Click Here to learn more about the Mind Your Coaching Institute 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 Melanie Matthews on the program to discuss 10 tools that Instructional Coaches should always have in their back pockets. 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.

10 Tech Tools for Instructional Coaches

1. Canva
2. Mentimeter / Poll Everywhere
3. Padlet – Digital Pin Board
4. Voxer
5. Google Docs
6. Google Calendar
7. Google Forms
8. Google Slides
9. Trello
10. Bonus: NOTION!

About the Conference

The Mind Your Coaching Institute, founded by Melanie D. Matthews-Calhoun, offers a dynamic one-day live virtual learning event specifically crafted for educators seeking to elevate their coaching practices from ordinary to extraordinary. This institute caters to a diverse audience including teacher leaders, aspiring coaches, new and veteran coaches, instructional leaders, and administrators, providing a platform for professional growth and transformation. Here's what you'll get when you register for the Institute!

• The 5-hour LIVE Institute
• The Institute Replay - Full access for 3 months
• The Action Lab: 21 How-to Videos for Coaching Success
• More than 25 Pre-recorded Workshop Sessions
• The Afterglow - Live virtual meet-up with host and speakers after the Institute
• The Elementary Coaches Roundtable (Recording)
• The Secondary Coaches Roundtable (Recording)
• The "Coach Kick-start" Live Virtual Interactive Workshop (August)
• A Certificate of Attendance

Save your seat athttp://www.MindYourCoachingInsititute.com

About our Guest, Melanie Matthews-Calhoun

Melanie D. Matthews-Calhoun, M.Ed, is a highly accomplished individual in the field of education, with a career spanning 27 years. Her diverse roles include being an author, educational consultant, instructional coach, and professional learning facilitator. Melanie has a wealth of experience, having worked as an elementary and middle school teacher, literacy and instructional coach, curriculum leader, and adjunct professor. As the owner of Literacy at Work, LLC, Melanie has established herself as an influential figure, driving positive change in the educational landscape. She is also the visionary behind the Mind Your Coaching Institute, a renowned annual conference tailored for instructional leaders and coaches, demonstrating her commitment to professional development and growth within the field. Melanie's impact extends nationwide, as she collaborates with schools, districts, and organizations to elevate coaching and instructional standards. Her consultancy work with educational institutions across the country underscores her dedication to enhancing teaching practices and fostering a culture of continuous improvement in education.

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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 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

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:

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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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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• https://www.twitter.com/Notion4Ts
• Ultimate Teacher Planner

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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 forThe 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 namedthe 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.

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• Twitter: https://twitter.com/SMILELearning
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/guyonsmile/

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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.

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

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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.

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In this episode of the Jeff Bradbury Show Podcast, Jeff welcomes Penn GSE Entrepreneur in Residence and Director of the Gamba Foundation, John Gamba Jr. on the podcast to discuss the current state of education in this country, how Penn GSE is supporting entrepreneurs in EdTech, and the importance of creating a pathway for success for startups..

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About our Guest: John Gamba

John Gamba is a serial entrepreneur who has founded, funded and led several education technology ventures and non-profit organizations over his 30 year career. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, Mr. Gamba started his career as a strategy consultant for KPMG where he performed market research for NASA on the commercial development of space. Pursuing his passion for education, John co-founded PACE - The Partnership for Academic and Community Excellence. PACE was a school to home communications network that connected thousands of schools to millions of parents across the United States. PACE was eventually sold to NTI Group and then to Blackboard for $182 million, in an all cash transaction.

John currently serves as Entrepreneur in Residence and Director of Innovative Programs at Catalyst @ Penn GSE where he mentors aspiring education entrepreneurs and oversees the Milken-Penn GSE Education Business Plan Competition, now in its 15th year. The Milken competition has awarded $2 million dollars to 50 education entrepreneurs and those ventures have gone on to raise $200 million in follow-on capital.

John is an industry speaker and a mentor to several entrepreneurs in the global Education space. He's also an Ironman Triathlete, and qualified for the Half Ironman World Championships in Clearwater, Florida in 2010.

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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 aninstructional assistant, third grade teacher, principal, assistant principal, Title I Non-Public teacher, homeschool teacher, and instructional coach. She has served both suburbanand 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 briefTHE 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 InstructionalCoachingCorner

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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

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 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 byKyle 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.

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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 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.

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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

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