Aug 9, 2020
Miguel Gonzalez
is the founder of Embark education, a micro school embedded in two
small businesses (pinwheel coffee and framework cycles)
Brian Sense is the
Executive Director Great Work, Inc
Samara is a student at the Embark school.
- Microschools vs. traditional schools
- Blended grade levels.
- 16 students enrolled with 7th and 8th grade.
- Embark education is an independent school, which allows us to
work with kids tuition free!
- Founding businesses and profit from businesses would fund the
educational experience.
- Grants and fundraising.
- Kids can make business decisions that may not be in the best
interest of the businesses.
- Price changes involved in the coffee shop.
- How do we pose it to our students,
- Samara’s interest in the espresso machine.
- Coffee machine does produce 85% of our drinks.
- Learning is a strong point for me.
- We don’t just focus on educational needs, but also on social
emotional needs.
- What school is like?
- What structures do we want to have?
- Miguel’s job is supporting embark and the teachers.
- Making the impact on students is just as valuable as getting a
bike back to a customer.
- When we break down the walls of school…
- Every role has a focus, but they also are involved in the other
programs.
- We also include students in the interview process.
- Middle school students know who they want to work around.
- Middle schoolers is an important age to focus on the joy of
learning.
- It’s never about the bikes or the coffee, it’s about student
learning.
- Middle school is an overlooked time of development.
- Kids don’t drop out in high school, they drop out in middle
school. They just sign the paperwork and leave in high School.
- Knowing where I want to center my learning.
- 6th grade interviews for new teacher.
- There’s very little that you learn in middle school that you
don’t already have.
- How to be a transformative principal?
- Treat them as adults and support them in their youth.
- Give many people the ability to realize their self-worth and
lead others.
- Listen humbly.
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