Explicit Instruction Sprint - Step 3: Maintain progress and motivation

Once teachers have begun the module, your focus shifts to sustaining engagement and supporting deeper impact. Step 3 is about keeping a pulse on progress to ensure teachers feel supported.

By providing timely feedback loops, targeted support and meaningful recognition, you can maintain momentum and ensure professional learning translates into real, lasting change.

Share early wins

Use structured opportunities for peer sharing to normalise and celebrate the work teachers are doing.

Consider: Quick moments of sharing in staff or department meetings where teachers discuss their Teaching Tweak, or one of their “key takeaways” from a Spark ideas lesson.

Track progress 

Monitoring engagement doesn’t mean micromanaging. Instead, it’s about gaining visibility into how your team is progressing so you can offer timely encouragement and support.

Check-ins are a powerful way to keep professional learning active and reflective. These can be formal (surveys, coaching conversations) or informal (discussion prompts at a staff meeting). The goal is to surface insights, highlight challenges and create space for peer learning.

Sample discussion prompts:

• What strategy are you implementing with your class?
• What student impact have you noticed so far?
• What’s been your biggest takeaway, or your biggest hurdle?

Encouraging teachers to talk about their experiences helps shift Stile Academy from individual PD to a shared professional dialogue.

Offer coaching or targeted support

Some teachers may need more guidance or confidence to fully engage with Stile Academy. Consider offering optional coaching check-ins or pairing teachers up in buddy groups for mutual support.

Practical ways to offer support:

• Short 1:1 chats to clarify module content or refine a Teaching Tweak
• Pairing experienced teachers with newer ones for informal mentoring
• Create year-level sprint groups
• Using shared planning time to troubleshoot or co-plan implementation strategies

And of course, you can always reach out to Chloe, your Stile Learning Partner.

Celebrate and recognise growth

Recognition reinforces value and drives continued engagement:

• Public shout-outs in newsletters or staff meetings
• A “Wall of Practice” for showcasing classroom strategies

Plan the next cycle

After completing one full sprint, we expect you'll be back for more! Consider how you might approach another module.

• What worked well?
• What could we do differently?
• What impact did we see in student learning?

Over time, you might invite experienced staff to lead peer sessions on a topic they have explored or a Teaching Tweak they’ve implemented.