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In this episode of “Ask the Tech Coach),” Jeff and Susan discuss how taking care of yourself as a Tech Coach via your own professional learning is just as important as serving the teachers. To have energy and knowledge to meet the needs of the teachers, you must fill up your own cup with needed professional learning for you!
In this episode, we discuss:
Reflections from Last Week:
In last week’s episode we talked all about using video streaming and interactive video for both tech coaches and classroom teachers.
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What Does Professional Development Look Like For Tech Coaches?
In tonight’s episode, we talked about the online course for Tech Coaches that Jeff and Susan are putting together that will provide assistance and guidance for new tech coaches and support for existing coaches. The course contains 5 modules all about surviving your first year as a tech coach.
Module 1 - What is a Tech Coach?
What inspires you as a tech coach and how do you use that to inspire others?
Module 2 - What Does A Tech Coach Do?
Responsibilities -What does my day look like?
Important Topics
Finding your coaching style
What happens when the teachers don’t get it?
Module 3 - Success Is Personal
Collaborations
Building capacity among teachers
Creating Relationships
Building your brand
Module 4 - Navigating Your First Month
Module 5 - Building Foundations for Success
Collaborative PLNs
Twitter Chats
Social Media Community Groups
Other ways? How can we help you? What questions do you have about your own Professional Development? Contact us personally or via the Teachercast website, by emailing [email protected]), or tweet us personally or with the #AskTheTechCoach hashtag.
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