Ask The Tech Coach

How To Create A Successful Lunch & Learn Program In Your School District

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In this episode of “Ask the Tech Coach,” Jeff and Nick discuss 10 Tips and Tricks for running Lunch and Learns in our schools.
This podcast is sponsored by Concordia University – Portland
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  • How To Effectively Use Lunch & Learns As Professional Development
  • Are Lunch and Learns Effective?
  • When are Lunch and Learns Effective?
  • Tips for Lunch and LearnsNever hold them in the Teachers Lunch Room
  • Try to Rotate the Location
  • Use them mostly as conversation with a little bit of tech
  • Focus on a skill.
  • Don’t show up expecting to show off
  • Food is Fantastic … keep it healthy
  • Use Lunch and Learns to build from previous PD Day topics or to enhance things that you are seeing in the class.
  • Don’t ask teachers to present on the spot
  • Focus on one small thing … that they can try then and there.
  • Spread the word during the week as you visit classrooms
  • BONUS: Poll Your Audience for Weekly Topics
  • On the Next Episode
  • May 6: Are you an Edtech Coach … or an EdTechnician?
  • May 13: How do different schools approach the Tech Coach position differently?
  • May 20: What do you do when every excuse is true

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