The Role of the Coach

• Support teachers in the use of educational technologies as part of instructional practices and strategies
• Build staff technological capacity through support
• Co-plan, co-teach and co-moderate
• Offer advice and be a resource for teachers who wish to innovate and integrate technology in their pedagogical practices

Availability:

• 1:1 during prep, lunch, before/after school
• With a team or your grade partner
• Have me come to your class
• Facilitate a PD session

Popular topics of discussion:

• Introduction to Chromebooks and how they differ from Windows Laptops
• Setting up a Google Classroom
• Help navigating Google Classroom
• Tips for using Google Drive to store and organize your files
• Help setting up D2L Brightspace Portfolio
• Making videos using WeVideo
• Making websites using Google Sites
• Presentations and beyond with Google Slides
• Showing students how to use Google Drawings for labeled diagrams and infographics
• “I used to use ______, but it doesn’t work on Chromebooks. What can I use instead?”
• “How can I use the Chromebooks to make my assignments more collaborative?”
• Incorporating coding/robotics into the curriculum
• STEM

This is by no means a complete list of the support I can offer you, but rather a few examples to give you an idea.

Please feel free to book me for whatever technology-related support you might need and I will try my best to help you out.

Before you book your Coach, consider...

• What is your goal or purpose?
• What do you want to learn, and how will that learning impact your students?
• How will you know if your session has been a success?
• How will the assistance of your Coach help the curriculum come to life for your students?
• What will your plan be if there are 'glitches'?