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• Podcasts for Coaching and Professional Development

Randall Deich - Program Facilitator Human
Resource Development Broward County Public
Schools Fort Lauderdale, Florida
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Session Objectives

• Explain how Blogs and Podcasts can be valuable
  resources
• Acquire the steps necessary to develop Podcasts
  as a coaching resource for teacher development

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Time for Professional Learning
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Think-Pair-Share
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Think-Pair-Share

• THINK- How can this podcast be used as a resource
  for coaching? (90 seconds)
• PAIR with your partner to discuss the topic. (3
  minutes)
• SHARE your ideas with someone different. (3
  minutes)

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New Educators Needs

• Classroom Management
• High Yield Instructional Strategies
• Curriculum/Content Areas
• Professionalism
• Technology
• District Initiatives

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Coachs Needs

• Time to Observe
• Coaching Skill- Reflective Feedback
• Resources
• Accessibility
• Timely
• Relevant
• Specific

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Possible Solution

• Extend the Classroom Experience
• Shift Time
• Target Specific Teacher Behaviors

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Possible Solution

• COMING SOON!!
• HRD Podcasts
• A Teacher Development Resource
• Fall 2006

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Outside / InsideRoles
Outside Companies produce training films
Inside Podcaster is the content and coaching
specialist
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Outside / Inside Film/Capture/Video
Outside Filming requires scheduling time
Inside Filming is an extension of supporting
teachers
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Outside / Inside Film/Capture/Video
Outside Expensive Equipment Film/Editing Crew
DVD
Inside Hand-held Camera Computer Internet
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Outside / Inside Authentic
Outside Scripts, retakes, a need for canned
lessons
Inside No need for planned, canned lessons
Podcasting is about capturing What Is
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Podcast Participant Comments

• Teachers did not prepare lesson differently
• Taping was not intrusive
• Student behavior remained on task
• Teachers reflected on instructional strategies
• Teachers felt honored to participate

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Just part of the job
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Old Way / New Way Coaching
Old Way Teacher goes to classroom
New Way Classroom goes to the teacher
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Old Way / New Way Finding Resources
New Way Directly available 24/7 via Web
Old Way Available only through Media Specialist
or Third Party
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Activities Prior to Posting
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Podcast Access
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Podcast Access
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Podcast Access RSS Listing
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Podcast Access
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Anatomy of Our Blogs
LC Members
Post
Sharing/ Feedback
Past Posts
Polling Question
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Podcast AccessSearch with Keywords
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Podcast AccessLabels/ Tags
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Podcast AccessLabel Cloud

• Large Font Higher Frequency

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Podcast Assistance
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Professional DevelopmentCoaches Coordinators

• Use a variety of support resources
• Apply Continuous Improvement model to meet needs
  of teachers

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Podcast Experience
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Student Benefits
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Teacher Reflection

• Thank you for sharing that with me, it's really
  interesting for me to see myself teach. I noticed
  that I shouldn't have asked the kids IF they used
  any reading strategies for the part they read, I
  should have asked them which strategies they
  used, instead. I was giving them an easy out!!
• Also, this year I have started to use the correct
  terms for comprehension strategies such as
  "create mental images" and "make inferences"
  instead of the baby version and it's cool to hear
  the kids use these words to describe how they
  understand what they read.
• Thanks again for allowing me to see a different
  perspective of my teaching strategies, it really
  does help!

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HRD Podcast Resources

• http//www.broward.k12.fl.us/hrd/teachers/

randall.deich_at_browardschools.com
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The School Board of Broward County, Florida
The School Board of Broward County, Florida
Robin Bartleman, Chair Maureen S. Dinnen, Vice
Chair Beverly A. Gallagher Jennifer Leonard
Gottlieb Phyllis C. Hope Stephanie Arma Kraft,
Esq. Robert D. Parks, Ed.D. Eleanor Sobel
Benjamin J. Williams. James F. Notter,
Superintendent of Schools
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in discrimination on the basis of age, color,
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