"Why Not Come on Stage?" with Mitch Stengel
WarriorEDU
English - October 09, 2020 17:32 - 47 minutes - 44.1 MBEducation Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Join Jeff & Leah as we chat with 2nd year teacher, soccer coach and Yearbook Advisor: Mitch Stengel!
Mitch’s Teacher Story:
High School at Prairie Ridge
University - Illinois State U.
Broadcasting was his first love
At one point thought... “Why not come on stage”
Was hired right out of college here at MCHS
Start of 2nd year - teaching during a pandemic
Mitch talks about tech apps that can make learning happen
You HAVE to have the connections with students
Favorite Quote: "Students don't learn from teachers they don't like"
This is a unique opportunity - going from “1st year teacher” to “1st year teacher”
Classroom Story:
Has had a few Humbling experiences
Personable vs. Driven-by-Content
Trying to finish a yearbook
THEME: You Can’t Stop Us - student empowerment
Election
Pandemic
Excited about the Broadcast Center at the new HS extension
Opportunity to get at that “Top Tier”
“Why can’t it be us?”
“A lot of times you have to go and get those opportunities”
Pet Peeve - when teachers fight the modem kids are using
Why not live in their world? In the present? If we’re going to prepare them for the future
Challenges in education & how you dug yourself out of the trenches:
Kids who don’t want to learn
Ask: “How are you?”
Help kids dig out of their mental trenches
Advice for New Teachers:
The content will come. Relationships First.
Try not to get flooded by too much information.
Build a Network
HOPEFUL FOR:
Light at the end of the tunnel
Find the Light, the Bright Spots
Keep Moving Forward
GUEST CONTACT INFORMATION:
Twitter: Mitch Stengel
HOST CONTACT INFORMATION: