GoReact Makes Accelerated Teacher Training Possible

Jessica Hurdley:

What are the biggest benefits that you’re seeing in using GoReact to train candidates faster?

Megan Krupa:

Angela, do you want me to start out on that one? I think to step away from the individualized component, the coaching component, I think focusing on the alternative licensure piece for a bit, it allows them to have more support quicker. So rather than having a supervisor drive out spend half the day as we’ve done with our alternative licensure place students to help them teach, we now have opportunities to really be more invested and more involved, and maybe not for the full length of the lesson. We all know that there are certain areas that they need help with immediately. Classroom management, maybe one of them questioning seems to be one that mine tend to go to also as one of the first areas of improvement. So really targeting what they need and providing consistent feedback, thorough feedback that’s quicker and more efficient, so faster, not necessarily in quality but faster in response, which is actually increasing quantity, if that makes sense. It’s an interesting way of thinking about it, but I think that that is our biggest benefit is it’s just getting them answers to their questions and they don’t have to run across the hall and try to borrow another teacher during planning.