Lesson Plan
Coach Within Guide
Students will learn to identify personal stress triggers and apply a structured inner dialogue (“Inner Coach”) to self-manage challenges through a guided framework, script practice, discussion, and reflection.
Developing an internal supportive coach helps students manage stress in real time, build resilience, and increases self-efficacy—key Self-Management skills in CASEL.
Audience
Time
Approach
Materials
Prep
Teacher Preparation
5 minutes
Step 1
Introduction & Goal Setting
3 minutes
Step 2
Present Inner Voice Framework
5 minutes
Step 3
Guided Self-Coaching Dialogue
7 minutes
Step 4
Inner Coach Circle Discussion
3 minutes
Step 5
Reflect in Coach’s Commentary Journal
2 minutes
Slide Deck
Inner Voice Framework
1. Trigger
2. Thought
3. Feeling
4. Response
Putting It All Together
Script
Discussion
Journal
