The supervising high school teacher disagreed with my method of teaching writing. We compromised, then dueled as to when in the writing process students should write an outline. I argued that an outline before a first draft chained the thinking process. An outline before or after the second draft would be more beneficial for students. I've learned to teach outlines.
Students write a general idea outline beforehand, then learn to make it more precise between drafts.
Or I teach students to write an outline after the final draft to check if they have fully presented their ideas. I teach outlines , but I also explain my pedagogical problem with outlines. People write differently, use different methods. Using an outline, or when to use an outline, or even not to use one - these are ultimately the individual writer s choice. I learned to require students to use outlines for a few papers so they would learn how an outline might help organize one's thoughts.