Adrienne Anderson

LRC Tech

Forest Hill/ Robinson CLC in Akron Public Schools District 

ICoach is a requirement for my job

I am already familiar with commonly used technology so navigating Infohio is not difficult mechanically. 

I am frequently asked about ways to support different parts of the overall building plan of teaching and need to learn the vocabulary and componants of that, to be more efficient

Welcome, Adrienne! I know you will find great resources from INFOhito support your building plan.

Beth Clute 

Akron Public Schools

It is what my support person has us do on Instuctional Days.

I've enjoyed exploring all that infohio has to offer.

1. Please post your name, position, place of employment, and why you are interested in becoming an ICoach.

Rachel Robson, Technology Coordinator, St. Ambrose Catholic School. I want to help teachers utilize the InfoOhio resources easily in their classrooms. 

2. Share one of your strengths from the Learner Questionnaire survey. How will it help you as an ICoach? One of my strengths is individualization, which helps me to understand how to personalize learning to the person I'm teaching. 

3.Post an area where you need to build skills. How will the ICoach training help you develop this skill? I need to know more about what InfoOhio has to offer. 

Hi Rachel,

Thanks for introducting yourself! I'm looking forward to reading your responses!

Emily

Hello!  My name is Stacy Knueve.  I am the Media & Software Integration Specialist at Kalida High School in Kalida, Ohio.  I am also a Business & Computer teacher at Kalida teaching a Personal Finance and Computer Applications course to students for college credit through Rhodes State College as an adjunct professor.  I am interested in becoming an iCoach as a way of becoming more familiar with all the various INFOhio resources and exploring ways to work with my staff and make them more familiar also.

One of my strengths from the Learner Questionnaire is that I am relatively familiar with some of the INFOhio resources.  As a computer teacher, I am familiar with computers and the technology aspect of the resources.  I hope that my previous classroom experience will carry over into my roll with working with teachers.

I feel that an area where I need to build skills is in getting to know, understand, and use more of the INFOhio tools that are available to users.  I would like to develop a working knowledge of as many resources as I can in order to be a reference for my staff.  iCoach training will help me develop this skill/knowledge.  I also want to work on developing my presentation skills.  That is another area that I feel iCoach training will help me.

Hi Stacy - It was nice to meet you at OELMA! If you need anything, please let me know!

Emily

1. Angela Aquila, Librarian/ Technology Specialist, Gesu Catholic School

            My interest in becoming an ICoach is to be a great resource for the teachers and students at my school                with the information provided by the ICoach Program.

1. One of my strengths is working to learn something new everyday as well as share this newfound knowledge with those around me. 

2. One area I would like to expand on is to familiarize myself with the resources provided by INFOhio and how to work it into my current curriculum.

Hi Angela,

Love that you learn something new every day and share it! Let me know if you have any questions!

Emily

Matt Garcher
Technology Integration Specialist
Youngstown City School District
One of my strengths is my ability to learn and process new information quickly.
I'm looking forward to learning how iCoach will help me in my workings with teachers to better integrate technological resources into their instruction.

Hi Matt,

Love to hear you want to help teachers with tech integration! Keep us posted on how this goes as you are learning!

Emily

Hi!  My name is Tiffany Simonson and I am an elementary LRC tech for Akron Public Schools at Resnik CLC and Firestone Park Elementary.  ICoach is a requirement for my position and I am excited to help others learn how to use all of the available resources.  My strength is that I've used these resources as a student myself and also in several teaching positions of mine in the past.  I have never trained other adults so I am interested in learning how I can help and what resources they are interested in.

Hi Tiffany! Welcome to ICoach. How cool to come full circle as a former user and now trainer for INFOhio resources! 

Emily

1. Hi! I'm Annie McDowell. I am a K-5 STEAM teacher and Technology Integration Coach at Triway Local Schools. I am interested in becoming an iCoach in order to sharpen my skills and knowledge in all of the resources that INFOhio provides. I am looking to incorporate INFOhio into PD for our staff.
2. A strength that I identified from the Learner Questionnaire is my "comfort level for planning, developing, and delivering professional development". Being comfortable and having strong relationships with staff will be integral to my position.
3. I am looking to learn more about the variety of tools/resources that are available on INFOhio in order to best support our teachers.

Welcome Anne! Excited to see you bring PD delivery as a strength! 

Emily

1. My name is Dwight Meyer, I work at Ashtabula County District Library, which has a partnership with Lakeside High School to staff the Media Center. Most of my work experience is as an Adult Reference Librarian in a public library. Now I'm the Coordinator of a Media Center, with no training as a Media Specialist bringing service to a building that had a library without any staff from 2014-22. 

2. I regularly facilitate adult technology classes on how to download books from Libby to a Kindle, or how to "Cut the Cord to Cable." My strengths are in facilitating programs with small groups of adults, and I am accustomed to "demystifying" concepts to adults. 

3. The main skills that I look to build relate to my familiarity with INFOhio and the resources themselves. How do students perform a search, refine results, get high quality materials, and download them? Before I started this program, I knew that INFOhio existed, I added links to our website, and I have encouraged my students to use resources that I had little experience with at the start of the 2023-24 school year.

Hi Dwight - glad you were able to find and join the group! If you have any questions, please let me know or reach out to other ICoaches in the Open Space group. There are many seasoned school librarians who can help you with your needs!

Emily

Hello,

My name is Dawn Ferrell.  My main building is Voris, and my secondary building is Firestone Park Elementary.  I was asked to obtain this certification for my position.

One strength is I am a very quick learner, so I am comfortable learning anything new.  

One area I need to build skills is learning all there is know to be efficient working with ICoach, so I am looking forward to finding various applications that will help develop and incorporate other areas of learning.

My name is Susan Ridgeway and I am the Library Media Specialist for Miller South School for the Visual and Performing Arts in Akron Public Schools. I have been an ICoach in the past, so I anjoy knowing and sharing all that is offered by Infohio for my staff and students. Certainly my curiosity and investigative skills will benefit my being an iCoach. I am interested in connecting more of my staff to Infohio so I guess I can always use more presentation skills, so I can present in a variety of settings. I have found in the past that the iCoach program helps you with this one skill in particular.

HANH NUTTER,

LRC TECH,

SAM SALEM CLC,

ICoach is requirement for my job

1.My interest in becoming an ICoach is to be a great resource for the teachers and students at my school.

2.One of my strengths is individualization.

3.I need more ICoach training to help me to build skills, knowledge about ICoach, Infohio.

1. Please post your name, position, place of employment, and why you are interested in becoming an ICoach.

My name is Cassandra Rondinella, I am the Library Media Specialist at North High School for Akron Public Schools.  I completed the training for iCoach the second year that the program was available, but struggled to be allowed to host training sessions within my building, and by the time I had solid footing in that area my coach status lapsed and I just didn't have the time with all the other trainer statuses I had gained to add one more thing back to my plate.  I am revisiting iCoach as a requirement of my district.

1. Share one of your strengths from the Learner Questionnaire survey. How will it help you as an ICoach?

I am an active researcher and learner.  Additionally, I am completing a Second Master's degree in Leadership in Technology in Teaching and Learning, where we are required to develop programming around the ISTE Coaching Standards.  I teach approximately 20-25 PD sessions every year for my building as well.  I have a comfort level with training adult learners and this will be something else that I can add to my resume.

1. Post an area where you need to build skills. How will the ICoach training help you develop this skill?

Well, since I thought I could take a short cut and have already completed all of my certificates without fully reading the directions and now I am back in the first module doing this work, ICoach training could help me to develop the skill of reading the directions before starting my assignments.

Hi - you will find that we have less strict requirments now to maintain your ICoach status. And yes, please read the directions! The syllabus is really important for the training!

Natalie Hostutler, Adolescent Literacy Coach, Amherst EVSD. I'm interested in becoming an ICoach to spread knowledge about INFOhio. I used it as a classroom teacher for research and would love to be able to share it with my colleagues. 

I have a strength for vetting and choosing credible, evidence-based educational tools. I plan to use this knowledge when I share information with fellow educators. 

Overall, I'd like to have a deeper understanding of INFOhio and tools that I may have never known about previously.

Glad to have you in the program, Natalie! 

Goodmorning!

My name is Deborah Clayson Hughes and I am the Secondary Library/Media Assistant for the National Inventors Hall of Fame STEM middle school and STEM high school in the Akron Public School District. 

The ICoach program is a requirement for my position. This is the second time I am going through the program, since letting my training laps. This will help me reinforce information from the past as well as be current on information that is new, to strengthen my collaboration ability,

I think I probably could benefit from the presentation skills.

Lauren Rocco

LRC Tech at Leggett/ David Hill CLC

becoming an ICoach is a requirement for my job

A strength I have is the will and curostiy to gain new knowlege and be able to share it with others.

I need to build skills with learning more about what INFOhio has to offer and how to navigate it all.

My name is Adrienne Byers and I am an LRC Tech at Windemere CLC and Robinson CLC in Akron Public School District. 

ICoach is a requirement for my position. 

One of my strengths is that I am familiar with INFOhio as a parent of a student that uses it.

The training will help me better serve my schools and its students in navigating high quality materials. 

Welcome Adrienne!

Darlene Wilson, Library Media Specialist and PBL District Coach, Hardin Northern Schools (Dola, Ohio)

I have gone through the training before but it has been several years and I would like to get up-to-speed so that I can better help our students and staff navigate and take advantage of the resources provided by INFOhio.  

I have some experience using some of the resources and I have experience presenting Professional Development to our staff, so once I feel more comfortable with INFOhio I hope to be able to provide valuable training to our staff.

I definitely need to better understand what all is available in terms of the digital tools and resources, and have more confidence in matching those tools with the student/staff needs.

Hi Darlene,

You will find many updates in the training and the resources since your last experience. Thanks for taking it again!

Ashanti Smith LRC tech at Betty Jane CLC and McEbright CLC in Akron Public Schools

I am interested because it's a requirement for my job and also it has great resources for students to use.

I am familiar with info and use it weekly if not daily with my students. Using technology is common to me so it is comfortable using or sharing infohio resources.

Collaborating with teachers on infohio resources.

Welcome to the program, Ashanti!

1. Good Morning! My name is Heather Sanders and I am a Technology Coach and 8th grade ELA teacher at Triway Local in Wooster. I am interested in becoming an ICoach to learn more about the amazing resources offered, build confidence in leading PD/presentations to staff, and lastly to best support our teachers with INFOhio.   
2. A strength I share from the survey is the ability to navigate and incorporate the INFOhio resources into the classroom. I have been utilizing them in my classroom to support my students, and make learning engaging. 
3. I want to build skills in leading quality, worthwhile, engaging PD/training for our staff, and I believe that the ICoach training will provide the needed resources, insight to be able to do this effectively! 

Welcome Heather! I know you will find a lot to share with your staff through the training.

Angela Rogers - K-4 Technology Teacher - Sycamore Creek Elementary - Pickerington Local Schools

I am interested in becoming an ICoach so that I can help teachers integrate the tools in their every day learning. 

I am somewhat familiar with INFOhio and was a classroom teacher for 17 years. With that background experience, I am hopeful that I can help teachers find INFOhio a useful tool for their own classrooms. 

One way in which the ICoach training will help me is to become even more familiar with all INFOhio has to offer. I am excited to dive in and learn!

Hi Angela,

Welcome to the program!

Hello Everyone,

My name is Elizabeth Shirk. I teach digital literacy to grades K-6 at Springmill STEM in Mansfield, Ohio. I have always used some of the resources from InfOhio but would like to learn more about what I am missing out on! I know there is alot of great information but I am not sure how to use it. 

One of my strengths is the ability to learn and process information quickly. I am also the tech support person in my building so having the iCoach training will help me, help others and share the wealth of information at our fingertips. I want to be a resource to others. 

HI Elizabeth,

I know you will find great support materials for STEM! Thanks for joining the program!

1. Summer Lamp, Librarian, Innces CLC and I would like to become an ICoach to support my building and scholars in digital literacy. It is also a requirement.
2. I have knowledge of various digital platforms and in leading trainings. This will translate easily to teaching and presenting about INFOhio.
3. I would like to understand more of the resources available on INFOhio and how to implement thme.

Hi there! I'm Ariel Hakim, an LRC technician at Buchtel CLC. I'm interested in becoming an ICoach as I'm learning to use all of the resources available through infohio myself, since teaching something to someone else is a great way to solidify learning. 

I learn best by reading; I believe this is a strength.

I'm pretty sure there are a lot of areas where I can build skills through ICoach training. Looking forward to learning ways to support students, staff, and families.

Welcome to the program, Ariel!

Darlene Alaniz

Librarian @ Buchtel CLC @ Akron Public Schools

I want to help teachers and staff use Infohio and all of the resources that go with it. I love technology and I am especially interested in the future of AI in education.

I would like to make sure I am familiar with all Infohio has to offer.

Hi Darlene,

I don't see your name on my list for applicants. Please be sure to complete the application. I will send you additional information once you have done so.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeEjq4sfQcs59LC_5Q2M8B-jezhV6f2twHicq4juqcoERPnyQ/viewform

Thanks!

My name is Gus Farmakidis and I am an LRC Specialist for Akron Public Schools. I am interested in renewing as a coach to better service my teachers and students within my district.

One of my strengths is my background with technology, integration, and coaching.

I can always use more info on best practices for research.

My name is Jessica Higginbotham. I am the Secondary LRC Tech at East CLC in Akron Public Schools District. ICoach is a requirement for my job.

One of my strengths is my 15+ years experience working and volunteering in libraries.

I believe ICoach training will help me learn more about what INFOhio has to offer.

Hi, my name is Whitney Mihalik and I'm an ELA teacher at Crestview High School in Columbiana County. I'm interested in becoming an iCoach so I can have better resources to teach my students research skills and digital literacy. 

An area I can build skills is definitely in how to train students in how to do research or WHY they should want to. 

Ron Moser

Middle School Instructional Technology Teacher/7th Grade Math

Columbiana Middle School

I enjoy sharing good resources with colleagues. 

I am new to using InfOhio. I hoping to find and learn about new resources that I will be able to use and share. 

Gerard Grimm, ELA Teacher, Southern Local Jr/Sr High School.  I want to take this back to my TBT and provide this resource to my colleagues so that they can use it as part of their classroom.

As a three sport coach and classroom educator, I have spent a great deal of my adult life having to be a successful communicator. Knowing your audience is key and finding they best way to gain understanding from them through modifying the delivery of the content to fit their needs.  This has always been a strong suit of mine and with my working knowledge of my TBT group, being able to relay this training to them should be fairly straightforward.

The area that I will need the most growth in is understanding and learning the plethora of resources available from infOhio.  Hopefully through this iCoach training, I will have a great deal of hands on experience with a variety of the resources to better fimiliarize myself with this program.

1. Jill Hall - Librarian - Crestviewl Local Schools - I am interested in gaining additional digital resources for my staff.

2. One of my strenghts is my ability to contact and support staff in grades 5-12.

3.   I need additional skills in presenting information.

Melissa Jarvis

LRC Technician - Harris Jackson CLC/APS

I am finished with the ICoach training. It is a job requirement. I use INFOhio frequently and enjoy teaching students how to navigate apps that help them learn research methods. 

Hi Melissa,

I know there weill be helpful resources for you to use in sharing and leading in your building!

Hi - my name is Laura Kovach and I am a teacher librarian at Garfield CLC/Akron Public Schools. I am completing the ICoach program to fulfill a requirement from district leadership. I am very famililar with Infohio and have led many PDs on it already, so that will help me as an iCoach. A refresher will help me build skills.

Hi Laura,

Hopefully, refreshing your training will help you lead PD in your building. We also have some great resources for  you to use for outreach now that you are back in the program.

1. Sam Appleby, Librarian, Akron STEM High School-Akron Public Schools  I'm interested in becoming an ICoach to further my knowledge and ability to help students.  

2. One of my strengths is my ability to work collaboratively with other staff members.  I believe this will help me when providing instruction to other staff members. 

3.  I would like to build up my familarity with InfOhio and all of it's possible uses.  

Hi Sam,

There are so many great STEM resources from INFOhio. I hope you will share them with your staff!

Sarah Sherwood

Library teacher, or Teacherbrarian as I have called myself, at Granville Elementary School

I use and teach INFOhio resources all the time with my students. I was a district/building iCoach when it was called that. I use the resources with my students, but so many teachers don't know about them. I want to find quick, meaningful ways to share with them. 

Hi Sarah - glad you are refreshing your training and coming back to the program! There are some great new features I think you will learn about in this training.

Hello Emily!

I am Adrienne Kalaitsides. I am the Teacher-Librarian Media Specialist for East Middle School 6-8 in Akron Public Schools. I believe it is a valuable resource for staff and students. I have been an iCoach in the past and I am currently revisiting and completing the iCoach program to fulfill a requirement. One of my strengths is my ability to work collaboratively with teachers. I believe this will help me when providing instruction to both to teachers and students. I'd like to have a refresher for deeper understanding and to learn more about what of INFOhio has to offer!😊

Hi Adrienne,

Glad you are refreshing your training and coming back to the program! You will receive updates and additional training. INFOhio changes and this is a great way to stay on top of it

Hello.  My name is Susan Mongold, librarian, I Promise School, Akron. I am looking forward to learning more about the High Quality Instructional Materials to suppliment curriculum. I have lots of experience with INFOhio and students.  I need to create better ways to share info with teachers. 

Greetings, colleagues. I am Lon Cseplo, employed as a Librarian in Akron Public Schools at Buchtel 9-12 Community Learning Center. I am interested in becoming an iCoach to better reach staff and students in by building in promoting the excellent tools and resources of INFOhio. I have as a strength a strong connection to my peers as a longtime fellow teacher, as well as being their union building representative. I know I can learn to better understand the resources, as well as how to most effectively promote them, using tools such as Open Space to collaborate with peers from other districts and in other related positions.

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1. Please post your name, position, place of employment, and why you are interested in becoming an ICoach.Linda Howell, LRC Clerical, North/Jennings Akron Public Schools, It is a requirment of our district.

2. Share one of your strengths from the Learner Questionnaire survey. How will it help you as an ICoach? am familiar with the Infohio resources which will help me if I am asked about Infohio.

3. Post an area where you need to build skills. How will the ICoach training help you develop this skill?I need to build skills to navigate on line learning this course will help with that. 

My name is Angela McFarland. I currently teach science in Dayton for grades 7-8. I am interested in being an ICoach to help my co-workers integrate INFOhio resources into their daily lessons. My top skills are conducting research and devising creative ways to teach vocabulary and complex concepts. I hope the ICoach training will help me stay current on the new resources that can help students generate interest in school. 

Hi Angela!

Thanks for joining the ICoach group. I don't see your name on the list of applicants. Can you fill the application out so we have all your information!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeEjq4sfQcs59LC_5Q2M8B-jezhV6f2twHicq4juqcoERPnyQ/viewform

Thanks!!

Rachel Johnson 

LRC Tech/ Parapro

APS: AKSC & AKPF

ICoach is a required traning for my role in the school system.

Throughout the year I have learned more of IINFOhio during my lessons either a student showed me something new that they found interesting/ learned from using this helpful resource. I have taught sutdent lessons using the content provided. It's great!! The students love it and enjoy being able to use it at their own pace and i do too!! This can help me as an ICoach by providing me the proper information needed for each class so that I can use those skills and knowledge to implement and support throughout the year.

I need to build skill exploring and using applications in InfoOhio that I used the least and become familiar with them in case I need to use them in the future.                             

Hello - I am Andrea McSherry. I work as a Technology Resource Teacher for Canton City Schools. I am interested in becoming an ICoach because I would like to increase my knowledge of resources that are available to teachers, students and parents. A strength that will help me as an ICoach is that I am very comfortable with using tech, so I am ready to jump in and find out what INFOhio has to offer! I need more resources for how to help integrate technology into classrooms, so I am hoping that being an ICoach will get me going in the right direction. Thank you!

1. Hi, I'm Emily Zauss Colpi, and I'm the Library Media Specialist and a Digital Learning Coach at Mariemont City Schools. i work at the High School. I was previously an iCoach and am interested in recertifying because I enjoy staying on top of the newest resources and best practices provided by INFOhio.

2. I'm very comfortable and experienced with planning, developing, and delivering professional development, training or outreach to adults. I will be able to use my experience and platform to share INFOhio with my staff.

3. I want to better understand high-quality instructional materials. I'm looking forward to completing the HQIM learning pathway to improve my mastery of this.

I'm Tara Cooper the Library Media Specialist at Dominion Middle School in Columbus City Schools. We have amazing participation in the library program and becoming an ICoach will help me organize the library programming to support the curriculum.

My strengths are that I am already very familiar with InfOhio. We use it all the time!

I need to imporve in that sometimes my programming seems disjointed (to me at least!) I would like  students to feel like it is continous through the year.