How to observe the stages of explicit instruction ? The "Mirror of Steps of Explicit Instruction" (MSEI) grid, a research and training tool

This document presents a research and training tool developed as part of a research aimed at a) observing whether teachers who have followed training and coaching increasingly implement a pedagogical approach (explicit instruction) over the course of a school year and b) studying whether these teachers wishing to implement explicit instruction in their classrooms implement the advice given by the coach and/or the intentions to act formulated by themselves from one coaching session to the next. The tool presented in this text is not intended to train teachers to apply a teaching approach mechanically and uncritically. It has been designed for the purposes of research and formative evaluation of lessons taught by teachers wishing to implement explicit instruction in their classrooms. Its aim is also to enable teachers to reflect on their practices and to select relevant teaching practices to be implemented by adapting them to the situations encountered in their classrooms.