A guide to implementing google classroom professional development into your classroom, remote or not.

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How To Create
Teacher Bootcamps
for Google Classroom
Professional
Development

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Professional development is evolving into
something that is interactive and
innovative. The means by which teachers
are gaining and creating professional
development have drastically changed
since remote learning began.

3. In a recent conversation with Stephanie
Howell, IT Coordinator at Pickerington
Schools, explained how her school created
bootcamps for google classroom professional
development.
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4. The purpose of the bootcamps is to
familiarize teachers with google classroom
professional development a bit more than
they were before. This way they are able to
refine their google classroom skills and
refine the ways they are using google
classroom during lessons.
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Stephanie’s school provides 2 different
bootcamps, level 1 and level 2, based on
your google classroom knowledge. In
addition to learning specific google
classroom skills, Pickerington schools also
used Matt Miller’s remote learning class
which helps teachers to reflect on their
remote learning experience.

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Feedback is crucial to growth and
professional development, so
when remote learning began
providing feedback became less
effective. Stephanie explained that
research shows that using tech
space feedback is not the best
way to provide feedback to
students.

8. With written or online feedback,
miscommunication can often occur. Online or
written feedback can also feel impersonal so
using audio and video can improve the
personalization of the message.
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9. Stephanie explained that the teachers who
already had a fair amount of knowledge on
the tools and how to use them in google
classroom had an easier time providing
feedback while adjusting to remote learning
than the teachers who were scrambling to
build their google classroom professional
development.
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10. Teachers’ Response to Google Classroom
Professional Development Bootcamp
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In the beginning, Pickerington teachers
were very overwhelmed with how big
the change to remote learning seemed
to be. Stephanie said that the teachers
were worried about their students'
social and emotional well being while
learning from home and how they
would cope without being in their
school’s ‘safe place.’

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13. Their initial focus was building relationships.
Students often relied on the relationships they
had with their teachers for support outside of
their immediate family. Stephanie explained
how isolation is not good for anybody and that
the teachers at her school spent a lot of time
focusing on maintaining these relationships
with their students.
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14. Google classroom professional development
bootcamp expanded horizons to see the
advantages when knowledgeable about the
tools accessible. Google meet was one of the
main tools used by Pickerington Schools during
remote learning to help recreate a one-on-
one feel for the student.
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16. Take the time to educate your staff on the tools
readily available that can improve student
learning. The bootcamp for google classroom
professional development gave teachers the
tools they needed to adapt to the changes of
remote learning.
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17. They were able to experiment with video and
audio to provide feedback as well as use
google meet to continue building meaningful
relationships with their students. Creating
bootcamps for your staff to get to know your
LMS can give your teachers that much more
confidence in their abilities, lessons, and
security.
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