I have been supporting technology integration as a tech coach and leading tech coaches for going on ten years. And for nearly ten years, I have combatted the mistaken break fix or single platform identity. […]
Instructional coaching is most effective when district and building leaders work together with the coach(es) to align their efforts to school goals and encourage teachers to work with the coach 1,2,3,4. Furthermore, district leaders need […]
Instructional coaching of teachers has become a promising form of high quality professional development over the past few decades. Yet, after nearly 40 years of schools investing in instructional coaching, the role still varies drastically […]
I’m 20 days away from wrapping up a chapter of my life that has consumed me the past three years… and from being called “Dr. Ritter” for the first time! I’ve been working on earning […]
Yesterday, I published a blog post encouraging the Ohio Department of Education to allocate ESSER funds to supply adequate technology integration support via tech coaches to all teachers across the state. In full disclosure, it […]
Date: March 30, 2021 To: Ohio Department of Education From: Katie Ritter Subject: Allocate ESSER Funding to Instructional Technology Coaches Executive Summary: There is a severe shortage of support for K12 educators in Ohio regarding […]
Holy Cow! I cannot believe we’re already approaching another ISTE conference weekend/week. Below are all my ISTE presentations- hope to see you there! Sunday, June 24 Building Relationships to Take Technology Integration Deeper from 1:00–2:00 pm […]
It’s hard to believe that another year is about to come to a close! Below were the 10 most popular posts on Talk Tech With Me in 2017: Google Team Drives for Educators 9 Resources […]
Registration for the ISTE EdTech Coaches winter 2018 book study is now open! This year’s focus will be the book Learning First, Technology Second by Liz Kolb. The study is open to all ISTE members, who […]
What is an edtech coach? What do they do? I’m asked these questions all the time. Technology coaches can do so much, that it can be tough to define their role. As tough as it […]