TOUGH CONVERSATION PREP SHEET (Teacherfy) One page before any hard meeting: family conference, colleague repair, or an ask for support. Print it, fill it, practice it once out loud. 1) THE FACTS (dated, neutral, no adjectives) Fact 1 (date + what happened): ______________________________ Fact 2 (date + what happened): ______________________________ Fact 3 (date + what happened): ______________________________ 2) THE GOAL (one sentence) "By the end of this conversation, I want us to leave with ______." 3) TWO QUESTIONS I WILL ASK Q1: "What are you seeing on your side?" _____________________ Q2: "What would help most from my side?" ____________________ 4) MY CALM LINE (for the moment it heats up) "I hear that. Let's keep this on ___, because that's what helps ___." 5) THE CLOSE One next step, one owner, one date: _________________________ 6) IF I NEED SUPPORT INSTEAD (ask matched to the need) Routines/classroom question -> my mentor A student wellbeing concern -> the counselor Workload or scheduling -> my administrator My ask, in one sentence: ____________________________________ All Teacherfy scenarios are fictional. No student data belongs on this page: describe patterns, not names, and keep this sheet private to you.