In this episode of “
Ask the Tech Coach,” Jeff welcomes Suzana Somers, a Tech Coach from Massachusetts on the podcast to discuss 3 important things that every tech coach should be doing just as July turns into August. If you have a summer routine, we would love to have you contact us on Twitter @AskTheTechCoach and share with us what you have been up to this summer and how you are preparing for the upcoming school year.
In this episode, we discuss:
- Reflections from Last Week
- Do You Have a Question For Us?
- www.TeacherCast.net/VoiceMail
- Twitter: @AskTheTechCoach
- Email: feedback@teachercast.net
- 3 Things You Should Be Doing Before The School Year Kicks OffGetting OrganizedUpdate WebsiteWhat can we add to the website based on questions that we often receive
- How to create links rather than fulfill a need of constantly emailing information
- Creating a resource bank based on school goals and initiatives
- Leveraging Social Media for easy curation
- Change the Year (Find & Replace)
- Set up your routinesReflect on your past routines
- Google Forms / Sheets
- Check your Docs and Drive Folders
- Update Version History
- PD PlanningGather PD from summer with actionable plans
- Sync up with stakeholders to align goals
- Go through toolkit of resources and reevaluate tools (new purposes/new features)
- Having Meaningful Conversation With Administrators “Tech Checks”What are their goals for the year?
- What did they feel went good/bad last year?
- How can you work together to support teachers?
- How do we communicate about teachers who are struggling without breaking the teacher/coach relationship?
- Sync up with all leaders in the school (team leaders as well)
- Updating PresentationsKeep updated on what is new with your favorite apps
- Make sure that your screenshots are accurate
- Add any new features that might have come out
- Rethink your Intros to reflect the latest and greatest
- Ell/sped look at the tool from different perspectives
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