Allow sufficient “wait-time” when learners or I ask questions?
  • Listen actively and non-judgmentally, and encourage learners to do likewise?
  • Use strategies for involving all the learners, including the quiet ones?
  • Keep the discussion from being dominated by a subset of learners?
  • Build what learners say into the discussion?
  • Make clear that my statements are open to further discussion?
• Help learners communicate clearly?
  • Model being patient and encourage learners to do likewise?
  • Ask for clarification and encourage learners to do likewise?
  • Help learners reframe their ideas and comments, when needed?
  • Help learners focus or expand their ideas, as needed?