Coach Pabón

If you're tired of hearing about AI as just another buzzword and ready to see real, practical ways it can help in the classroom, you’re in the right place.

📢 Sam “Coach” Pabon | The Educator’s Coach & AI Guide
Helping teachers & schools leverage AI to work smarter, not harder. 🚀
🎤 Speaker | 🏫 Trainer | 💡 AI & EdTech Advocate Alright, listen up! 👏

This is Coach Pabon, The Educator’s Coach & AI Guide—here to help teachers flip the script on AI without adding more stress to their already packed plates. AI’s not here to take your job—but it can take some of the workload off your shoulders. 💡

I show educators how to leverage AI for lesson planning, grading, and student engagement—saving time and making teaching enjoyable again. Let’s make AI work for you—not against you. 🚀

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If better is possible, good is not enough!
- Unknown; popularized by Coach Pabon

09/30/2026

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09/30/2026

October 2026 understood the assignment. 🎃😎

5 Fridays.
5 Saturdays.
Halloween on a Saturday.
AND an extra hour of spooky season?! 👻

Yeah… October is about to show off. 😂🔥

Let’s gooooo! 🎃🐶

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09/14/2026

Today I had the honor and privilege of officially changing my youngest’s 1LT bar to Captain bars in front of her Reserve unit.

She’s always been a Hard-Charger. In HS, she was in the JROTC and Criminal Justice academies at East Lee County High School.

She was on the Swimming, Wrestling, Weightlifting, and Track & Field (field events) Teams.

She did ROTC in college & commissioned as an officer in the U.S. Army Reserves after graduation.

I can go on bragging about some of her other accomplishments, but I’ll just say:

I am so happy for her continued success & accomplishments!

09/13/2026

Hispanic Heritage Month is officially upon us… 🇵🇷😂

So for the next 30 days, please address me accordingly:

Mi amor… acceptable. 🥰
Mi rey… preferred. 👑
Guapo… obviously. 😎
Papacito… I mean, if you insist. 🤷🏽‍♂️🤣

All other forms of identification will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis.

¡WEPA! 🇵🇷🔥

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09/11/2026

25 years later… we remember. 🇺🇸

Not only what was lost, but what we learned about the strength of people when life changes in an instant.

Some moments change us forever.
Some chapters we never would have chosen.

But, we keep moving…
We keep growing…
We keep becoming.

Better days don’t erase the difficult ones.
They remind us that difficult days don’t get the final word!

👉🏽 Follow for resilience, leadership, and real talk. Let’s roll! 💪🏽🙏🏽

09/08/2026

You can take the boy outta The Bronx…
But, you can’t take The Bronx outta the boy. 💯

Brand new black book. First page.
Haven’t messed with graffiti in DECADES… and apparently the hands still remember. 😎

Cigar 💨
Adult beverage 🥃
A cool night on the lanai.
Just felt like creating something.

Now I’m putting the pen down and cracking open The Alchemist for the first time.
Recommended by a friend.

Different chapter.
Same kid from Boogie Down.

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09/06/2026

Apparently there’s an application process now. 😂

Listen… standards are standards. 🤷🏽‍♂️

Now accepting applications. 😂

Please read all instructions carefully.
Incomplete applications will not be considered.
References may be contacted.

Standards matter. Even in cuddling. 🤗😅

If better is possible, good is not enough. 😎

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09/05/2026

Today would have been Angie’s birthday.

I’m not really feeling the whole “Happy Birthday in Heaven” kind of post this year. Nothing wrong with it. It just doesn’t feel like me… today.

Instead, today was simply a day to remember her in some of the little ways that felt right.

We had lunch with our longtime friend Tandis, who met Angie when they were both clinical case managers in Maryland. That friendship goes back to when the kids were little, so sitting around a table today, catching up, telling stories, laughing, and making plans to visit Maryland felt pretty damn appropriate.

Then when we got home, I decided to sit out on the lanai with a cigar and some coffee.

Of all the ci**rs sitting in my humidor, I went with the Deadwood Dominicana. Not because of some elaborate symbolism. Angie was Dominican. It’s called Dominicana. Today seemed like the day to smoke it. Simple as that.

And, the coffee?
In one of Angie’s old Mickey Mouse mugs.

I think that’s what remembering someone looks like for me these days. It doesn’t always have to be heavy. It doesn’t always have to be sad. And, it doesn’t have to stop life in its tracks.

Sometimes it’s lunch with an old friend.

Sometimes it’s stories and laughter around a table.

Sometimes it’s choosing a particular cigar and drinking coffee from an old Mickey Mouse mug.

Life keeps moving forward.

And, some people simply remain part of the story. 💜

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09/04/2026

Don’t wait for the calendar to give you permission!

You’ve got time.
You’ve got opportunity.
You’ve got RIGHT NOW!

Make it count. 👊🏽💥

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08/29/2026

One year.

Today marks one year since Angie went home to Heaven.

It’s strange…
Part of me feels like it happened yesterday, while another part looks at everything that has happened over these last 365 days and realizes just how much life has continued moving.

And, maybe that’s one of the biggest things I’ve learned this year…

Moving forward is not the same thing as moving on.

I’m not moving on from Angie. I don’t want to.

She was my wife, my confidant, my first true love, and the mother of our children. We had laughter, arguments, adventures, struggles, victories, and all the ordinary moments that make up a real life together.

I loved her then.
I love her now.
And, I always will.

But, we’re still here…
So, we keep living.

The kids are doing well, building their lives and chasing new opportunities. I’m in the fourth class of my master’s program and still holding on to straight A’s. 😏 I’m back at East, continuing another chapter of my career.

And, apparently I needed a reminder that I’m not invincible.

Two weeks in the hospital, two surgeries, and a Type 2 diabetes diagnosis later… I’m healing, taking better care of myself, and paying attention to things I should have paid attention to years ago.

And yes, Angie… you kept telling me to go to the doctor.

You were right.

There. I said it publicly. 😂💜

Most importantly, this past year reminded me how blessed we are by the people around us.

To everyone who prayed, called, texted, visited, helped financially, brought food, checked on the kids, checked on me, offered a hug, shared words of encouragement, or simply reminded us that we weren’t alone…

Thank you! Truly! 💜

I still miss her every day. But, grief and gratitude can occupy the same space.

I can miss her, and still laugh.
Remember yesterday without living there.
Love what we had while embracing what comes next.

There is still life to live.

So, today I remember the love we shared, and I look forward with hope.

Not moving on.
Moving forward.

Still healing.
Still growing.
Still laughing.
Still loving.
Still living.

Angie, I love you. Present tense. 💜

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