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The THINK TANK stops in Massachusetts as we visit with Tom Arria, the AD at Cambridge Rindge and Latin School who shares how he heard about K12 SportsTech and why he decided to join their AD Think Tank! THIS is The Educational AD Podcast!
In this episode, Mark talks with Ariel Serkin and Brenda Royce about improving student mathematical reasoning. They have given a workshop and a webinar on the topics, and have been working on these ideas for the last few years and have great examples for getting at the thinking needed for students to understand the math involved in the sciences we teach. Guests Ariel Serkin Ariel Serkin has been teaching since 2001, most recently as chemistry teacher at Cambridge Rindge and Latin School. When Ariel started teaching chemistry after a decade as a history teacher, she looked for ways to take her skills as a historian and bring chemistry alive. Through Modeling Instruction, Ariel's enables students to develop conceptual models through experimentation, whiteboarding, and class discussions. Trained as a Modeling Instruction leader in 2018, Ariel has led numerous workshops for American Modeling Teachers Association, STEMteachersMassBay, New England Association of Chemistry Teachers and at local, regional, and national conferences on Modeling Instruction, standards based grading, and equity in the science classroom. Ariel currently serves as president for STEMteachersMassBay, and has served as regional representative for American Association of Chemistry Teachers, AACT and on the executive board of the NEACT. She also writes for ChemEdXchange. https://www.twitter.com/aserkin (Twitter) | https://instagram.com/ariel.serkin (Instagram) | https://www.facebook.com/ariel.serkin/ (Facebook) Brenda Royce Brenda Royce has her B.A. in Chemistry from California State University, Fresno and M.A. in Education from Fresno Pacific University. She has taught high school chemistry and physics for 27 years after a 14-year career as an environmental analytical chemist and research assistant. She has been using Modeling Instruction in her classes since 1998. Brenda has conducted numerous training workshops in the practices of Modeling Instruction for pre-service and in-service teachers since 2000 in California, Arizona, Texas, and Pennsylvania as well as made presentations about Modeling Instruction at NSTA, WRNC, ChemEd, and BCCE conferences. She has been one of the lead contributors in the development of curriculum materials for Modeling Instruction in chemistry. Highlights [4:16] Brenda Royce: "students, if you ask them, how does this compare to that? They will always subtract the two values, just about 90% of the time" [4:33] Brenda Royce: "When they wanna know if they know something, they look to see if they got the right answer, but not the reasons behind it. Whereas of course, scientific community is the why. And ...what caused it to be that way. That's our definition of knowing." [9:58] Brenda Royce "we're distinguishing quantities that are single measurements and relationships that have two different measurements that are intricately linked to one another. " [14:52] Ariel Serkin "So our goal here is to take these abstract concepts and to make them a little more concrete and to put back these diagrams and actual manipulatives, ... to help build their conceptual understanding. And at the same time, they're building their mathematical confidence in what we're doing" Resources Download Transcript https://sciencemodelingtalks.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/SMT-Ep37-ArielSerkin-BrendaRoyce-Transcript.pdf (Ep 37 Transcript) Links https://www.bcce2022.org/ (Biennial Conference on Chemical Education (BCCE))
Geneva Fischer, a rising sophomore at Northeastern University in Boston, has been part of the BioBuilder community since high school. As part of her work in the biotechnology program at Cambridge Rindge and Latin School, she saw her classmates participate in the BioBuilderClub, joined an intensive workshop at the BioBuilder Learning Lab @LabCentral, and participated in the online Idea Accelerator during the COVID shut-down of in person classes. Most recently she has worked as an intern in the BioBuilder Learning Lab @Ginkgo where she researched the strain instability of a biomanufacturing strain, improved the teaching protocols, and supported the wide array of students who came to the lab as workshop participants. She credits BioBuilder for advancing her skills and interests, putting her at ease in many advanced settings like college labs and lab-based teaching of others.
Oscar is a rising junior at University of Massachusetts at Lowell, studying biology. His interest in biotechnology was sparked by a high school class and teacher at Cambridge Rindge and Latin School. He applied and was accepted to the BioBuilder's High School Apprenticeship Challenge in 2019, held that year at LabCentral in Cambridge. His biodesign project addressed high concentrations of lead in drinking water. At the poster session presentation of his project, Oscar met a researcher at Indigo Ag, a biotech company that uses microbiology and machine learning to improve crop yield and health. Oscar was hired at Indigo Ag as a summer intern. Oscar remarked on how his BioBuilder lab skills helped him in the Indigo Ag lab as an intern and at college as a biology major.
Coach Mike Jarvis shares his journey from growing up in Cambridge Massachusetts to becoming a NCAA D1 Head Coach. After finishing his playing career at Northeastern he joined the coaching staff there and then Harvard before becoming the Head Coach at Cambridge Rindge and Latin School. He coached Patrick Ewing, Rumeal Robinson, and Karl Hobbs in high school including winning three-consecutive state championships (1979-1981), including a remarkable 77-1 record during that run. Coach Jarvis was named Massachusetts HS Coach of the Year in each of those three seasons. Boston University named him their Head Coach in 1985 and he led them to two NCAA Tournament appearances. He led the Terriers to a 101-50 record during his five seasons at the helm before accepting the Head Coach position at George Washington. Coach Jarvis lead the George Washington University to three NCAA tournament appearances, including the Sweet 16 in the 1993 NCAA Tournament. He made history by being the first African American father-son coaching team. Coach Jarvis led the Colonials to two wins over number one nationally ranked UMass - including at home with President Bill Clinton in attendance. In 1997 Coach Jarvis served as the President of the National Association of Basketball Coaches. After accumulating a 143–100 record at GW, he was hired at St. John's. He coached at St. John's from 1998 to 2003. In 1998 Coach Jarvis was named ‘National Coach of the Year ‘by the Black Coaches Association and that same year he would be named ‘Father of the Year' by Ebony Magazine. Coach Jarvis coached guys like Ron Artest and took St. John's to the Elite Eight in his first season as Head Coach. They won the NIT in 2003 and after leaving St. John's he worked for ESPN and Yahoo before returning to the sidelines at Florida Atlantic for six seasons. At Florida Atlantic he guided them to the NIT in his third season. Coach Jarvis has written three book (Skills for Life, Everybody Needs a Head Coach, and The Seven C's Of Leadership). Currently he works at South Florida Bible College and Theological Seminary in addition to pubic speaking. This episode is sponsored by Church Graphic Design - be sure to give them a follow on social media @ChurchGDLLC. Church Graphic Design specializes in creating personalized coaching portfolios, encompassing your coaching career, your biggest accomplishments, and your track record of winning at a high level. Be sure to use the promo code "BoxScore" to receive 10% off your portfolio . You won't be disappointed! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/beyondtheboxscore/support
Ivy League Murders, #Harvard, #Yale, #Columbia, # Dartmouth #Princeton, #Brown, U of Penn, #Cornell. Two “crime-heads” joined forces to create a podcast in which they explore the dark side of the Ivy League — including the murders of Yale students. Laura McDonald and Sarah Alcorn, a Harvard graduate, founded the podcast “Ivy League Murders,” in which they research, discuss and comment on violent crime on Ivy League campuses. The podcast was founded approximately a year ago, during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. The weekly episodes explore everything from murder, kidnappings and mystery, as well as power and privilege in the justice system; they invite listeners to take a closer look at what lurks beneath the surface in the Ivy League. “Human nature does not care if you have an Ivy League degree,” McDonald said. “Greed, jealousy, lust — we see these characteristics in all socioeconomic groups.” The podcast began as a passion project for both McDonald and Alcorn with 10 original cases, and has since grown into a weekly podcast which Spotify describes as an exposé of “the most haunting cases to spin out of some of America's most elite corners.” McDonald and Alcorn went to high school together at the Cambridge Rindge & Latin School in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Yet their paths never crossed, until about two and a half years ago, when Alcorn's daughter asked to adopt a kitten; their search led them to McDonald's door. “As a [private investigator], I was the most crime-obsessed person I knew and then I met Laura, and she's much more, or at least as much, of a crime-head than I am,” Alcorn said. According to the two podcasters, McDonald had the idea for the podcast but wanted a partner to work with. Fittingly, Alcorn is a private investigator by trade; McDonald's idea immediately caught her attention. “She was the seed, I was the soil and [the podcast] grew,” Alcorn said. According to the hosts, spending their childhoods in Cambridge, next to Harvard Square, led them to grow up with great curiosity as to what loomed behind the Ivy League gates. Their shared passion for true crime then sparked further questions about the more nefarious happenings on Ivy League college campuses. “It's that curiosity that brought about this podcast,” McDonald said. “People think that being in a certain educational and economic status shields you from certain types of personalities or people.” In fact, according to both hosts, the Ivy League schools are unique in that they provide a “pastiche of privilege,” and many assume that as a result, students at Ivy League schools are exempt from the horrors of violent crime. However, the podcasters emphasized that this impression is false. With the research and the commentary they present in the podcast, Alcorn and McDonald demonstrate that students, alumni and affiliates of Ivy League schools are also afflicted by the same human faults of obsession, jealousy, greed and anger which may lead to violent crime. Indeed, the hosts outlined the podcast's goal as being that of exposing these realities --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/otcpod1/support
A Freshman at The Cambridge School of Weston Interview starts at 14:06 and ends at 49:32 Links “Marty Baron Considers His Time at The Washington Post” by Isaac Chotiner at The New Yorker - February 7, 2021 My previous interview with James on January 31, 2020 for TKC 600 Cambridge Rindge and Latin School The Cambridge School of Weston Terrence Roberts Sumbul Siddiqui, Mayor of Cambridge, Mass. Morning Journal flash briefing for Alexa If you'd like brief daily updates on technology, books, marriage, and puppies, you can follow along with my Morning Journal flash briefing. From your Echo device, just say, “Alexa, enable Morning Journal.” Then each morning say, “Alexa, what's my flash briefing?” I post a five-minute audio journal each day except Sunday, usually by 8:00 am Eastern Time. The Kindle Chronicles is now available at Audible Podcasts. The only thing missing are ratings! If you have time, please consider leaving one in order to help others learn about the show. Right-click here and then click "Save Link As..." to download the audio to your computer, phone, or MP3 player.
On this episode you are getting a 2 for 1. I had the chance to sit down with New Bedford's Basketball Historian Michael Conceicao. Michael was also a basketball official for over 30 years and seen many many talents on many many levels. New Bedford is also home to one of the Biggest Cape Verde Carnivals in Mass so during that time the Host a Cape Verde Basketball Tournaments that brings out hundreds and hundreds of people to watch some of the best Talents New Bedford has to offer. For the 2nd half of this show illl be chopping it with David Foster aka My Dad. It was also a Birthday Celebration to him. We talked about his days playing at Cambridge Rindge &Latin, to his brief hooping stent at Southern Connecticut. The game of basketball has always as been in our lives and help us both get through some tuff times, it's like therapy. It felt good to sit down with these gentleman, so sit back relax and listen up... #GetBuckets
Roy is a humble and hardworking man. He has been working as a coach at Cambridge Rindge and Latin high school for over 20 years. He was the Head Wrestling Coach from 2001-2019 and in 2015 was Division 1 North Central Coach of the year. Roy is the current Head Football Coach at Rindge.
Host Justin Reich is joined by Kevin Dua, 2017 Massachusetts History Teacher of the Year, a two-time Massachusetts Teachers Association Human & Civil Rights awardee, and a current member of the Ideation UpLift Legacy Cohort for K-12 Black Male Educators. Kevin is a History and Psychology Teacher at Cambridge Rindge and Latin School in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Justin and Kevin discuss anti-racism, unlearning, and strategies to increase equity in education in the age of Covid. Kevin also shares his experience as an advisor to the award winning Black Student Union in Cambridge, Massachusetts.“Oftentimes educators talk about wanting to integrate current events. Right now, the current events, if it's not COVID-19, it's systemic racism. It's white supremacy. If those words, if those key terms aren't being said aloud, regardless of if it's a social studies classroom or a math classroom, that should be a red flag.” - Kevin DuaIn this episode we’ll talk about:The Black Lives Matter Movement and its impact on teachingDisrupting Systems / UnlearningCurrent state of educators in COVIDCOVID exposing inequitiesCambridge Rindge and Latin’s Black Student UnionAdvice to teachers Resources and LinksFollow Kevin Dua on TwitterCheck out Kevin’s resources on Anti-Racism.Read an interview with Kevin Dua in the Daily Times Chronicle Check out Justin Reich’s new book! Transcripthttps://teachlabpodcast.simplecast.com/episodes/kevin-dua/transcript Produced by Aimee Corrigan and Garrett BeazleyRecorded and mixed by Garrett Beazley Follow TeachLab:FacebookTwitterYouTube
Episode 77. DA LIT TWINZ! Legendary Episode. Legendary. Absolutely loved everyone minute of it man, shouts out to these young men for coming through and laying down the law. For those who don't know: James and Jeff are nearly identical twin rappers from Cambridge, who are back from a hiatus from music. We discussed A LOT; riding a jet ski in the Charles River, winning the lottery, the power of positivity, the law of gravity, and getting the boot from Cambridge Rindge & Latin. Shouts out these young men for bringing the energy! ------- WATCH THIS EPISODE HERE: https://youtu.be/6BLr_mRurJY ------------------ The Official Score of the "Derek the Last Air Bender" was composed by Josh Schuback (@josh_schuback) & Designed by Jack Bigelow, (@jack.bigelow). Voiceover: Tim Blouin, @timblou8 The "GDP Jingle" heard in every podcast (Spotify, Podcasts, Soundcloud) was created by MyCompiledThoughts. @mycompiledthoughts ----------- Follow Da Lit 2Winz! Instagram: @jeffda2win44 @officialtwin44 Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/straitcash-bonaventure ---------- Follow GDP! Instagram: @goldendeerproductions YouTube: YouTube.com/GoldenDeerProductions Facebook: Facebook.com/GoldenDeerProductions Website: goldendeer.productions -------- Follow Conor Holway: Instagram: @godholway LinkedIn: linkedin.com/conorholway Twitter: @boachbonnie -------- Listen to Our Podcasts Here! iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-g…d1437829342?mt=2 Soundcloud: @goldendeerproductions Spotify: Search: "Golden Deer Productions" --------- This Episode was Recorded LIVE from the Best Studio in Boston, Phoenix Down Recording. IG: @phxdownstudios, @johnscottengineer Book Ya Session Right Here: phxdown.simplybook.me/sheduler/manage ----------- The Golden Hours Podcast is the biggest Podcast in Boston and the official podcast of Golden Deer Productions. The podcast is run by Conor Holway (a great guy), and we try to show love to anyone making moves in the city. Season 4 is the season of Derek the Airbender... only Derek can save the world from the Fire Deer, do you think he has the W or na??
Adam Stanco’s in-depth interview with longtime college basketball head coach Mike Jarvis. They discuss the coach’s early days as a player, including why he was ready to quit the game entirely and the reason he stayed with it. He reveals some of his early coaching experiences, such as working alongside a young Jim Calhoun and coaching Kyrie Irving’s father at Boston University. They take a deep dive into what Jarvis experienced while coaching Patrick Ewing at Cambridge Rindge and Latin. Jarvis explains what he learned from coaching a once-in-a-generation talent and shares some incredible stories about Ewing’s insane recruitment. Jarvis tells us why he gained even more knowledge about coaching great big men as he helped transform Yinka Dare into a fantastic college player. He also explains why a 5-foot-4 George Washington guard was the best pound-for-pound player he ever coached. And he takes us into the chaotic St. John’s locker rooms he shared with Ron Artest, Omar Cook, Erick Barkley, and many others. Find out more at 40YearCoach.com and follow us on Twitter...Adam Stanco: @naismithlives40 Year Coach Podcast: @40YearCoachMike Jarvis: @coachmikejarvisSydney Smith: @SydGSmitty
Many years a teacher at the Rindge and Latin School in Cambridge, MA, Larry knows about race and race history in Cambridge, and in the US. Larry talks about "what is race?". And the history of the narrative about the human race. Larry starts off saying, "there is no such thing, scientifically, as race". Race is a construct, but racism pervades everything in our culture
City Councillors Sumbul Siddiqui and Alanna Mallon discuss all things Cambridge. Today's episode: the tragic loss of a young Cambridge Rindge and Latin student this week; the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Community Conversations: race and class, 32 BJ SEIU, resident permit parking fees, the Sherman Street crossing, domestic violence, the Port Fair and the Cambridge Jazz Festival. Recorded at Cambridge Community Television.
What is the first song that comes right to your mind? When you think of the world around us, or a social issue - why does this song resonate? These are the kinds of questions we asked the students at Cambridge Rindge and Latin High School as part of a music and society discussion. While we always look try to raise these important questions during our conversations, we can’t take credit for this one... it was senior Natalia Ruiz who spotted an ATB sticker somewhere in Cambridge, looked us up and proposed a collaboration. We were honored to ask questions, facilitate discussion with, and most importantly learn from these inspiring juniors and seniors about what music inspires them, why it moves them and what artists create the music and lyrics behind it all. Along with the students we were joined by two staff at Cambridge Latin, a teacher and the assistant principal, who is - fittingly - an accomplished jazz saxophonist himself. We talked the charisma of Kanye and the social responsibility of Kendrick and covered ground from hip hop to AC/DC to Eminem. Join us at Above The Basement! Go to www.patreon.com/abovethebasement for more information
Three-time HS State Championship coach, 25-year NCAA veteran and basketball luminary, Mike Jarvis. Mike Jarvis played on Rindge Technical High School’s 1962 Class A Championship (East Massachusetts) team. Today, he’s a member of the Cambridge High School, Massachusetts Coaches, New England Coaches Association and George Washington University Hall of Fame. However, Mike’s storied life in basketball almost didn’t happen. As a sophomore at Northeastern University, he quit the team – deciding to work for his father and brother’s fish-and-chip shop – before his brother convinced him to return to Northeastern and apologize to his coach, Dick Dukeshire. Given a second chance, it wasn’t long before Mike knew that his calling was as a basketball coach. We discuss Mike’s memories of working at Northeastern with future great, Jim Calhoun, followed by a move to Harvard, alongside eight-time NBA Champion of the Boston Celtics, Tom Sanders. Whilst working with Harvard’s varsity team, it wasn’t uncommon for one of Mike’s idols, the all-time great, Red Auerbach, to watch the team practice. In the mid-1970s, a Jamaican teenager moved to Massachusetts. His name? Patrick Ewing. Mike and Patrick didn’t know it at the time, however, soon enough their lives would be linked forever. A few year later, Mike was appointed head coach of his (high school) alma mater (Cambridge Rindge and Latin School – renamed from Rindge Technical, following a merger). In a stunning run of success, Ewing led Cambridge to three-consecutive state championships (1979-1981), amassing a remarkable 77-1 record during that span. Mike was named Massachusetts HS Coach of the Year in each of those three seasons. Our conversation continues, as we discuss the rest of Mike’s life in basketball. In 1985, he commenced what would be a 25-season run (between 1986 and 2014) as head coach at Division 1 NCAA schools; Boston University (1985-86 – 1989-90), George Washington (1990-91 – 1997-98), St. John’s (1998-99 – 2003-2004) and Florida Atlantic (2008-09 – 2013-14). Mike led three universities to the NCAA Tournament, making nine appearances in all. We talk about George Washington’s famed (1993) Sweet Sixteen match-up versus Michigan’s ‘Fab Five’ and the Red Storm’s (1999) journey to the Elite Eight. Mike shares a great story about the 1981 McDonald’s HS All-American Game, where his son, Mike Jarvis Jr., played a crucial role as his (young) assistant, plus, we cover Mike’s post-coaching life and so much more. This is a wide-ranging conversation that I’m sure you’ll enjoy. Links discussed (include): * Patrick Ewing – high-school sensation * George Washington versus The Fab Five (1993 – Sweet Sixteen) * St. John’s versus Ohio State (1999 – Elite Eight) People mentioned in this episode, include: Bill Russell, Adrian Branch, Michael Jordan, Bill Wennington, Chris Mullin, John Thompson, Yinka Dare, Rumeal Robinson, Chris Webber, Juwan Howard & Jalen Rose. Editor's note: sign-up for the monthly newsletter - receive exclusive details on upcoming podcast episodes and future, high-profile guests to appear on the show. I appreciate all feedback, FB Page 'Likes' and iTunes ratings / reviews. Follow: Facebook | Twitter | Google+ Subscribe: iTunes | Stitcher | Newsletter | RSS | Website Feedback: e-mail (audio welcome) | Voicemail
Today we are talking to Chef Jason Santos Hell's Kitchen Finalist, Bar Rescue regular, and owner of the hottest restaurants in Boston, Abbey Lane, Buttermilk & Bourbon & newly opened Citrus & Salt! "While other kids grew up watching Sesame Street, Chef Jason Santos grew up experimenting in his grandmother's kitchen watching and idolizing Julia Child. Jason graduated from Newbury College's culinary arts program, in Newton, MA at 19, Jason began his culinary career at Andy Husbands' Boston institution, Tremont 647. Jason spent six years at Tremont 647 honing his personal style and rising in the ranks to executive chef. Following his success in Boston's best kitchens, Jason competed on Season 7 of Fox's hit television show Hell's Kitchen. His larger-than-life personality and culinary expertise quickly secured him as a fan favorite and garnered the attention of one of the industry's top critics, Chef Gordon Ramsey. His successful run on the show concluded with a runner-up finish and a newfound national recognition. After Hell's Kitchen wrapped, Jason returned to Boston to add restaurateur to his growing resume opening Abby Lane, Buttermilk & Bourbon, and the recently opened Citrus & Salt. Jason is also a recurring guest on the Today Show, the CBS Early Show, the CBS television show The Talk, and subsequent seasons of Hell's Kitchen. Jason appears regularly on Spike TV's Bar Rescue - rehabilitating failing restaurants and bars as a restaurant consultant alongside John Taffer. Furthermore, Jason has had the honor of cooking to sold-out crowds twice at the James Beard House. He has also served as a culinary instructor at both Boston University and Cambridge Rindge and Latin's culinary programs. Also joining us today from Hollywood, our good friend and president of The Conlin Company, Sheila Conlin! Sheila has been involved in dozens of your favorite TV shows, including Hell's Kitchen, Kitchen Nightmares, Hotel Hell & Khloe Kardashian's Revenge Body! Please visit www.chefjasonsantos.com for up-to-date information. Jason's Social www.chefjasonsantos.com twitter.com/chefjasonsantos Public Relations: Nicole Russo nicolerussocomm@gmail.com / www.nicolerussopr.com Manager: Pablo Velez pablovelez.jr@gmail.com And you can find TV Producer & Casting Director Sheila Conlin at TheConlinCompany.com
Lincoln-Sudbury football coach Tom Lopez and junior quarterback Braden O'Connell join host Tommy Cassell for this episode. The team is preparing to make their first Super Bowl appearance since 2011. “It’s a game the players are never going to forget,” Lopez told Cassell. L-S is 11-0 after a win over Newton South on Thanksgiving Day. They will be playing 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 1, in the Division 2 Super Bowl against King Philip at Gillette Stadium. Behind O'Connell, a first-year starter at QB, and Lopez, the 40-year coach for the Warriors, the L-S offense has scored a total of 468 points this season – with a whooping 77 points coming against a regular season win over Cambridge Rindge & Latin. Lopez was a longtime assistant principal at a middle school in Sudbury and O'Connell also plays lacrosse for the three-time defending L-S boys lacrosse team. Cassell’s Corner: Each week, Tommy Cassell of the MetroWest Daily and Milford Daily News will talk with a high school sports figure from throughout the MetroWest and Milford areas. A new episode is released every Wednesday. Follow Cassell on Twitter at @TommyCassell44. You can subscribe via iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play or any other podcast provider. Don’t forget to rate and review. And if you aren’t a podcast listener, every episode of Cassell’s Corner is available here on our websites. Related Links http://www.milforddailynews.com/sports/20171123/lincoln-sudbury-28-newton-south-6-warriors-win-big-with-one-more-game-still-to-play http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/sports/20171110/lincoln-sudbury-27-north-andover-7-warriors-find-way-claim-div-2-north-crown http://www.milforddailynews.com/sports/20170902/lincoln-sudbury-football-team-is-basically-starting-from-scratch-in-2017 http://sudbury.wickedlocal.com/sports/20160918/megliola-its-been-life-in-football-for-fabled-local-coaching-trio
In this episode, Ben Greenfield interviews Michael Caron, a Spartan and SEALFit coach from GetBurly.com. After circumnavigating the globe via a "Semester at Sea Program", Michael completed Teach For America in Houston, Texas where he also attained a Masters Degree in Education. Strongly identifying with the struggles and hardships he witnessed through the international relations and global education of semester at sea, combined with his work to bridge the achievement gap with the Teach For America Program, Michael was reinforced with a desire to pursue a career bringing about positive change. Upon returning home to Boston, Michael took to teaching and coaching immediately, and has been coaching three sports at the high school level for 10 years. Michael's certifications include: Seal Fit Basic Training Certification Certified First Aid/CPR- American Red Cross Certified Spartan SGX Coach Child Light Yoga for Teens Certified High School Coach- Cambridge Rindge and Latin & Reading Memorial High School Certified Physical Education Teacher- Massachusetts Head Strength and Conditioning Coach Reading Memorial High School and Cambridge Rindge and Latin School Completion of Pikes Peak Study USARIEM with US Military Masters Degree in Education- University of St. Thomas, Houston, TX. Completion of Teach For America Program Bachelors Degree- Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH University of Pittsburg Completion of International Studies: Semester at Sea Program-Japan, China, Vietnam, Malaysia, India, Kenya, South Africa, Brazil, Cuba During this episode, Michael and Ben discuss: -What it means to be "burly"... -Why Michael uses a "push-pull" format for Olympic weightlifting to develop speed and strength... -Laird Hamilton's book Force Of Nature... -How and why Michael does so much beach running... -Michaels' top grip strengthening exercises, including rock climber pullup equipment... -And much more! Questions, comments or feedback? Leave 'em below, and click here to leave your questions now... [audio src="http://traffic.libsyn.com/obstacledominator/ObstacleDominator64.mp3"] Music courtesy Skorge - Sail (AWOLNATION Dubstep Rmx)
Guest: Ibrahim Dagher, Arabic teacher, Cambridge Rindge and Latin School; Program hosted by Rachel Rubin