Are you looking for practical ideas from master teachers about how to integrate Labster into your high school course plan? You can use this episode as a resource for thinking and talking about professional development coaching with your district administrators. SJ and Carlin, a returning friend of the podcast, speak with Liz Russillo about what to expect from PD workshops and one-on-one coaching. Liz is the 2020 Teacher of the Year for the state of Rhode Island as well as an instructional coach at BetterLesson, which provides PD for high school science educators who teach with Labster.
Memorable Moments:
Liz: [08:15] The teachers are able to determine what their growth area is, and each time that we meet, we really looked at making these small shifts really for big rewards at the end around their practices
Liz: [09:17] The great thing about it is that the teacher is in the driver's seat. So when you're thinking about those shifts that you want to make in your classroom, you have a thought partner to support you.
Liz: [12:33] Any time that I lead any of my sessions with teachers, I'm always relating it back to my classroom and things that I've tried and being really honest about the growth areas that I've needed to work on myself as I've tried some of the strategies that I'm talking about.
Liz: [16:16] I'm really trying to get towards that other end of the SAMR model of redefinition. Doing that in terms of using the simulations in my classroom, using the choice boards because we want to make sure that we're using those digital tools for that meaningful technology integration. Certainly, there is nothing wrong with substitution, but as we can get more towards doing new things with our students and reimagining what our classrooms look like, it's only going to be better for the students and prepare them for their future.
Liz: [20:54] This is a collaborative relationship, it is not an evaluative one. I'm learning from new teachers just as much as they're learning from me because they have fresh ideas and new things that they're doing with their students that maybe I hadn't thought of. I like to kind of think about the coaching relationship as really symbiotic.
Episode 17 Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1B6UZo_aqGzgE6iGUc_YPDEenFh_9CGwP/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=103492469363522367891&rtpof=true&sd=true
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