Are you Coaching with your Second Brain? Productivity tips for Instructional Coaches

Welcome to "Ask the Tech Coach," a podcast for Instructional Coaches and Technology Integration Specialists. In this episode of “https://www.teachercast.net/episodes/ask-the-tech-coach/ (Ask the Tech Coach),” Jeff and Susan sit down to discus our top productivity tricks for Instructional Coaches to help YOU create a “second brain” If you would like to be a part of future podcasts and share your thoughts, https://www.teachercast.net/podcastguestform (please contact the podcast).  We would love to have you join the show. Question of the Week Our favorite part of recording a live podcast each week is participating in the great conversations that happen on our live chat, on social media, and in our comments section. This week’s question is: Question Topic: How do I not only get organized, but stay organized during a long and crazy school year when I barely have time to sit down and breathe each day? Weekly Topic Coaching Productivity Tips are Create a Coaching Data Tracker using Google or Microsoft Forms Convert the spreadsheet into charts and graphs Showcase the charts and graphs in Google Sites or in an Excel dashboard Task Tracker Applications https://www.teachercast.net/7-steps-to-becoming-a-gmail-power-user/ (Google Tasks for On-Going or one time reminders) Microsoft To-Do Create habits and systems for the things you need to accomplish and keep up with Connect it to your email system (Outlook/Gmail) so it tracks important email Start slowly adding things to your system little bits at a time Create a system for booking yourself https://youtu.be/wkt4KWlnxhM (Google Calendar Appointment Schedules) https://www.teachercast.net/microsoft-bookings-a-complete-educators-guide-for-creating-appointments/ (Microsoft Bookings) Conversation Notebook Applications http://docs.google.com (Google Docs) http://keep.google.com (Google Keep) https://www.microsoft.com/en-ww/microsoft-365/