Google Educator L2 case studies
Google Educator L2 · Put your knowledge to work in context.
The Google Certified Educator Level 2 is the second tier in Google for Education's educator certification ladder. Google describes it as validating "your expertise and advanced technology integration skills" - the step beyond Level 1's focus on demonstrating mastery of Google tools in the classroom. The Google Educator L2 case studies are 5 cases and about 3,529 words.
1Three Reading Levels, One Classroom Section
Riverton Middle School has 12 ELA teachers sharing four Chromebook carts, so each class gets devices only during the 55-minute ELA block on three of five days. Google Classroom is used almost entirely as a dropbox: students open a Doc, type, and turn in; teachers report that students submit screenshots of handwritten work, that feedback arrives after the unit ends, and that originality reports are turned off because sixth graders do not need them.
769 words, about 4 min2The Chemistry Data Book That Students Keep Overwriting
Northgate High School's chemistry team teaches five sections of 30 students, and lab groups of four share one sheet per group. Students currently create a new Google Sheet in My Drive, click Share, and set Anyone with the link can edit because the teacher's share with your group instruction was ambiguous.
691 words, about 3 min3External Mentors, Link Sharing, and a Student IEP Goal
Westbrook District is running a 10-week mentoring program with three external nonprofit partners. Twenty volunteer mentors, none with district accounts, need to join weekly Google Meet office hours and read and write a shared folder of student project drafts.
700 words, about 4 min4Co-Teaching, Accommodations, and a Student Who Refuses Text-to-Speech
Maple Grove Elementary has two co-teachers in one Grade 4 classroom with 28 students; six have IEP or 504 reading accommodations (text-to-speech, extended time, reduced visual clutter). Devices are a mix of 14 Chromebooks and 10 iPads, and the classroom set rotates.
703 words, about 4 min5Eighty-Five Survey Responses and a Ten-Day Board Deadline
The district's 42-item staff climate survey got 85 responses out of 210 staff. The assistant superintendent wants a board presentation in 10 days that breaks results down by grade band (K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12), by role (teacher versus paraprofessional), and by years of service.
666 words, about 3 min