In this episode, Sonal Patel interviews Michelle Wise, Pat Denton, Isabel Soliz, and Greg Moon about coaching cycles and plans for coaching support within RSD for the 2018-19 school year.
Listen to Season 3, Episode 1: Coaching Cycles
In this episode, Sonal Patel interviews Vince Butler about the merits and possible uses of the Google Expeditions kits that are available to all classroom teachers through the library at their respective sites.
Listen to Season 2, Episode 4: Google Expeditions
In this episode, Sonal and Greg introduce and briefly describe the five tenets of personalized learning. With blended learning practices somewhat established in Romoland, personalized learning is the next step in transforming our learning environments into true 21st century spaces where students are engaged and owners of their own learning and life outcomes.
Listen to Season 2, Episode 3: The Tenets of Personalized Learning
In this episode, Sonal & Jaime Anaya interview Kristina Smekens of Smekens Education Solutions, Inc. after a successful two-day RSD Writing Committee Professional Learning event. The Writing Committee uses a train-the-trainer model to develop the capacity of teacher leaders from each of the elementary campuses to become facilitators of teacher learning at their respective sites.
Listen to Season 2, Episode 2: Increasing Teacher Capacity in the Art of Teaching Writing
Listen to Season 2, Episode 1: Outlook and Support for 2017-18 in Romoland
In this episode, Sonal & Greg host a roundtable consisting of Assistant Superintendent Trevor Painton, and Instructional Coaches Pat Denton, Isabel Soliz, and Steve Krolikowski as they lay out the year that will be 2017-18.
Listen to Season 1, Episode 12: Personalized Learning
In this episode, Sonal & Greg discuss the "whys" of personalized learning.