• Checked in with previously coached elementary teachers and sent preparatory reminders to a school administrative team to ensure alignment.
• Assisted an eighth-grade ELA teacher with implementing the Fast and Curious Eduprotocol for vocabulary and collaborated with a Learning Director on digital benchmark assessments in Snorkl.
• Partnered with a first-grade team to explore early reading fluency tools, including Google Read Along and Google Slides audio recording.

Communication and consistency are the foundation of my coaching practice. I began my morning by sending follow up emails to the elementary teachers I coached last week. It is crucial to always check in and follow up a week later to see how new strategies are working and offer any needed encouragement. After that, I sent a reminder email to the admin team at a school I will be supporting next week. Providing a week in advance notice ensures we are perfectly aligned and prepared to make the most of our time together.

Classroom collaboration is where the real magic happens. Last week I worked closely with an eighth grade English Language Arts teacher who is passionate about building and reinforcing student vocabulary. They want to implement the Fast and Curious Eduprotocol as part of their Lit Lab class. To support this vision, today, I am helping by putting the weekly vocabulary lists directly into Wayground. This allows the teacher to have a seamless weekly vocabulary assessment ready to deploy the Eduprotocol successfully.

Later in the afternoon, I met with a Learning Director to explore online options for administering a second grade benchmark. Our goal was to find a more efficient way to view student data and recognize learning trends. To solve this, I created a sample assessment in Snorkl using their new activity sets feature. This solution will ultimately save teachers time and provide clear data to guide their instruction.

I wrapped up my day working alongside a first grade team to explore tools for reading fluency. We explored Google Read Along as a fantastic tool for young readers. We also practiced how to easily record read alouds for students using the record feature in Google Slides. Discovering these simple but powerful classroom applications is what makes coaching so rewarding. Keep trying new tools because every small step makes a big difference for your students.

This blog post was drafted with the help of Google Gemini to help organize and flesh out my thoughts and ideas recapping my day as an edtech coach. I also used Gemini Notebook to generate a brief audio overview, perfect for those who want to listen and learn on the go.

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