National Board Certified Teacher Dale Rogers, a self-described technology evangelist, and an early adopter of teacher created video tutorials (before YouTube was “a thing”), has always viewed teaching through the lens of the learner. Join the conversation for some educator insights–from a perspective you may not have previously considered.
My favorite principal, Mr. Ed. Worley (3:05)
Fairly smart until eighth grade (4:00)
Drafting class with applied geometry led to thoughts of being an educator (5:00)
Collaboration with colleagues as a goal, in the service of student learning (5:30)
Leading edge of technology? (7:00)
You need to understand the basics before tech is useful (7:50)
The county’s first 3-D printer, in 2013 (9:30)
STEM, first used as a term in 2001(10:30)
STEM described for students, parents, and others (11:00)
Student competitions – robotics, plus (12:15)
Teaching students and teaching teachers – professional career goal realized (12:30)
Frankel students coming off of a first-place finish in 2019 (14:15)
2020 competition cancelled due to the coronavirus (15:10)
Technology evangelist (15:45)
Moving from the classroom to industry (17:40)
Developing teacher-made video tutorials – years before YouTube (19:15)
Developing video tutorials for employees on the manufacturing plant floor (20:00)
Human Resources becomes yet another role (20:15)
Skills gap resulting from the push for all high school graduates to attend college (23:00)
Creating an initiative to incentivize the pursuit of a manufacturing career (24:00)
The Kalamazoo Promise concept leads to the Tribar Promise (24:45)
Connecting learning institutions and industry for mutual benefit (25:30)
The host puts words in the guest’s mouth – Ha! (26:55)
Society’s view of what teachers do (27:15)
Respect for educators (27:45)
Teachers’ challenged with 30+ students in a class are now tasked with designing work in a new way (29:00)
Technology resources need to be used and we need to support teachers in the transition to new tools and learning formats (30:15)
Stepping up to the plate with technology and generosity, to help during a time of crisis (32:15)
An expected “no” turns into a “yes” and accelerates production (35:30)
Navigating school guidelines and timelines, and intersecting with others to assist medical providers (36:00)
Guest blogger on Education week (37:30)
Inspection vs. quality processes (38:00)
Consider changes to core components of the teacher preparation structures (38:30)
A shout out to some great teachers (39:00)
Acknowledgment matters, greatly (40:30)
Relationships matter more than rules (41:30)
The 40-40-40 concept (42:45)
Getting to know one’s students and allowing one’s students to know you (44:45)
Dale Rogers – LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dale-rogers-nbct/
Dale Rogers – blogpost – the flipped classroom
https://lookatthiscowbell.blogspot.com/2020/05/the-flipped-classroom-its-not-just.html
Dale Rogers – Education Week guest column
TV news spot about the face shields from 3-D printers
The Frankel Jewish Academy
Music for Lead. Learn. Change. is Sweet Adrenaline by Delicate Beats
Podcast cover art for Lead. Learn. Change. is a view from Brunnkogel (mountaintop) over the mountains of the Salzkammergut in Austria, courtesy of photographer Simon Berger, published on www.unsplash.com.
Professional Association of Georgia Educators: www.pageinc.org
David’s LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-w-reynolds-5a5b0a36/