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D. 202 in Plainfield adds 12 instructional technology coach positions

Training for new instructional coaches was held this past week

Wallin Oaks Elementary School media specialist Judy Meier (right) works with Plainfield High School – Central Campus special education teacher Christopher Wells (left) and Ira Jones Middle School math teacher Chris Klein (participating remotely) during training to become instructional technology coaches Thursday, July 22, 2021. (Photo provided)

By Denise M. Baran-Unland

District 202 in Plainfield is added 12 instructional technology coach positions this year district-wide “using Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief grant funding,” according to a news release from District 202.

The instructional technology coach a new district position. This position is designed “to train teachers how to best use software in the learning process, provide professional development and model best teaching practices for blended learning,” the release said.

For information, visit psd202.org.

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Denise Unland

Denise M. Baran-Unland

Denise M. Baran-Unland is the features editor for The Herald-News in Joliet. She covers a variety of human interest stories. She also writes the long-time weekly tribute feature “An Extraordinary Life about local people who have died. She studied journalism at the College of St. Francis in Joliet, now the University of St. Francis.