Podcast: Class Act Coaching

Overview

Class-Act Coaching: A Podcast for Teachers and Instructional Coaches

Class-Act Coaching: A Podcast for Teachers and Instructional Coaches

Join us each week as a different SREB instructional coach walks our host through different teaching concerns in the world of K12. Teachers will gain valuable teaching insights and instructional coaches will see a model coaching session.

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Mastering Student Engagement Through Dynamic Conversations

Mastering Student Engagement Through Dynamic Conversations

Discover how to transform silence into vibrant conversations in your classroom with insights from our latest discussion. Join me, Ashley Shaw, alongside Dan Rock, as we unravel the secrets of fostering engaging student discourse with the help of Keisha King, a distinguished math instructional coach. Learn how to create a safe environment for students to express their thoughts and build confidence in speaking up. Keisha introduces her five practices for orchestrating productive mathematics discussions, offering a powerful framework that can enhance critical thinking and student interaction.

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Empowering Students with Real-World Communication Skills

Transforming Classrooms: Building Communication Skills with Marty Sugerik

Unlock the secrets to transforming your classroom into a dynamic workplace simulation with insights from our extraordinary guest, Marty Sugerik. With a wealth of experience drawn from both military and educational realms, Marty delivers invaluable strategies to enhance students’ communication and collaboration skills. Discover how we can extend the classic “think-pair-share” method by incorporating world language research’s “three modes of communication,” empowering students to adapt these skills across diverse subjects and careers.

Explore a structured, hands-on approach to cultivating workplace collaboration skills that goes beyond traditional classroom practices. With a practical three-step process, students first engage in independent problem-solving tasks before collaborating with peers to refine their approaches through visual tools like Venn diagrams. As educators, we step into the role of an employer, offering constructive feedback to help students elevate their presentations and communication skills, collecting qualitative evidence of student understanding to guide future instruction.

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Empowering Educators for Leadership Success

A look at educators role in leadership with George McFarland

Unlock the secrets to effective school leadership with insights from George McFarland, an SREB leadership coach and seasoned educator with over thirty years of experience. Discover how establishing a clear purpose and fostering collaboration among stakeholders can transform school environments, even amidst the challenges of frequent leadership turnover. George shares his wisdom on the pivotal role of communication in aligning a school’s mission with collective aspirations, ensuring teachers and staff feel valued and motivated. Learn how involving everyone from teachers to community members in shaping a school’s direction can create an environment where initiatives are not just understood but embraced.

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Crafting Impactful Lessons: Aligning Assessments and Exploring Cross-Curricular Connections

How to Plan Great Lessons with Debbie Robertson

Unlock the secrets to crafting impactful lesson plans and aligning assessments with the guidance of expert guest Debbie Robertson. Discover how Ashley seeks to refine her organizational skills with insights from senior leadership coach Debbie. Together, they unravel the art of starting with the end in mind, diving into the crucial process of revisiting educational standards. This episode promises to transform your approach to teaching by ensuring lessons are not just effective but deeply aligned with contemporary educational expectations and student needs.

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Ways to Create Authentic Experiences in the Classroom

How to Create Authentic Learning Experiences with Leslie Eaves

Where will I use this in the “real-world”?

If you’ve ever had a student ask you this, then you might be on the lookout for ways to create more authentic learning experiences in your classroom.

To help, SREB’s Leslie Eaves came by to give Ashley some ways to build authenticity into her assignments.

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Easy Lesson Planning With SPICE-Y AI Prompts

In our first-ever episode, SREB Instructional Coach Daniel Rock comes into the studio to talk about how writing SPICE-y AI prompts can help teachers take advantage of the free teaching assistant they may not have known they had.

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