Description

Duration: 00:36:36

Guest: Rodrigo Rodriguez-Tovar  (NBCT), Cook Elementary School, Austin Independent School District

Website: Austin ISD Professional Learning

Social Media: @AustinISDPL

In this episode, Lessons from the Field engages staff members from the Austin Independent School District about teaching and learning in our community. Discussions focus on distance learning and how it impacts teachers and students.

In this episode, Mark Gurgel and Matthew Castilleja interview Rodrigo Rodríguez-Tovar, who works as an Elementary Dual Language Instructional Coach at Cook Elementary in Austin ISD. He is a National Board Certified Teacher and a big advocate for Great Public Schools in which he loves making an impact on student learning.

During this episode, we discuss:

• Working with students and families [2:59]
• Supporting teachers as an instructional coach [4:30]
• Utilizing SeeSaw [6:32]
• Meeting the needs of students and families [9:55]
• Opportunities during distance learning [16:50]
• Supporting dual language [22:40]
• Using technology [29:12]

Resources mentioned in this episode include:

• Seesaw
• Zoom
• Loom
• Class Dojo