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PSEL (2015) – Ethics and Professional Norms – Balancing Act: My Role as an Instructional Coach
For me, defining a specific moment or event during my internship in which I focused on ethics and professional norms of an administrator. As I reflected, I found it increasingly difficult to find the event. Sure, I could have shared my thirty-minute training video at the beginning of the year on mandatory reporting of child…
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PSEL (2015) – Meaningful Family and Community Engagement – Family Code Night
Meaningful Engagement of Families and Communities is an essential piece of any school success to be had. Having a transparent and open environment with stakeholders is an important piece to build the relations that need to be in place for a school to be successful. This reaches much deeper than a traditional community outreach event,…
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PSEL (2015) Reflection – Professional Capacity of School Personnel
Working in a Michigan public school is a tremendous honor and a tremendous responsibility. Each year, it seems more and more is being added to the plate of many Michigan educators. That is why, when I was tasked with developing professional development, I looked for ways that I could make it more fun and enjoyable.…
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PSEL (2015) Reflection – Mission, Vision, and Core Values
Mission, Vision, and Core Values tend to serve as the foundation of most educational institutions. Much of what is done in schools tends to be focused on the mission, vision, and core values of the district. As a new employee to the district, I am able to gain much information from the mission, vision, and…
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PSEL (2015) Reflection – Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment
As an Instructional Technology Specialist, or coach, I have gathered a significant amount of hours in the Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment category. Throughout the course of this semester, I have been involved in many curriculum, instruction, and assessment activities, from days at conferences, informal observations of teachers, to PLC meetings, to individual one-on-ones with teachers.…
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PSEL (2015) Reflection – Equity and Culturally Responsiveness
I want to start this post by fully recognizing my privilege. As a straight, white male in American society, I have a different experience than many of my students. In my schooling, I had little difficulty learning anything new presented to me. In all actuality, for the majority of my K-12 experience and even some…
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My Tips for Technology Integration – Leave the Giant Steps to the Astronauts
Technology integration can be frustrating. It is difficult to change the way that people have done things for years. The introduction of a shiny device will not bring everyone onboard with your vision as an Edtech Coach. Besides focusing on basics like relationship and time, it is essential that you also keep these three things…
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Reflection on Professional Learning – Design in Five Workshop
Two days last week, I had the opportunity to go to the county regional education service agency to partake in some professional development based on assessment. My role was to seek ways to bring this back to our staff, most likely in a summer institute. The two days were riveting, as the ideas around assessment…