Episode 100
What Do Administrators Really Think About The Tech Coach Position?
In this episode, we discuss:
- Why does a School District need a Tech Coach?
- What qualifies someone to be a Tech Coach?
- What do you look for when interviewing Tech Coaches?
- What does a Tech Coach Resume look like?
- How do you prepare your staff for having a Coach on staff?
- How do you prepare your staff for the concept of being “Coached” by another staff member?
- Why is it important to think of a Tech Coach as “Instructional” rather than IT support?
- What advice can a Tech Coach take away from today's episode?
About our Guest:
Presently Director of Information Technology and Operations. Past Senior Instructional Technologist at Rutgers University. Previous Chief Technical Officer (CTO) for the Sayreville Public Schools. I have 22 years of experience as a Director and prior was a Computer Science and Business Education teacher for 5 years. I was awarded administrator of the year by NJASL in 2007, a finalist for the 2014 Bammy Awards for Support Staff, named in the Top 30 Technologists, Transformers and Trailblazers 2015 and named in the Top Most Social K-12 Tech Leaders on Twitter. Contributor to New Media Consortium Horizon report for several years, #EdTechChat podcast, Tech and Learning Media, Edsurge, etc. Keynote speaker, conference presenter/workshop, conference organizer, ed-tech and librarian/media specialist advocate. Doctoral candidate. Chairperson for Ed Technology Advocacy, a member of the Emerging Technology Committee for CoSN, organizer for EdcampNJ, member of ISTE, CoSN, ASCD, AASA, NJ GMIS, NJECC and Chairperson for CoSN-NJ.Join the TeacherCast Instructional Coaches Network!
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