Welcome to refreshED Coaching! We are so glad you are here!

RefreshED Coaching aims to provide educators, coaches, leaders, and innovators with a full technology coaching curriculum, and the materials, network, and resources necessary to implement a successful coaching program in the post-COVID educational climate. The refreshED platform includes a comprehensive understanding of the Google Coaching process, and an extensive collection of resources ready to use in schools. 

The world of public education permanently changed with the onset of COVID-19 and the world of remote learning during the 2020-2021 school year. Many Instructional Technology coaches were concerned that teachers would shy away from technology integration during the 2021-2022 school year, simply due to burnout, wanting to return to “normal”, or stress. This, however, did not seem to be the case, and teachers appeared more eager than ever to continue to learn, grow, and build upon the technological foundations they established during remote learning. Therefore, it is imperative that technology coaches strike while the iron is hot, and work to implement a technology coaching system that continues to bring teaching and learning into the 21st century.

RefreshED coaching offers comprehensive professional development services and workshops to teachers, schools, and districts. We focus our instructional practices primarily upon Google Workspace for Education tools, as well as various lesson plans and strategies that we align with ISTE coaching standards. We focus on the importance of relationship-building between coaches and teachers by using own professional relationship as an example (Jessica Brittingham worked as a teacher under Jen Thomas’ coaching for two years prior to assuming the role of a coach herself). When we present or offer PD, we share the tips and tricks we used to effectively collaborate with each other, despite the pandemic (Google Keep and Meet), and how we continued to focus on project-based learning and blended instructional practices throughout the COVID experience. We share lesson plans, project ideas, student work samples, rubrics, organizational and collaborative tools, and more so that each participant will leave our sessions prepared and supported in launching a coaching program at their home school.