A reality check on what is really happening in your classroom
Every teacher wants to teach.
But some weeks, it can feel as though the work is dominated by redirection, repeated instructions, noise management and behaviour containment, while actual learning slips into the background.
This quiz is not about judgement.
It is about clarity.
Think about a typical week and choose the option that feels most accurate:
A= alwaysB= oftenC= sometimesD= rarely
1. How often do you feel like you are repeating instructions?
2. How much of your lesson is spent redirecting behaviour?
3. When students go off-task, what happens?
4. How often are students actively thinking and discussing?
5. What does your classroom feel like most of the time?
6. How much cognitive challenge happens in your lessons?
7. How do students respond to instructions?
8. How often do you feel drained by behaviour?
9. Who does most of the thinking in your lessons?
10. At the end of a lesson, you feel:
Please answer all 10 questions before viewing your result.