For module 2 in my EDTC 6105 course, I focused on indicator f in the ISTE Coaching Standard 2. The indicator focuses on coaching teachers in and modeling research-based best practices of technology integration into their planing.
As a teacher, I’ll admit sometimes I don’t know the research behind the practices I’ve been taught or am teaching. As an elementary school teacher, I am teaching: math, science, social studies, technology, coding, engineering, reading, writing, health, social-emotional skills, art, and the list goes on. It would be overwhelming for me to try and delve into the research in each of these domains and be able to name them. As teachers, we are taught these best practices through our teacher preparation programs, through professional development, PLC’s and researched based curriculums. So I don’t discount that I have been taught these research-based strategies. What I wonder is how as a coach I can teach or model research-based best practices in technology that teachers will remember and could name. In order to achieve this, I need to ensure as a coach I have a process or procedure that includes these best practices.
Two research-based practices I know and am confident in using and modeling as a technology coach are TPACK and The Triple E Framework. If you are interested in learning more about those two frameworks and research behind them I linked a previous blog post here.
In this blog post, I will share a technology guide that I created to use as a technology coach. It contains steps I may take, including the modeling and use of researched-based technology practices when I am working with teachers. The steps below have been shaped by my own experiences as a teacher working with coaches and collaborating in PLC’s and other PLN’s. I hope to use this guide as a starting point and anticipate it evolving as I continue to learn and grow.
Tech Coach Planning Guide:
Relationship Building |
Check in to see how the teacher is doing as a person. Possible talking points:
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Establish/ Review Norms |
Co-create norms together at the beginning of the partnership and review each time you meet. Possible talking points:
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Agenda |
Go over the agenda. Possible talking points:
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Understanding students |
Understand class and their diverse needs? May only need to establish at the beginning of the partnership, but can check in as needed. Possible talking points:
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Teacher Goals |
Discuss the teacher’s goals for the coaching partnership and for their classroom. May only need to establish at the beginning of the partnership, but can check in as needed. Possible talking points:
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Digital Tools |
Discuss digital tools available for integration and set a goal for use. Possible talking points:
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*Evaluating Digital Tools* |
Model or practice using TPACK and Triple E Framework to evaluate the selected digital tools. TPACK Resources
Triple E Framework Resources |
Final Decision/ Check-in |
Check in that the teacher is ready to begin implementing digital tools. Possible talking points:
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Actionable Next Steps |
Create the next steps. Possible talking points:
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Check-In/ Support |
Check-in based on plan from action steps.
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Reflect |
At the next meeting reflect on the action plan and how things are going. Possible talking points:
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References:
ISTE Standards for Coaches. (n.d.). Retrieved July 29, 2019, from https://www.iste.org/standards/for-coaches
Kolb, L., Professor. (n.d.). About the Triple E Framework. Retrieved July 29, 2019, from https://www.tripleeframework.com/about.html
Kolb, L., Professor. (n.d.). Triple E Lesson Planning. Retrieved July 29, 2019, from https://www.tripleeframework.com/triple-e-planning-tools.html
Mishra, P., & Koehler, M. J. (2006). Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge: A Framework for Teacher Knowledge. Teachers College Record, 108(6), 1017–1054. Retrieved from http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.523.3855&rep=rep1&type=pdf