This episode marks the podcast's two years anniversary and I'm very happy with how things have gone. My goal was, and still is, to simply share the good stuff from those who are in the trenches, you all who are continually learning and improving your craft every day in classrooms. I wanted to showcase regular teachers who are doing inspiring things and that would hopefully encourage and inspire us all to keep up the good and challenging work we do every day in our profession.
For this episode, my colleague Becky and I interviewed Dr Cecila Gillam, a high school science teacher from New Orleans, LA. We had a great conversation as she shared a favorite lesson about the water crisis and students building prototypes of devices to create clean drinking water, the importance of hands-on science, the need to diversify our portfolio of ed tech tools, and removing barriers for getting more underrepresented students into STEM courses. Cecelia is what I would consider an amitious teacher, but is also keenly focused on building relationships and empowering students. Let's jump in.
