Episode 57

3 Things Tech Coaches Should Be Doing This Summer

In this episode of “Ask the Tech Coach,” Jeff welcomes Suzana Somers, a Tech Coach from Massachusetts on the podcast to discuss 3 important things that every tech coach should be doing just as July turns into August. If you have a summer routine, we would love to have you contact us on Twitter @AskTheTechCoach and share with us what you have been up to this summer and how you are preparing for the upcoming school year. In this episode, we discuss:

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3 Things You Should Be Doing Before The School Year Kicks OffGetting OrganizedUpdate WebsiteWhat can we add to the website based on questions that we often receive
How to create links rather than fulfill a need of constantly emailing information
Creating a resource bank based on school goals and initiatives
Leveraging Social Media for easy curation
Change the Year (Find & Replace)
Set up your routinesReflect on your past routines
Google Forms / Sheets
Check your Docs and Drive Folders
Update Version History
PD PlanningGather PD from summer with actionable plans
Sync up with stakeholders to align goals
Go through toolkit of resources and reevaluate tools (new purposes/new features)
Having Meaningful Conversation With Administrators “Tech Checks”What are their goals for the year?
What did they feel went good/bad last year?
How can you work together to support teachers?
How do we communicate about teachers who are struggling without breaking the teacher/coach relationship?
Sync up with all leaders in the school (team leaders as well)
Updating PresentationsKeep updated on what is new with your favorite apps
Make sure that your screenshots are accurate
Add any new features that might have come out
Rethink your Intros to reflect the latest and greatest
Ell/sped look at the tool from different perspectives

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Tech Coach Tip of the Week

It’s often said that for educators, July can be thought of as a gigantic Saturday while August can be thought of as a giant Sunday. As the calendar moves this week from Saturday to Sunday, we should start to think ahead to what we need to do to start the school year off on the right track.

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