Supporting Innovation in the Classroom When Spread Thing Over Multiple School Buildings

Welcome to "Ask the Tech Coach," a podcast for Instructional Coaches and Technology Integration Specialists. In this episode of “Ask the Tech Coach,” Jeff welcomes Instructional Coach, Michelle Manning on the podcast to discuss the importance of supporting teachers through innovative practices in the classroom. If you would like to be a part of future podcasts and share your thoughts, please contact the podcast.  We would love to have you join the show. Join the TeacherCast Tech Coaches Network! Are you a Tech Coach or looking to become one this year? Are you searching for support in your position? The TeacherCast Tech Coaches Network, is a dynamic Professional Learning Network designed specifically for Tech Coaches and designed to provide weekly support for all Instructional Coaches. Click Here to Join! Question of the Week Our favorite part of recording a live podcast each week is participating in the great conversations that happen on our live chat, on social media, and in our comments section. This week’s question is: How can a Coach invite innovative practices into the classroom … when they are spread thin in multiple buildings? Weekly Topic Thoughts on a new school year How to be a successful Instructional Coach after a few years under your belt Setting Instructional Coaching goals for the upcoming school year Meeting with teachers More connections with Administrators and building Leadership teams Strategies for reinventing the coaching position at the beginning of a new school year Visit faculty meetings Tech Coaching Menu Surveys for checking in with teachers Do “edubribes” work in gaining trust and building relationships with teachers How to easily suggest that a teacher try something new Set the stage with simple conversations Offer to coteach a class or teach the subject yourself to model the topic Offer to help build or support their lesson planning Strategies for supporting teachers across multiple buildings through your calendar, video, and Google Forms Supporting additional coaches in a single school building … working together as a team Why gamify? Practice makes perfect? - No - Practice makes permanent self-checking immediate feedback blended learning flipped classroom extra practice test review practice again streamline/chunk to avoid visually overwhelming long worksheets modify / differentiate They can ‘play / practice’ again and again; once worksheet is done – it's done FUN!!   How to gamify? Google Slides “escape rooms”, riddle rooms, Jenga, board games (game of life) Once you have the template it’s easy to modify for different themes   How to modify games? change the number of choices change the number of questions add ‘hints’ on the TRY AGAIN page add images add audio add video fast finisher enrichment extra practice   Flipped / Putting the Students in Control of the...