Lead GCISD Podcast

#28: Dr. Ryan on his new podcast

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

#27: Genius Hour Part 2

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

#26: GCISD Education Foundation

#25: Genius Hour, 20 Time, & Passion Projects in the High School

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

#24: Flexible Seating in Middle School

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.

#23: Flexible Seating at Elementary

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.

#22: Student Voice - Teacher of the Month at HMS

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.

#21: Teacher Growth & Observation - #CHObserveMe

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.

#20: Teacher Growth & Observation - CMS

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.

#19: Teacher Growth & Observation - GES

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.

#18: Teacher Growth & Observation - VALOR

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.

#17: Teacher Growth & Observation - GHS

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

#16: AVID in GCISD

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!

#15: Google Expeditions

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.

#14: GCISD Instructional Coaching Model

Lead GCISD is a show created to explore topics around the Grapevine-Colleyville school district. We'll talk strategic plans, best practices, educational technology & more.