Lead Gcisd Podcast

Hear from Shannon Crawford, now ELA Instructional Coach, former GT AP 9th grade ELA teacher from CHHS about Genius Hour in her classroom.

An interview with the Executive Director of the GCISD Education Foundation and Dr. Jamie Halliburton from Bransford Elementary about the grants received!

Today we hear from Bridget Visser and some of her middle school students about how she implemented flexible seating in her classroom.

Today we learn about the evolution of flexible seating at Bransford Elementary from the perspective of Tiffany Floyd, 5th grade. Next episode will be about flexible seating at the middle school.

Charity Wiemann and Andy Tucker talk to Kerissa about HMS Teacher of the Month program, where students use their voices via Google Form to give input and positive feedback about their teachers.

A new series about teacher growth and observation protocols. This is the last episode about these practices from every level of our school district (elementary, middle, high). This episode is with Jack Leonard, an ELA and AVID teacher at Colleyville Heritage High School.

A new series about teacher growth and observation protocols. You'll hear several episodes about these practices from every level of our school district (elementary, middle, high). This episode is with Lauren Smith, an ELA teacher from Colleyville Middle School.

A new series about teacher growth and observation protocols. You'll hear several episodes about these practices from every level of our school district (elementary, middle, high). This episode is with Nancy Hale, the learning liaison from Grapevine Elementary School.

A new series about teacher growth and observation protocols. You'll hear several episodes about these practices from every level of our school district (elementary, middle, high). This episode is with Melanie Gonzales and the VALOR program.

A short new series about teacher growth and observation protocols. You'll hear several episodes about these practices from every level of our school district (elementary, middle, high). This episode is from Grapevine High School with learning liaison Leslie Hancock.

Kerissa talks with Caitlin Kender, an AVID teacher from Heritage Middle School. We also hear from 7th & 8th grade AVID students!

The librarians from Colleyville Heritage High School and Heritage Elementary, Julie Brem and Emily Wallace, talk about their experience with Google Expeditions on their campuses. Plus, Awesome Teacher and Today I Learned!

Today on the podcast, we are playing the audio from a video that was shot by our Curriculum & Instruction department explaining our unique instructional coaching model. Video was created, produced and edited by Brandi Carey and Aubrey Wright from our Instructional Coaching team and Jorge Garza from our Communications Department. Contact us at gcisd.podcast@gcisd.net with any questions.

On June 14, 2016, GCISD teachers, students, and parents attended the LEADing Digital Innovation @GCISD Conference. We were lucky enough to get George Couros as our keynote speaker and he graciously gave us time for a podcast interview as well.

Chris Laney, Elise Nabors, and Trelawny Shepherd join us to about their experiences teaching a podcast unit in their Media Tech Literacy classes. Then hear the debut episode of Lead GCISD Students, a new show that you can find in iTunes or your favorite podcast app!

Student led conferences at our elementary schools are pre-planned meetings that students lead. They talk to their parents about goals, work they're proud of, and data that supports reaching their goals. Tune in to hear teachers, students, and parents speak about this process in our district.

GCISD has a long history of innovation in technology. Our elementary campuses are 1:1, or a device for every student. This past January, two of our middle schools also went 1:1. In August of 2016, our other two middle schools will go 1:1. Some of the students from the first middle schools contacted me so that they could reflect on their experiences in a podcast episode. We talked about the differences between BYOD and 1:1, what they like, and what they get to create in this new world.Contact us: gcisd.podcast@gcisd.net with any questions!

On today's episode, Dr. Robin Ryan, the superintendent of GCISD, joins Kerissa Bearce to talk about the future of GCISD, our outstanding teachers, and gives us a few more details about the upcoming bond election.Contact us: gcisd.podcast@gcisd.net with any questions!