Driver's Ed Podcast: Recent Episodes
Drs. Scott Hand & Demetrius Roberts
Conversations about and with the drivers of leading educational practices. Focusing primarily on school districts in southeastern Pennsylvania, we highlight regional initiatives to share their stories with others.
Hosts Dr. Scott Hand and Dr. Demetrius Roberts bring you stories from inside the districts striving for educational excellence.
In this episode, we talk about Competency-based Learning. This is an exciting learning model because it uses a mastery-based progression system, where students can progress on a personalized pathway, driving toward competencies and outcomes, all in real world contexts. On this episode, we talk to two friends from Building21: Sandra Moumoutjis, Chief Instructional Designer at Building 21 and Tom Gaffey, the Chief Instructional Technologist at Building21.
On this episode we discuss Professional Learning and the ways in which we enhance practice in an ever-changing educational landscape, especially during COVID. Joining us are our friends at the Avon Grove School District - Dr. Niki Harvey, Director of Teaching & Learning, and Dr. Jason Kotch, Director of Technology.
Today we are talking about Career Readiness. Career Readiness focuses on the attainment of skills and competencies that prepare students for successful transition into the workplace. On today’s episode, we are talking to Dr. Joe Fullerton, principal at the Pickering Technical College High School in Chester County.
Personalized Learning: While it might mean many things to many people, overarchingly, it is about customized learning experiences for individual learners according to their readiness, internet, learning style, or experiences. On today’s episode, we are talking to Dr. Rick Hornberger at the Ephrata School District.