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**Ask The Tech Coach**

Welcome to Ask the Tech Coach, your weekly Q&A for practical, in-the-classroom support. Hosted by Jeff Bradbury, this podcast tackles your biggest questions about educational technology, instructional coaching strategies, and digital learning tools. Each episode provides clear, actionable tips to help you support your teachers and make an immediate impact. Whether you’re a new coach looking for guidance or a veteran teacher trying to solve a tech problem, this is your essential audio toolkit. Subscribe for your weekly dose of practical solutions and coaching confidence.

Latest Episodes:

Crucial Organizational Systems that All Instructional Coaching Departments Need Apr 29, 2024

Show notes

Welcome to "Ask the Tech Coach," a podcast for Instructional Coaches and Digital Learning Leaders. In this episode of “Ask the Tech Coach,” Jeff welcomes Instructional Coach Jessica Winston on the podcast to discuss the importance of building district-wide organizational systems to support Instructional Coaching programs. 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.

Question of the Week

What types of organizational systems should Instructional Coaches have in place to be successful throughout the school year?

Weekly Topic

What types of systems do you need to run a successful instructional coaching program?
How do you build those systems?
What tools are used to build Instructional Coaching systems?
Microsoft vs Google
Setting up Microsoft Teams
Organizing through Microsoft OneDrive
Utilizing Microsoft Bookings as an Instructional Coach
Using Notion as an Instructional Coach
Instructional Coaching Automation Tools
How to build Organizational Systems for Coaches

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The Teach Better Podcast Network

The Teach Better Podcast Network is dedicated to supporting the entire school ecosystem through in-depth conversations around topics you care about. Covering a variety of areas in education, each podcast aims to support educators in the field toward creating and maintaining a progressive, student-focused classroom. Check out the recent episodes, subscribe, and learn more about the variety of shows!

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Notion4Teachers: Learn how to Create a Complete Digital Organizational System Today! Apr 22, 2024

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Welcome to "Ask the Tech Coach," a podcast for Instructional Coaches and Digital Learning Leaders. In this episode of “Ask the Tech Coach,” Jeff welcomes educator and creator of Notion4Teachers.com, Milo Leask on the podcast to discuss how Notion can be used to keep you organized. 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.

Weekly Topic

What is Notion?
How can teachers use Notion?
How can school districts use Notion?
How are you seeing Notion being used … perhaps in a way you never thought about?
How easy is it to start using Notion?
Pay vs Free models
Notion AI
Craziest Notion Projects and Dashboards
Creating and Sharing Notion Templates

About our Guest: Milo Leask

My name is Milo and I manage the top private English academy in Korea as the Content Coordinator for 22 teachers across 12 different campuses. Also, I create Notion templates for teachers to simplify administrative tasks and enhance their teaching experience.

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Helping Your Teachers Learn how to SMILE – with Laurie Guyon Apr 08, 2024

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Welcome to "Ask the Tech Coach," a podcast for Instructional Coaches and Digital Learning Leaders. In this episode of “Ask the Tech Coach,” Jeff welcomes Instructional Coach, Podcaster, Speaker, and Author Laurie Guyon on the podcast to discuss the use of AI in the Classroom, the importance of building positive relationships with others in the profession, and her new book SMILE Learning. 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.

Weekly Topic

We can go through the SMILE acronym
How can coaches support coaches as coaching positions are downsizing?
Favorite Artificial Intelligence Tools for Teachers
We can talk about how these are impacting our classrooms and how we can leverage these skills for student achievement

SMILE Learning

Amazon Link: https://amzn.to/4aqXomn

About our Guest: Laurie Guyon

Laurie Guyon is the Lead Coordinator for Instructional Technology Programs at WSWHE BOCES in Saratoga Springs, New York. She is the Capital Region Director and a trainer for The New York State Association for Computers and Technologies in Education (NYSCATE). Laurie is also an adjunct professor for SUNY Plattsburgh, where she teaches Digital Age Learning in the CAS SBL program. She is the author of SMILE Learning: Leveraging the Power of Educational Technology. Laurie also co-hosts a Podcast called SMILE Factor. Laurie was named the 2023 Leader in Digital Education Award by the School Administrators Association of New York State (SAANYS) and one of the 20 To Watch recipients with ISTE (International Society of Technology in Education). Laurie won the ‘Best Overall Implementation of Technology’ award from Tech and Learning and the Global Impactor Award from the Digital Citizenship Institute.

Links of Interest

Website: http://smilelearningedu.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SMILELearning
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/guyonsmile/

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Strategies for Building Teacher and Administrator Relationships Apr 01, 2024

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Welcome to "Ask the Tech Coach," a podcast for Instructional Coaches and Digital Learning Leaders. In this episode of “Ask the Tech Coach,” Jeff welcomes Dr. Shannon McPherson on the podcast to discuss the importance of building relationships with both teachaers and administrators and gives advice for ending the school year off in a way that helps you set yourself up for success in the upcoming school year. 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.

Book of the Week

My Teachable Moments: Stories of a High School Science Teacher

Weekly Topic

Building Relationships with Students, Teachers, and Administrators
Tips for being successful in building relationships
How can Coaches be put in a position of strength during PD days?
Building Relationships with high level administrators
How to organize your thoughts and conversations that help you build relationships
Strategies for having positive formal or casual meetings with others
- Keep an agenda
- Ask for the time … try not to “pop in” for a meeting
- Follow up after the meeting
- Set a date/time to discuss and follow up
How to write a professional follow up letter
Strategies for building relationships with students in the classes you are working with

About our Guest: Dr. Shannon W. McPherson

Dr. Shannon W. McPherson is a highly trained and experienced high school science teacher. She has had twenty-six years of teaching in a wide variety of sciences, including chemistry, advanced placement environmental science, anatomy and physiology, biology, medical microbiology, and pathophysiology. She has also been an adjunct faculty member at a local community college, teaching anatomy and physiology to pre-nursing students. She has taught thousands of students at various levels, which attests to her passion, drive, trustworthiness, and love for her students. Before teaching, Dr. McPherson was a chiropractor with a growing practice after graduating as salutatorian of her class. While growing her practice, she spent her spare time volunteering at her son’s school. During this time, she realized she had missed her calling due to the joy she felt every day as an educator. She pursued and achieved alternative certification to teach science, a field severely lacking teachers. She hasn't looked back since. A mother of three grown children and a whole pack of grand dogs, she is married and lives outside Houston, Texas. She loves plants, animals, books, writing, and, of course, teaching Follow her on her website and blog as she faces a potential transition in her career and continues to share her experiences through the written word.

Links of Interest

Website: http://www.docmcpherson.com/
Instagram: @docmcpherson

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Helping Teachers Navigate the Artificial Intelligence Classroom Mar 25, 2024

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Welcome to "Ask the Tech Coach," a podcast for Instructional Coaches and Digital Learning Leaders. In this episode of “Ask the Tech Coach,” Jeff welcomes Danielle Abernethy onto the podcast 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.

Weekly Topic

Helping students and teachers understand Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) and use it responsibly
How do you test AI so that you can demo it during a live classroom session?
Mixing AI with Digital Citizenship
Supporting Administration while they are making difficult AI decisions
Should School Districts create an Artificial Intelligence official policy?
Creating “active learning” environments for our K12 classrooms.

About our Guest: Danielle Abernethy

I have been in the educational field for 30 years, working with elementary students and integrating technology. I am a partner specialist with Tech4Learning for Wixie. I hold a masters degree from Lesley University in Educational Technology. Currently I live in Florida and volunteer in classrooms in my spare time.Danielle's passion for educational technology began in 1997 when all she had access to was a computer in a closet of the media center with Internet. As a former technology coach, DEN STAR, DEN Leader and member of other educational organizations, she has learned the power of networking. Danielle collaborates with Heather on various classroom activities throughout the year. She has presented at FETC, SCEDTech, GAETC, Creative Constructor, IDEACon and ISTE for the last 20 years.

X: @dabernethy
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielleabernethy/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/danielle.abernethy
Instagram: @jmadmaFacebook Wixie Wizards: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1292856584236364
Wixie by Tech4Learning on X: https://twitter.com/Wixie_T4L
Wixie by Tech4Learning on Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/WixiebyTech4Learning

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Communication, Collaboration, and a Collective Vision: How to Transition from an Administrator to an Instructional Coach Successfully Mar 04, 2024

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Welcome to "Ask the Tech Coach," a podcast for Instructional Coaches and Digital Learning Leaders. In this episode of “Ask the Tech Coach,” Jeff welcomes Instructional Coach Jennifer Kaufman on to the podcast to discuss how she is using her former career as a district administrator in her current role as a Lead Coach for one of the largest school districts in the country. 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.

Weekly Topic

Transitioning from an Administrator role to a Coaching position
Transitioning between the classroom, administration, and coaching
Communicating with teachers and other coaches
Coaching Newsletters for large groups of teachers
Using different types of coaching models
Organizing your coaching notes and materials

About our Guest: Jennifer Kaufman

Jennifer is in her 20th year in education and is currently the Lead Coach at Corkery Elementary School in Chicago Public Schools. She began her career as a permanent substitute and has served as an instructional assistant, third grade teacher, principal, assistant principal, Title I Non-Public teacher, homeschool teacher, and instructional coach. She has served both suburban and urban communities and worked in public, non-public, parochial, and charter schools. Jennifer has been in coaching throughout the greater Chicago area since August 2020. She was selected as a 2018-19 Teach Plus Indiana Teaching Policy Fellow and co-authored the policy brief THE RATE OF RETENTION:A PROPOSAL FOR AN INDIANA REPORTOF TEACHER SUPPLY AND DEMAND. During her tenure with the Archdiocese of Indianapolis, Jennifer completed the Indiana Catholic Principals Institute and served as a board member of the Eastside Catholic Schools Partnership and a Deanery representative for the Archdiocesan Principals’ Association. Jennifer was named the 2011 Fishers Elementary School Teacher of the Year. She graduated from the University of Evansville with a BS in Elementary Education, received her MS in Educational Leadership through the Urban Principal Program at Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis, and obtained a Learning Behavior Specialist I Endorsement from Olivet Nazarene University. Jennifer lives in Chicago with her husband, Josh, and her two dogs, David Rose and Stevie Budd. When she grows up, Jennifer still wants to be a teacher. Links of Interest

Ms. K's Instructional Coaching Corner

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Can Google Sites and Google Classroom Collaborate Effectively? Feb 12, 2024

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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 Kyle Horst from Kirksville Web Design on the podcast to discuss how Instructional Coaches can leverage the power of Google Sites with their teachers. Learn how you can create a dynamic website that collaborates WITH Google Classroom to create a seamless digital learning environment today! 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.

Question of the Week

How can Google Sites and Instructional Coaching Websites be leveraged to support both Teachers AND Students in the classroom?

Weekly Topic

What is Kirksville Web Design?
Google Sites vs Microsoft SharePoint
How to start your School District Intranet project
- Start with a single Google Drive folder
- How to check that your file permissions are correctly set up
Why should Teachers and Coaches be taking advantage of Google Sites?
What are the features of Google Sites that we should be using when we create websites?
What are the hidden features of Google Sites that people may not know about?
How have you seen Google Sites be used in Education?
Myths about Google Sites
- Not SEO Friendly
- They look “basic”
- No Blog
Wishlist for future Google Sites updates
- Page Level Permissions
- Blogging Support Features
- Google Spaces / Chat Integration
- Text Boxes and Insert Tables
- Template Marketplace
- Google Sites API Access
- Code Injection of HTML / Javascript into Header
- Supported Image Formats (SVG Support)
- Gadgets / Widgets / Plugins Marketplace
- More Navigational Features

About our Guest Kyle Horst

Kyle is a St. Louis, Missouri native who started KWD soon after graduating. Kyle is the lead designer of all websites and intranets but is also a top contributor product expert on Google Sites. He is an advocate and influencer for Google Sites-related content with a wide social media presence among Google Workspace customers and partners. Kirksville Web Design was formed in 2010 in the small town of Kirksville, Missouri USA by Kyle Horst. Google Sites was released in 2008 by Google Inc. and this technology was immediately chosen as the platform for Kirksville Web Design to build sites upon due to its low cost, reliability and ease of use.

Links of Interest

Website
Youtube
LinkedIn
X

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Can Instructional Coaches Leverage Educational Podcasts To Support Their Curricular Goals? Feb 05, 2024

Show notes

Welcome to "Ask the Tech Coach," a podcast for Instructional Coaches and Digital Learning Leaders. In this episode of “Ask the Tech Coach,” Jeff welcomes John Mitchell, Nicholas Damiani and Stephanie Petro on the podcast to discuss how they are leveraging audio and video podcast to support their strategic communication vision as well as provide students with real world activities that will help them in their futures. 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.

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 you leverage educational podcasting in your school district to benefit both your students, teachers and the community?

Guests of the Podcast

Nicholas Damiani (Director of Technology, Peru Central School District)

I’ve spent all of my 17 years in education in the Peru Central School District and served a variety of rules. I was a 6th grade classroom teacher for 12 years before transitioning to a technology integration specialist. I am currently serving as the Director of technology. I oversee everything technology based from networking, cybersecurity to education technology.

Stephanie Petro (Technology Teacher, Peru Elementary School)

My 25 years of experience in education include serving as reading teacher for grades K-6, classroom teacher for kindergarten, first and third grade, and my current role as a special area computer technology teacher for grades 3-5.

John Mitchell (Technology Coordinator, Peru Elementary School)

Elementary Technology Integrationist for the past 8 years. Oversee many of the district’s creative media endeavors including video, photography and podcast production. I also serve as the Elementary Media Club advisor. Prior to working in education I worked for PBS, Fujitsu and operated my own photography studio.

Links of Interest

Instructional Technology Department Website

Weekly Topic

How to set up a Coaching Department in a School District Setting up a weekly schedule with teachers to support classroom instruction Bringing Audio and Video into the Classroom through Educational Podcasting

The Mysteries of Sparrow Crest
- Focuses on Sparrow Crest Academy – a fictional boarding school that is full of curious characters, creatures and adventure. Middle and High School students plot, write and perform episodes during the season.
- Mysteries of Sparrow Crest Podcast
Peru Tech Bytes
- Tech-centric podcast focused chiefly on classroom technology.
We Are Peru
- Monthly podcast designed to update our school community on ongoing district activities.
The Squadcast
- Podcast hosted by our Elementary Media Club
Peru Middle School Times Podcast
- Podcast hosted by our Middle School Student Council
The Petro Cast with Mrs.Petro
- Podcast highlighting student classroom projects.

Podcasting Recording Equipment

RodeCaster Pro 2 (4 Microphones)
PodMic’s

Podcasting Applications

WeVideo

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The Importance of Building Critical Relationships with Teachers and Administrators Jan 29, 2024

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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 Christina Cockrell and Yasha Chapman on the program to discuss the importance of building relationships with both teachers AND administrators, especially as the second half of the year kicks off. 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.

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: Why should Coaches reconnect with their administrators in-between the December holiday break and the February mid-winter break?

Weekly Topic

How can a coach assist teachers in reestablishing norms in the classroom after a long holiday break?
How can coaches establish their spring time relationship with their administrators?
Creating a safe coaching space when you are in a position of leadership.

About our Guests

Christina Cockrell

Christina is a school counselor and owner of Persist Education Services. She provides professional development to educators to strengthen systems of support for students through MTSS. She also works directly with families by providing parenting classes to increase family engagement and improve student outcomes.

Links of Interest

Yasha Chapman

Yasha Chapman, CEO/Lead Coach of Elementary Education Evolved, is an accomplished educator with a rich background in various educational roles. Holding degrees in Early Childhood Education and Curriculum Instruction, she's dedicated to both student success and supporting fellow educators. Yasha's influence is evidenced by her impactful professional development sessions and the impressive academic growth of students, with over 80% meeting or exceeding Math and Reading standards. Her targeted literacy-focused approach notably increased reading proficiency from 6% to 72% and enhanced teacher competency by 55%. Yasha's lifelong dedication showcases her unwavering belief in equitable education and empowering educators to ensure every child's success.

Links of Interest

http://www.elemedevolved.com/

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TeacherCast Podcast (http://www.teachercast.net/tcp)
Educational Podcasting Today (http://www.educationalpodcasting.today)
The Jeff Bradbury Show (http://www.BuildYourEDUBrand.com)

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How can Instructional Coaches harness the power of Artificial Intelligence? Jan 22, 2024

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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 Alysa Hardin and Rachael Meyer Maricle on the program to discuss how Instructional Coaches can capture the power of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to improve their coaching programs. 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.

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