Are You Controlling the Chaos in Your Classroom?

<div id="i4c-draggable-container" style="width: 0px;height: 0px"> <div class="resolved" data-reactroot=""></div> </div> Welcome to "Ask the Tech Coach," a podcast for Instructional Coaches and Technology Integration Specialists. In this episode of “<a href="https://www.teachercast.net/episodes/ask-the-tech-coach/">Ask the Tech Coach</a>,” Jeff sits down with Instructional Coaches and authors Stephanie Howell and Tara Ruckman to discuss their new book “Control the Chaos.” If you would like to be a part of future podcasts and share your thoughts, <a href="https://www.teachercast.net/podcastguestform">please contact the podcast</a>.  We would love to have you join the show. <h2>Question of the Week</h2> 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: <em><strong>Question Topic: How can Instructional Coaches help teachers in building executive functioning skills in their students?</strong></em> <h2>Weekly Topic</h2> <ul> <li>Should Coaches be Controlling the Chaos in Classrooms?</li> <li>What should or shouldn’t Chaos look like?</li> <li>What should a “great classroom experience” look like? <ul> <li>In K-5 <ul> <li>Flexible Grouping</li> <li>Fluid Rotation</li> <li>Increased Attention</li> <li>Engaged Students</li> <li>Students having an increased level of confidence and motivation for learning</li> <li>NOT Lecturing</li> <li>NOT just putting learning intentions on the board</li> </ul><br/> </li> <li>Middle School <ul> <li>Faster transition between classroom activities</li> <li>Less “broken down” of instructions</li> </ul><br/> </li> <li>High School <ul> <li>Conversations are geared towards student motivations and interests</li> </ul><br/> </li> </ul><br/> </li> <li>How do we teach executive functioning skills in a digital classroom?</li> <li>Keeping Blended Learning in the Student-C