Seeking Passionate Educators for this year's MBC Coach program
Over the past few months, you may have noticed the orange "MBC Coach" badge on some peoples' posts. Our coaches are a select team of education professionals who've completed the requirements of becoming a certified MBC trainer, including participation in our yearly Summer Academy program, where they receive a full day of intensive training developed by their peers and My Big Campus staff.
As of this week, we've opened the application process for the MBC Coach program, and we're inviting well qualified professional educators to join the ranks of certified MBC Coaches. The application process and requirements, are laid out on this page.
If you have what it takes to be an MBC Coach, here are some of the benefits you can look forward to once you've completed the certification program:
- Online "MBC Coach" badge announcing your elite professional status on My Big Campus
- Participation in feature request and product roadmap discussions, with direct access to the product development team
- Opportunities to represent My Big Campus at conferences and events
- Mentoring your peers during and after MBC deployment in your school or district
- Occasional paid consulting and training opportunities
Our MBC Coaches from last year had a lot to say about their experiences. Here are some of our favorite quotes:
- I feel like I now have friends I can turn to, both inside MBC and from the training group. It was a confidence builder to work with so many people who care about the same things I care about and gain the experience necessary to get my district won over to MBC.
- Great to connect with others. I liked the breakout choices and seeing how MBC was used by others.
- I really liked the user breakout sessions -- flipped, writing, back channeling, excellent resources and ideas.
- I really enjoyed meeting the Lightspeed folk and hearing about future plans for MBC. I also enjoyed some of the PD topics.
- I found the Academy to be a very welcoming environment. All questions were honored, and it was most informative. Very knowledgeable team to lead the training. I appreciated the opportunity to discuss strengths, concerns and vision for MBC.
- Following the other trainers has been great! The talking points are helpful. WOW activities, topic groups, examples of different ways to use (for example the Round Robin wiki activity), meeting the people behind the scenes. and hearing the road map. Nice to know that that we could have some input.
This year's Summer Academy happens June 28, 2012 in San Diego, California, immediately following the ISTE 2012 conference. ISTE, the International Society for Technology in Education, promotes innovative use of technology in the classroom. As an exhibitor at ISTE 2012, Lightspeed Systems, the company behind My Big Campus, will be there to welcome current and prospective customers, and present our latest and greatest products. Whether you're attending on your own as an educator, or representing a school district or other member organization, we'd love to have you stop by the Lightspeed booth (5236) and meet us.