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Jim Baker is in his first season as the Boys' Basketball Head Coach at Cannon School in Concord, North Carolina. Baker spent the past seven seasons at Central Carrabus High School where he had a record of 132-53 and won 2 NCHSAA 3A State Championships in 2023 and 2024 going 65-0 during those two seasons.Prior to his stint as a high school coach Baker was the Men's Basketball Head Coach at Catawba College from 1994 – 2014 amassing an overall record of 344-236. He guided the Indians to the NCAA II Tournament nine times, won 6 South Atlantic Conference Championships and 6 South Atlantic Conference Tournament Championships.Baker began his coaching career as an assistant at Catawba in 1978 where he also played his college basketball from 1975-1978. He also spent time as an assistant at VMI, Virginia Tech, Davidson, Belmont Abbey, and Wingate University.On this episode Mike, Jason, & Jim delve into the multifaceted challenges and rewards of coaching at the high school and college levels. Baker emphasizes the significance of cultivating not only exceptional athletes but also character-driven individuals who possess a fervent desire to succeed. He reflects on his extensive coaching career, sharing insights on the importance of teamwork, discipline, and the necessity of instilling a strong work ethic in young players. Furthermore, Baker discusses the evolving landscape of college and high school sports, particularly in light of the recent changes in player mobility and compensation structures, which pose unique challenges for coaches. Ultimately, his narrative underscores the profound impact that coaching can have on the lives of young athletes, fostering relationships that endure long beyond their time on the court.Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @hoopheadspod for the latest updates on episodes, guests, and events from the Hoop Heads Pod.Make sure you're subscribed to the Hoop Heads Pod on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts and while you're there please leave us a 5 star rating and review. Your ratings help your friends and coaching colleagues find the show. If you really love what you're hearing recommend the Hoop Heads Pod to someone and get them to join you as a part of Hoop Heads Nation.Have a notebook handy as you listen to this episode with Jim Baker, Boys' Basketball Head Coach at Cannon School in Concord, North Carolina.Website - https://coachjimbaker.com/Email - jimbaker@e-timeout.comTwitter/X - @coachjimbakerVisit our Sponsors!Dr. Dish BasketballOur friends at Dr. Dish Basketball are doing things a little differently this month with $3,000 Off the Dr. Dish Rebel+, $3,000 Off the Dr. Dish All-Stat+, AND $3,000 Off the Dr. Dish CT+ during their first ever Semi-Annual Sales Event. Shop now and have your team more ready for the upcoming season than ever before.Fast Model SportsFastModel Sports has the most compelling and intuitive basketball software out there! In addition to a great product, they also provide basketball coaching content and resources through their blog and playbank, which features over 8,000 free plays and drills from their online coaching community....

In this episode Garth interviews Paula Hilton from the Cannon School in Concord, North Carolina. Paula discusses her journey and experiences as a high school psychology teacher. She shares insights into the unique aspects of teaching at an independent school, her creative teaching methods, and activities such as the first-day memory icebreaker and the 10K step challenge. Paula reflects on her background, motivation, professional development, and the importance of making psychology relevant to students' lives. She also emphasizes the value of building strong student-teacher relationships and the impact of real-world applications in the classroom. [Note. Portions of the show notes were generated by Descript AI.]

Mason Padgett is currently entering his first season as the Special Assistant to the Head Coach at Calhoun Academy in St. Matthews, South Carolina. He spent the previous season at Holly Hill Academy where he was the Head Boys' Varsity Coach.Prior to Holly Hill, Mason was an assistant at Hickory Ridge High School in Charlotte, North Carolina and the Athletic Director at Union Christian Day School in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Padgett was the Head Coach at Lake Norman Christian from 2019-2021, winning a North Carolina state championship in his first year. He also had stints as an assistant at the Cannon School and Hickory High School. Mason started his coaching career as a student assistant at Catawba College.If you're looking to improve your coaching please consider joining the Hoop Heads Mentorship Program. We believe that having a mentor is the best way to maximize your potential and become a transformational coach. By matching you up with one of our experienced mentors you'll develop a one on one relationship that will help your coaching, your team, your program, and your mindset. The Hoop Heads Mentorship Program delivers mentoring services to basketball coaches at all levels through our team of experienced Head Coaches. Find out more at hoopheadspod.com or shoot me an email directly mike@hoopheadspod.comMake sure you're subscribed to the Hoop Heads Pod on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts and while you're there please leave us a 5 star rating and review. Your ratings help your friends and coaching colleagues find the show. If you really love what you're hearing recommend the Hoop Heads Pod to someone and get them to join you as a part of Hoop Heads Nation.Grab pen and paper to take some notes as you listen to this episode with Mason Padgett, Special Assistant to the Head Coach at Calhoun Academy in St. Matthews, South Carolina. Website – https://new.express.adobe.com/webpage/cusMwf8HVWPCFEmail – masonpadgettsolutions@gmail.comTwitter - @mason_padgettVisit our Sponsors!Dr. Dish BasketballTurn up the heat on your summer training efforts with major savings from our friends on Dr. Dish Basketball. This month only, unlock $2,000 Off of their Dr. Dish All-Star+ shooting machine and receive Free Shipping (value of $550) on your purchase. Learn more at drdishbasketball.comFast Model SportsFastModel Sports has the most compelling and intuitive basketball software out there! In addition to a great product, they also provide basketball coaching content and resources through their blog and playbank, which features over 8,000 free plays and drills from their online coaching community. For access to these plays and more information, visit fastmodelsports.com or follow them

In Season 2, Garth Neufeld chatted with national colleagues about overhauling his Introductory Psychology course. Those conversations got the attention of some PsychSessions listeners who reached out with their own reflections about the Introductory Psychology course. These are their stories, presented here, in Season 3 of IntroPsychSessions.

This episode of the Conjugate Chats had strength coach Travis Webb! We got to chat about his role at the Cannon School, the approach to returning athletes back to play, integration with technology and their internship/fellowship program! If you enjoyed this podcast, please like, follow, subscribe, comment, and even share with a fellow coach! Thank you all for listening and a special thank you to the Department of Young Strength Coaches & Teambuildr for sponsoring this episode! In the name of strength, stay strong and have a day today!DOYSC's Discord Link: http://discord.gg/QHBwEDfHLinks to other socials: https://liinks.co/conjugatechatsOpening Music / Theme: https://pixabay.com/music//?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=music&utm_content=144716">PixabayGill Athletics: https://www.gillporter.com/gill_store/clearance.html) Mike Cunningham: (mcunningham@gillathletics.com)JMR Gumroad: https://jmrstrengthscience.gumroad.com

Today's guest is the AISAP 2019 Vision and Values Award winner, Bill Diskin. Learn how Bill transitioned from English teacher to poet laureate to athletic director, and finally to Director of Admission and Financial Aid at Cannon School. Through his journey, Bill's greatest lesson learned is treating everyone with dignity, and he remains committed to passing on the wisdom of his career mentors while also conveying a sense of belonging to new students and families at his institutions.

Davey and Adam interview Jon Ward right before his commencement address for Cannon School's graduating class. 

You know that when the Realtors Association wants YOU to build their new office, that says something. I mean, these are the folks who sell buildings for a living! Well, the company that built the new Charlotte Regional Realtors building in Midtown Charlotte has been in business for nearly *70 years*.  That's a long time, and you'll see their work around the region in Atrium Medical offices, Cannon School, Quail Corners shopping center, the new Charlotte Humane Society Animal Resource Center, and many, many other places. It takes a special commitment to be part of building a community for 70 years, and Bo South can share what sustains the local construction past, present, and future. He's the VP of Sales & Marketing at Myers and Chapman, and was once named one of Charlotte Business Journal's 40 Under 40.

Such a fun hour talking to this one! Carla Moyer is a Pennsylvania native but now considers NC her home. She is a lifelong educator and is the badass Head of Middle School at Cannon School in Concord, NC. She is a proud mom to two millennial kids, has an awesome supportive husband, has garnered the affection of not only her own adult children but also their friends. She is a runner and a devoted Avett Brothers fan. She. Is. Awesome. Enjoy!!!

Coach talks Tom Konchalski story, loss to Cannon School and legacy

Reigan Richardson is rated a five-star recruit by ESPN, with an overall grade of 97 out of 100. She is also ranked the 39th best high school senior in the nation.  In her final regular season home game against Charlotte Read More

816 Basketball presents The Greatest Games Podcast. Join us for Episode 98 as Coach Ché Roth of Cannon School in Concord, NC talks with us about his greatest game.   Coach Roth tells us about the 2020 NCISAA 4A Boys Basketball State Championship game in which his Cannon Cougars defeated Charlotte Latin 71-69.  Click here to read a story and see the incredible photos from this game.  This game is one of the last games before a worldwide quarantine.   Coach Roth has made the journey from college coach to highly successful high school coach.  Hear more about Cannon School and what makes that program so special in this episode.   Visit TeachHoops.com/816basketball for incredible basketball coaching content and resources from Coach Steve Collins.  Sign up for the two week free trial, learn and grow as a coach and support the show all at the same time.   Share, subscribe and leave us a 5 star review if you enjoy. Follow us on Twitter at @816Basketball.

In this episode of 'You Never Asked' I interviewed Mrs. Huffman, my AP World History teacher sophomore year. Mrs. Huffman is beloved by all at Cannon School and today she shares her incredible journey of how she grew up and found the career she loves. Be sure to tune in to hear this gem of an interview!! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

In this episode , I'm very honored to be featuring a beautiful nonprofit organization that's doing work in an area that is near and dear to our hearts here at the podcast. Pinky Swear Foundation was established by Steve and Becky Chepokas in memory of their son, Mitch, and the foundation serves to provide financial assistance and emotional support to children with cancer and their families.Joining me for this episode is the current National All-Star Engagement manager and former North Carolina area director for the Pinky Swear Foundation, Sue Ratcliff. Sue is a Lake Norman area resident, and fellow Liverpool Football Club fan. This episode is one of the most inspirational conversations I've had so far on the podcast, and I just know you're going to love learning about the Pinky Swear Foundation. Be advised, though: you may need a tissue at one point of this conversation, as I did. Thanks for joining us friends – enjoy.Links:Pinky Swear Foundation https://www.pinkyswear.org/FB: https://www.facebook.com/pinkyswearfoundationIG: @pinkyswearfoundationSue Ratcliff          sue.ratcliff@pinkyswear.org Partners and local businesses recognized in this episode:Levine Children's Hospital https://atriumhealth.org/medical-services/childrens-services/levine-childrens-hospital24 Foundation https://www.24foundation.org/The Dale Jr. Foundation https://www.thedalejrfoundation.org/Joey Logano Foundation https://joeyloganofoundation.com/Moore & Van Allen https://www.mvalaw.com/eeZ Fusion & Sushi https://eezfusion.com/Dressler's Restaurant http://www.dresslersrestaurant.com/birkdale-village/Hirschfeld Marketing Solutions https://hmsworldwide.com/Charlotte Running Company https://www.charlotterunning.com/Tiffany Ringwald Photography https://tiffanyringwald.com/Ace Handyman Services Lake Norman https://www.acehandymanservices.com/offices/lake-norman/Tim Whelan Homes https://whelanhomes.net/Cannon School https://www.cannonschool.org/Community School of Davidson  http://www.csdspartans.org/Paquette Orthodontics https://paquetteortho.com/Langtree Plantation http://www.langtreeplantation.com/ Thanks for listening!Support the show

Amy take two! I had the pleasure of interviewing Amy Reiss today! Amy is a former teacher, freelance writer, and now the Associate Director of Marketing and Communications for Cannon School in Concord, NC. Through her writing, she finds power in the ability to be a truth-teller in a way that is both compelling and enviable. Her humor is infectious, her candor is a breath of fresh air, and her approach to being authentically herself is one you'll want to take notes on. Married and raising two teenage daughters, she is living life in parallel with so many of us in this same stage of life. Throw you ear buds in, hop on your treadmill or bundle up for an outdoor walk or run, and enjoy the hour! 

Welcome to the Women of Golf Show! Tune in Tuesday 9:00 AM Eastern Cindy and Ted welcome special guest: Anna Redding, Symetra Tour Player. On the second half of the show they enter the No B.S. Zone. More on Anna: Anna was born April 3, 1997 and a native of Concord, North Carolina. Finished T26 at the inaugural Augusta National Women’s Amateur, 2014 NCISAA Class 3A State Championship medalist for Cannon School. Led Cannon School to four NCISAA Class 3A State Championship team titles, Semifinalist at the 2015 North and South Women’s Amateur Golf Championship. Medalist at 2018 Mary Fossum Invitational and two-time All-ACC for University of Virginia, 2019 Women’s Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) Honorable Mention All-American at UVA . Finished in 80th at the 2019 LPGA Q-Series to first earn Symetra Tour membership as a 2020 rookie. Raised over $20,000 for Tenwek Mission Hospital in Kenya through her “Birdies for Babies” project as a high school senior in 2014. Join LIVE Tuesdays 9:00 - 10:00AM Eastern http://www.blogtalkradio.com/womenofgolf Or listen on these platforms:  iTunes , Stitcher, Tunein, Castbox, TalkStreamLive & Spotify.

The crew is back for another episode of the podcast. Cel, Coach E, Addie aka “I got the views” and Emerson Haywood sit down and chop it up for episode 12. Coach and Addie give us the run down on the NC basketball scene. Cannon School led by Coach Roth wins the NCISAA 4A state championship. North Meck is on a tear after defeating Independence to reach the final 4 of the state playoffs. The fellas also talk NBA and catch up on what has been an exciting year for basketball.

Troy Medicare is a Medicare Advantage plan powered by pharmacists and physicians to bring local care to our communities.  Troy Medicarestarted in Concord, North Carolina with several pharmacists seeing people increasingly unable to afford their prescriptions. Health plans had become more expensive and less transparent in their drug pricing. Seeing this in their own communities, Troy Medicare's founders set out to build a local health plan to put healthcare back in the hands of the local healthcare providers. https://www.troymedicare.com/ Flaviu Simihaian Chief Executive Officer Flaviu grew up in Concord, NC. He graduated from Cannon School, Davidson College and UNC Charlotte. Previously CEO at iMedicare, he believes in local providers and pharmacists. Sponsored by UltiGuard Safe Pack https://www.ulticare.com/ultiguard-safe-pack/podcast  

This episode with Aimee Pfitzner is about how to use the Orff approach when it comes to doing singing games and body percussion in your music classroom. Aimee Curtis Pfitzner has been the Lower School Music Director at Cannon School in Concord for 22 years. She holds a Masters of Music degree from UNC-Greensboro and completed Level I Orff-Schulwerk Training at Bridgewater State University in Massachusetts, Levels II and III at UNLV, and Master's Level at the University of Memphis. Aimee is a frequent presenter at AOSA chapter workshops around the country and National AOSA conferences. Her books, "Hands to Hands, Clapping Songs and Games from Around the World", "Hands to Hands, Too", "Painted Music", and "Sing a Song, Play a Game" are available from Beatin' Path Publications. She is passionate about music making, gardening, adoption, and anything and everything creative; painting, zendoodling, digital scrapbooking, making jewelry, writing music, crafting, and sewing. When not teaching or writing music, singing, or creating, she can be found musically musing on her blog, www.ofortunaorff.com. You can also find Amy on social media here: Instagram Facebook Resources mentioned in this episode include: singsmileplay.com westmusic.com musiciselementary.com I'd love for you to leave a rating and a review of the podcast on I-tunes, be sure to share the podcast with any music teacher friends who would find it helpful and be sure to tag me on Instagram or Facebook.

To many schools, finding ways to thoughtfully engage lower school students in international studies and travel remains an amoeba. Melissa Fox, Interim Assistant Head of Lower School & Dean of Studies of Cannon School in Concord, NC is doing the leg work to find this formula, and perfect it. Join us as we talk about the similarities and differences between strategies taken with middle/upper school groups, along with actionable steps to get your little ones more engaged and globally ready!If you enjoyed today's episode, please subscribe to the trip leader podcast series for monthly updates (available on apple and google podcasts). If you have questions around running global experiences, please reach out to info@ourhumanfamily.com!Support the show (http://www.ourhumanfamily.com/experiences)

Our guest today is Bill Diskin. He is Director of Admission and Financial Aid at Cannon School. Bill specializes in serving students through helping independent schools with enrollment management, admissions, and financial aid for families. In this episode, Bill shares the path of increasing enrollment through defining the school’s mission, refining their focus, and how they put relationships and trust ahead of statistical considerations, but they also use data to target their search for prospects. He gives specific strategies for dynamically broadening the reach of a marketing plan by engaging parents as ambassadors for the school. Listen and take note of how the school uses available data to focus on and reach families who are already a good fit with their values by engaging the word-of-mouth resource of “ambassador parents”. Quotes: 5:00 “Schools can’t just wait for the phone to ring.”24:00 “Families want to get past the admin office and see what teachers are doing and who students are talking to.”27:19 “From day 1, focus on building a network of parent ambassadors.”35:20 “Parent-to-parent conversations are so good; you couldn’t script it any better.”37:10 “If tuition continues to climb faster than household income climbs, we’re sabotaging our own industry.” 44:40 “I try to remember that the most important piece of my day is building relationships with families.”Here are some resources mentioned in our discussion:Peter Drucker’s “5 Most Important Questions” - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Important-Questions-Institute-Drucker-Foundation/dp/0470227567Seth Godin, This Is Marketing - https://seths.blog/tim/Where to learn more about Bill Diskin:Email - wdiskin@cannonschool.orgTwitter - @billdiskinBlog - wilddayssite.wordpress.comBill on Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/billdiskin/Where to learn more about Enrollhand:Our website: www.enrollhand.comOur webinar: https://webinar-replay.enrollhand.comOur free Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/schoolgrowth/

What are the questions I need to ask when creating itineraries with providers? Where should I be traveling to with students? Joining us today will be Dr. Sylvia Simard-Newman who is the Upper School Coordinator of Global Studies at Cannon School, in Concord, North Carolina. Her 20+ years of experience teaching French and taking students on trips globally, along with her experiences working alongside multiple travel providers, make her a great candidate to share the "how to's" of getting started with the process. Our Discussion Involved the Areas Below:Ensure that the experience aligns with the values of your school and groupUnderstand that cost will range as customization doesAlways keep safety first, and understand parental expectations prior to travelingHave your forms in place and organized in case you need themPrivate or Joint Tour? If you don't ask, you may get the otherBe clear about minimum requirements (location of accommodation, # of students per room, authenticity of meals, etc.)If you enjoyed today's episode, please subscribe to the trip leader podcast series for monthly updates (available on apple and google podcasts). If you have questions around running global experiences, please reach out to info@ourhumanfamily.com!Support the show (http://www.ourhumanfamily.com/experiences)

I talk with Shawn Powell from Cannon School located in Concord North Carolina. If you are from the southeast region you may know of coach Powell and his background and it is a pretty cool one that a lot high school strength coaches haven’t had the chance to experience. Coach Powell brings a lot of knowledge in coaching to the high school level, but he says he is always learning and wanting to better himself and his program everyday. There are lot of great nuggets of info in this one, so you may want to listen to this one again.   Shawn Powell was named as the Head Strength and Conditioning Coach at Cannon School in May 2014. Coach Powell joined Cannon after spending five years as Head Strength and Conditioning Coach at Penske Racing and seven years as Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach with the Carolina Panthers. Coach Powell, a North Carolina native, holds a Bachelor of Science in Health Promotion and Kinesiology from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and an Associate of Arts in Health Fitness Technology from Brevard College. He has been a speaker, a mentor and a great coaching friend to be able to connect with in this strength coaching industry. Contact Coach Powell email: spowell@cannonschool.org Twitter: https://twitter.com/CannonStrength Instagram: Cannon Strength   My name is Dane Nelson. I am a former college and high school strength coach. I created this podcast for strength coaches at any level but more specifically for High School Strength Coaches. I want strength coaches to be able to connect to each other and learn more about the growing field of full time high school strength coaching.  Thanks for checking out the website.  It would be great to connect with other strength coaches and talk about what works and what doesn’t work when training high school athletes.  This is why I created this podcast. I hope  you find it useful and valuable!  Website: www.hsstrengthcoach.com  Contact me at hsstrengthcoach365@gmail.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/strengthcoachHS Thank you so much for listening and I would appreciate it greatly if you could leave a 5 star review in iTunes and Google Play as well as this really helps boost the show rankings and spread the word about the High School Strength Coach Podcast. That way other Strength Coaches like yourself can find the show and benefit from it too.  Thank you very much if you have already left a rating and feedback, I appreciate it greatly!

This is the pilot episode for Stethoscope, where we provoke thought around'The Future of Pharmacy'This conversation dives into the ‘deep’ future of Pharmacy, and the emerging trends that are arising in the industry.Panelists:Flaviu Simihaian — CEO of iMedicare - www.imedicare.comTodd Petri — Co-Founder, Milestone Venture Partners - milestonevp.comModerator:Aaron Windfield — Co-Founder, Psocratic - psocratic.comSponsored by:Blueprint Health - http://www.blueprinthealth.org/Recorded live at:The Farm Soho - http://www.thefarmsoho.com/More about the panelists: Flaviu Simihaian — CEO, iMedicare Flaviu Simihaian is the founder and chief executive officer of iMedicare, a web-based pharmaceutical platform that enables pharmacies to track their patients’ medication plans. He is also the founder of eval.me. Simihaian completed his secondary education at Cannon School in 2004. He holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Davidson College and master’s degree in software design and engineering from the University of North Carolina.Todd Pietri — Partner, Milestone Venture PartnersTodd Pietri co-founded Milestone Venture Partners with Ed Goodman in 1999 and became Managing Partner in 2014. He brings operating and investment experience to its management. Since launching MVP II in 2001, Mr. Pietri has developed expertise and relationships in Milestone’s principle focus areas of Digital Health and software/data businesses. Mr. Pietri has helped guide several Milestone portfolio companies to a successful exit, including Derivatives Portfolio Management (sold to Mellon Financial in February 2005), MedPage Today(sold to Everyday Health in December 2010, which in turn went public in March 2014), Octagon Research Solutions (sold to Accenture, Inc. in August 2012), MapMyFitness (sold to Under Armour, Inc. in December 2013) and GQ Life Sciences(sold to Aptean, Inc. in September 2016). He currently supervises MDX Medical (“Vitals”), YouNow, BA-Insight,Halfpenny Technologies, SHYFT Analytics, Cureatr, RxWiki and Healthify.Aaron Windfield — Co-Founder, Psocratic & ModeratorAaron is an entrepreneur and award winning mathematician. He is the cofounder of a behavioral technology and intelligence company, Psocratic (www.psocratic.com), which is a tech company that makes behavior change simple and accessible for individuals and communities.He is an advisor and investor to startups in the NYC community, and has experience raising investment for startups, driving business development for organizations, and leveraging data science to steer business strategy and product development.General Details:Stethoscope is a 'Blueprint Health' series based out of the ‘The Farm’ coworking space in Soho New York City.Each month, Blueprint Health invites thought leaders to brainstorm around the future of the health-related topics: eg, future of pharmacy, future of proactive health. The main idea is not to talk about where we've been or what we've done, but rather to provoke thought and improvised discussions around what 'could' happen in the future of those health topics.Each conversation is moderated by Psocratic, a technology company that makes behavior change simple and accessible for individuals and communities.If you would like to show up to a live recording, please join the email list at http://www.thefarmsoho.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Coming live from Atlanta, GA at the Association of Technology Leaders in Independent Schools Conference! On this special episode, I interview Leigh Northrup from the Cannon School in North Carolina and Nicholas ColeFarrell from the Brandeis School in San Francisco and we discuss what maker spaces in schools is all about and why and how it can be a game changer. I never met either Leigh or Nicholas in person prior to this conference. Leigh and I only “met” a few times on our Skype planning sessions for our deep dive presentation called “Leading Cultural Change From Within Your School Makerspace.”  Nicholas also presented, not only once—but twice! Here is our deep dive presentation slides for you to check out! I think you’ll enjoy this experience as we went to a local bar sitting in the beautiful Atlanta spring weather and chat about their experiences as presenters and attendees and what interesting things they saw and heard and what take-aways they had.  It’ll seem that you’re sitting with us as you hear the ambient sounds around us. I want to give a shout Howard Levin, our Director of Innovation and Technology at our school, Convent & Stuart Hall, Schools of the Sacred Heart of San Francisco and Sarah Hangawald and Kelsey Vrooman and the rest of the team at ATLIS for making this work.  Big ups to my new friends and peers who I met at this conference. I hope to get their stories on our podcast someday. Check out the #ATLISac on Twitter for all the tweets that came out of the conference. ATLIS 2017 will be in Los Angeles, CA so stay tuned at http://www.theatlis.org/ You can find both Leigh and Nicholas on twitter as @LeighNorthrup and @ncolefarrell   Transcript Fred Jaravata: Hey everyone. Fred here. I’m in Atlanta, Georgia for the ATLIS Conference, the Association of Technology Leaders and Independent Schools and today, I have two very cool guests. I’m supposed to have three but I have two right now. We have Leigh and we have Nicholas and I’m going to give them the time to introduce themselves but it’s really cool what they’re doing. They’re doing amazing things and as part of our tagline, we want to help you, you teachers out there to take your teaching to the next level. OK? So let’s start off with the first, Nicholas. Nicholas Cole-Farrell: This is Nicholas here. Although there are only two guests, Leigh and I have the strength of 10 men or 10 people in that way. So really you’ve got like 20 guests here. Fred Jaravata: Nice, OK. So quick intro, so tell us what you do and – yeah. Nicholas Cole-Farrell: Sure. So my name is Nicholas. I’m Director of Technology at The Brandeis School in San Francisco, a fellow San Franciscan like my man Fred and … Fred Jaravata: But we never met before. Nicholas Cole-Farrell: No. Fred Jaravata: So it’s great. This is the first time we met. Nicholas Cole-Farrell: We’re internet friends. So this is kind of IRL time for us, which is nice. But yeah, no, we run an awesome technology program and a tinkering and making program there at the Brandeis School and yeah, we’re really excited about me being here and about the work that’s happening and about the work that Fred is doing. It’s really nice sharing our ideas on the podcast. Fred Jaravata: Very cool. Nicholas Cole-Farrell: And we’re just setting up a podcasting studio ourselves and we’re podcasting, so it’s good to be on this. Fred Jaravata: Very cool. And our next guest. Leigh Northrup: Hi. I’m Leigh. So thanks Fred for letting me be a part of this today. I’m from Concord, North Carolina which is just north of Charlotte and got the really cool opportunity to do a deep dive session with Fred. So we kind of had the coastal connection working with North Carolina and California. But I’m the Dean of Innovation and Technology at Cannon School. It’s a JK through 12 independent school. Been there for 15 years and – did I give my title? I’m the Dean of Innovation and Technology. Fred Jaravata: Yes, you are. Right. Leigh Northrup: And I run a big maker space there. So I haven’t always done that. I’ve been kind of the middle school tech guy for a long time. So like any teacher in an independent school, I wear lots of hats, lots of coaching, lots of everything. But really my primary focus right now is getting a really awesome space up and running and doing some cool stuff with kids in there. Fred Jaravata: And you guys are doing amazing things. I’m watching your presentations and you guys are doing amazing things. It’s making me wanting to take my teaching to the next level. So you guys presented and Leigh and I, we presented together and actually, you Nicholas, you presented twice at this conference. Nicholas Cole-Farrell: Yeah, one definitely better than the other. No, just kidding. So yeah. Fred Jaravata: Tell me about the experience, the whole experience and the title of it. You don’t have to go deep in it, but at least quickly just go over what you did and how it felt. Nicholas Cole-Farrell: For sure. So yesterday, we presented on early maker space implementation and I was like – you know, have to be teamed up with the crew from the Iolani School in Honolulu and … Fred Jaravata: Iolani in the house. Nicholas Cole-Farrell: Yeah, absolutely, those students. That school is just phenomenal, absolutely phenomenal. They’re doing such exciting stuff there. In a way, it was just sort of like I was kind of the – it was my presentation and then like I spent the rest of the time scraping everyone’s jaw off the floor when they saw Iolani’s work, which is super awesome. But we talked about really like the approach behind sort of like maker space and some of the pedagogical and curricular aspects of it and then we shared three case studies based on the create-build space we have at Brandeis and then the two spaces they have at Iolani. So it was really nice to kind of get in with them and work on it. Fred Jaravata: How did you guys connect? How did you guys – was it through Skype? Nicholas Cole-Farrell: Yeah. So we hopped on Google chat a few days ago or a Google Hangout. But we’ve been sort of sharing on a Google slide presentation and sending emails back and forth and figuring out what that workload was like. But it was super seamless and we all just kind of jumped in and threw our slides in, put them on a common template and then checked back in every once in a while. They have to work right near each other, so I was kind of the oddball out in California. Fred Jaravata: Hey, that’s cool. I think one of the things about teachers, we need to collaborate, right? It’s good to collaborate outside and technology has really made us closer that way. Nicholas Cole-Farrell: For sure, for sure. And it was really good to sort of figure out what their workflow was. I kind of had my own ideas of how we would go about it and I think they did too and we kind of met each other in the middle and really worked and it was super cool. Other than the time difference which I think you guys … Leigh Northrup: Oh, yeah. Nicholas Cole-Farrell: It was tough to kind of schedule that out. But yeah, no, it was a super positive experience and I tell you what, an hour and 45 minutes goes so fast, right? So we were like, “How are we ever going to fill up this time?” and then after an hour and a half, we’re like, “We can have three more hours and still fill the time.” So yeah, there were a lot of great ideas generated at the session for sure. Fred Jaravata: Awesome. All right, Leigh. We presented together but I’m going to get your perspective and how our job went. Leigh Northrup: I think it went great and Sarah Hanawald, the Executive Director of ATLIS kind of was selling this to me last year and she’s like, “I really want you to present at ATLIS. I’m going to connect you with somebody really great and you’re going to learn just as much from the experience as you will be able to teach.” Nicholas Cole-Farrell: And then you got stuck with Fred. Leigh Northrup: I did. Fred Jaravata: Yeah, I know. Leigh Northrup: I’m still mad at Sarah about that. But all kidding aside, like she was absolutely right. The opportunity to connect with somebody on the other side of the United States and be able to share ideas with and not just learn but also have – feel very validated with what I’m doing was very – very close to what Fred is doing and we would have a lot of moments where we were saying, “Oh wow! I do something very similar in our space!” and we just had a lot of fun kind of connecting that way. So our presentation was actually on leading cultural change through our maker spaces and a lot of maker spaces are going up and people are popping them in and a lot of school leaders are like, “Oh, we need a maker space because the school down the road has a maker space,” and anybody can go out and buy a couple of 3D printers and put some whiteboard paint on the wall and some rolling chairs. Fred Jaravata: Like today, right? Leigh Northrup: Yeah. Well, I’ve got a maker space. Now I can put that on my website. But it has to be more intentional than that and that’s what Fred and I were trying to convey in our session was OK, now you have the space or you’re getting a space. But what’s the point of the space? How are you going to help these kids learn in that space and what are you going to actually teach them to do? Because you know what? Just the cool stuff that’s on the table, that you’re using to make or have made, is worthless unless the kid learns life skills through that process. So that’s where we got going and the session was interesting. I mean we planned it for three months and it didn’t really resemble what we set out to do. But we have always said part of that whole maker experience is being able to adapt to different situations and being able to get into a room and be like, “Oh, I don’t have that material. I need to make this different material. Whatever are we going to do?” That’s what we did in that presentation. We saw the room and we actually just really had a fantastic conversation with several other really awesome educators in our presentation and learned a lot from them and hopefully they got something out of the presentation as well. Nicholas Cole-Farrell: There was a pretty good audience there. So especially there was one person there that was pretty awesome … Fred Jaravata: Yeah, that’s the one thing. It’s like we share what we know. But what I’ve learned also, it’s also about the – you see the similar things. Everything is familiar. We’re doing very similar things, very familiar things. But it’s like not déjà vu but the other way around, [0:07:52] [Indiscernible]. Have you heard that term? It’s like you’re taking something familiar but seeing it in a new light. So it was just like that for me. [Crosstalk] Fred Jaravata: Yeah, probably. By the way, we are at a bar drinking beers. So we’re … Nicholas Cole-Farrell: Seltzer, seltzer, we’re all drinking seltzer. Fred Jaravata: It’s OK. This is the unprofessional development podcast. Nicholas Cole-Farrell: But yeah, no. Again, it’s like there’s that moment and I think you guys experienced that. I experienced it with both of my talks. It’s sort of like not only are you sharing out ideas, but you’re also kind of like, oh yeah. Like other people are saying this too. This kind of validates the work that I’m doing and we had that with my second talk today. We did one on getting things done in education and it was just sort of like one of those roomful of – yes, it’s like a roomful of nods. Just like a bunch of folks are smiling and nodding and like it was the most awesome disruptive classroom where people are just calling out and raising their hand and folks are really like well-behaved at first and they got bold and it was super cool. It was just like – it was a really fun session that we did and that and folks really kind of were like, “This is what I needed.” Somebody was like, “This is the best session ever!” I was like, “Don’t say that too loud.” But it felt really good to have – like have other folks being like, you know, nobody is really talking about this and figuring out like, you know, that – you know, I don’t necessarily have an answer to these questions. But if we start the conversation, that’s the part. I feel like in your session, you guys really hit on that. It’s like there is no answer. But we just need to be talking and that to me – when that theme starts coming up, it’s like, OK, the work that we’re doing is pretty righteous for sure. Fred Jaravata: All right, gentlemen. So guys, what’s one thing or one cool thing that you saw, that you experienced besides your talk at ATLIS 2016? What’s one thing you will take back with you? Leigh Northrup: I think the emphasis on coding and programming and I use those words a lot in my space and I’ve obviously adopted a lot of those things because all those tools are great. But unless you’re learning how they work and you’re teaching kids how to make them work, they’re kind of useless and seeing – getting a feel for what other people are doing with programming and not just sitting down and coding and making the ball go from one side of the screen to the other, but actual flying drones and making – like doing cool stuff with what we know. It’s not just making LED lights turn on and off. They’re practical application with something that … Fred Jaravata: Some purpose. Nicholas Cole-Farrell: Yeah, and that’s like – the plus one on that is that idea of like not only just coding by computational thinking and figuring out how – like what that looks like in a larger context. It’s like we’re – you know, we’re not going to fool ourselves and think that all of our students are going to be programmers or coders. But if they have that familiarity, but they also have done that development in terms of shaping the way that they think about learning and computational thinking. To me that was like what Dr. Stager’s session was this morning. It was like right there and for me definitely, Sylvia Martinez’s discussion, equity and access and women and [0:11:09] [Indiscernible]. That’s such an important conversation to have and like her thanking us as men for being in the room. It’s like yeah, obviously we’re going to be … Leigh Northrup: It’s a no-brainer. Nicholas Cole-Farrell: This is a completely important thing and it’s our responsibility as technology leaders to start that conversation and to keep that going at our schools. Fred Jaravata: Right. OK. So how do – now I’m going to go beyond ATLIS and going back to your worlds. Quickly, how do you guys engage your students? How do you motivate your students? How do you motivate them? I think this is one question a lot of teachers want to know. They’re always asking. But how do you do that especially in today’s world? Nicholas Cole-Farrell: Yeah, I mean I think the simplest – I’m sure Leigh will be with this too, but it’s like just this idea of asking your students questions, right? Don’t just go in and be the – try to be the smartest person in the room. That’s not the job of an educator by any means. So whether it’s like inquiry-based learning, whether it’s – just simply asking them and checking in with students, get – you know, get down on your knee and be like, “What’s going on?” and engaging with students on their level. Like to me, that’s the best way to engage your students. It’s like how is it going? We did this project with the Shadow a Student Day a few weeks ago where I followed an eighth grader around for the day and it was just the most phenomenal day. Fred Jaravata: Oh, you did? OK, that’s cool. Nicholas Cole-Farrell: I did gym class. I got changed for gym and I did gym class. Fred Jaravata: The teachers knew this. Nicholas Cole-Farrell: Yeah, yeah. Like, you know, teachers would come up and they would be like, “I’m sorry. I’m not Mr. Cole-Farrell today. I’m Nicholas. I’m an eighth grade student. I just transferred here.” Fred Jaravata: That’s a really cool idea. Nicholas Cole-Farrell: It was phenomenal and it was really an empathy project. But like for the first few classes, our students were like, “Oh, he’s just spying on us.” I’m like no and then the teachers were like, “He’s spying on us.” Like, no, no, I’m just trying to get a feel for what the day was like and like for me, there were so many insights of like this is like the minutia of an eighth grade student and this is what it’s like – it’s like you know what? When there’s no passing time to be – between classes, that’s really hard. It’s really hard to get to your next class on time. So yeah, so something like that to me, like engaging the students. Like the key is just like asking them questions and showing like interest in the work that they’re doing. Leigh Northrup: Mine from like a – more of a maker space perspective is giving them opportunities to do what they want to do. One of our school focuses this year, it’s part of our adaptive expertise traits but also a big piece of what we paid special attention to this year. It was autonomy and giving those kids the opportunity to come in and just do what they want to do and if kids aren’t screwing around, they’re usually doing something pretty cool. If you give them the opportunity and the tools and you say – you show them that there’s some worth to what they want to do. A good example of that is I had some kids that wanted to do hydroponic plants for this year. So when they came in the following week, I had over $300 worth of equipment so that they could build a big hydroponic planter. I think that they talked about it but then they were kind of almost expecting, oh, that would be something that we could do but will never do because nobody is going to believe in us and then all the piping was sitting there and now the kids have hydroponic salad bar day every Wednesday when we harvest the lettuce from their planter that they’ve created all by themselves. Fred Jaravata: That’s awesome. As a teacher’s perspective, how do you vet that? How do you trust the kids will do that? How do you do that? Leigh Northrup: Well, the follow-through is something big and I always put a tough task in front of one of those things. So I had some kids that wanted to do a – and this sounds a little silly and definitely not one of the most engaging maker space projects we’ve ever talked about. But they wanted to build a Pokemon website. Eighth grade boys want to build a Pokemon website. Nicholas Cole-Farrell: Why wouldn’t you? It’s phenomenal. Fred Jaravata: Wow. OK, cool. Nicholas Cole-Farrell: Yeah. Leigh Northrup: And I said to the guys, I was like, “Are you going to follow through with this?” Oh, yeah! Like, how many times have we heard, “Oh yeah! I’m going to follow through with that Mr. Northrup.” So what I made them do is write me a proposal because to get all that stuff hosted outside of like Google sites and things like that, it’s pretty expensive and they wanted their own domain and obviously I was going to pay for it. But I wanted them to prove to me that they were serious about it. So I made them do a little bit of paperwork and I made them do a little presentation and they followed through and they showed me the 350 Pokemon cards they were going to be able to talk about and all of those things. At the end of that time, I was like, “You got me!” Like, OK, you’re good. Fred Jaravata: You’re passionate. You love it. Yeah. Leigh Northrup: And you know what? Even if that project falls on its face … Nicholas Cole-Farrell: How could it though? Come on. Leigh Northrup: Well, it can. It probably will. Fred Jaravata: You’ve been there, right? Nicholas Cole-Farrell: I can’t have a dot Pokemon domain. If not, we should like rally for it. That’s pretty awesome. Leigh Northrup: We should and the other flipside of that, because that was the kind of success story. But back to the hydroponic planet, one of them was the aquaponic and I had an eighth grade boy that – he was like, “Oh, we need to do fish!” Once he saw this thing coming in, he was like, “I want to do an aquaponic planter.” I’m like, “All right.” I’m not going to use any names here but I’m like, “All right.” The exact same exercise. I want you to write me a proposal about how often you’re going to clean it, how you’re going to feed it, how you’re going to check the chemicals because Mr. Northrup does not want a fish tank in his room at all. But if the student was going to do a lot and lead a club or something like that, I’m totally in. So the first week went by. I was like, “Where’s your proposal?” I’m working on it. Needless to say, I don’t have a fish tank in my room. Fred Jaravata: Right. OK, good. Leigh Northrup: That proposal never amounted to anything but once they saw that – you know what? Making something awesome is hard. Like, it’s not just something that somebody is going to hand you on a plate. There’re going to be some effort involved and once kids understand that and they realize, “You know what? You better take me seriously.” I’m going to take you seriously. Cool things can happen. Fred Jaravata: Right. Nicholas Cole-Farrell: Yeah, for sure, for sure. Fred Jaravata: That’s awesome. I got to try that. I got to do that. Hard work upfront. Nicholas Cole-Farrell: Yeah, yeah. It’s like give me your elevator pitch. Fred Jaravata: Yeah, exactly. Leigh Northrup: Yeah. Fred Jaravata: OK. So give me a “ta-da” moment, a “ta-da” moment that you in your teaching – something that really just like blew yourself away. Like, boom! I want to try this – something cool. It doesn’t have to be that big, but something like, OK, this is good stuff. Your “ta-da” moment. Leigh Northrup: Right. Nicholas Cole-Farrell: Give me a minute. Leigh Northrup: I just say the … Nicholas Cole-Farrell: Yeah. Fred Jaravata: All right, cool. Leigh Northrup: I got one that I can go with. Fred Jaravata: OK, all right. OK. All right, Leigh. Go for it. Leigh Northrup: So I apologize you guys because we kind of talked about this yesterday in the session. But one of the “ta-da” moments for the Cannon School this year in our space was the creation of a quadratic sound diffuser and the kids made it out of cake cups. The kids worked really hard for six weeks and this is going to be the abbreviated story. Hopefully Fred will put some email information or some Twitter stuff on there. Fred Jaravata: Well, actually, I will put your contact information and people can get in touch with you. Leigh Northrup: Cool. If you’re more curious about this project, I would love to talk to you more about it. But the kids built a quadratic sound diffuser out of recycled cake cups to solve some problems and turned out to be really cool and over the course of six weeks, they built a quadratic sound diffuser and they cleaned out 1800 cake cups to make this and they worked really hard and they talked to math teachers what a quadratic formula is and they made it and they had – they knew exactly what they were doing and the built it and then they tested it and they realized that it actually made the room louder. What was so cool about that is that in independent schools, when kids work hard and they do everything right, they’re expected to be rewarded with an A and that’s not the way the world works. To teach these kids or give them opportunities to fail even though they did everything right is in my opinion one of the most powerful opportunities we can give a kid because then they finally learn that it’s not about the grade. It’s not about the validation that OK, they did it correctly. It’s about the learning that went on before the result was achieved and just some really special learning moments came out of that. The kids, they were actually little scientists. Like – and we had the conversation. What awesome thing ever worked the first time? Like, nothing ever works the first time! And they got to experience that firsthand, which was really cool. Fred Jaravata: Well, they got that out of the way. That failure, they got that out of the way and then they can start getting better and better and better and faster. Leigh Northrup: How many times as adults have we failed? Like we fail constantly. Fred Jaravata: All the time. I failed waking up this morning … Nicholas Cole-Farrell: We [0:19:38] [Inaudible]. Fred Jaravata: That’s awesome. Really cool. Nicholas Cole-Farrell: Yeah. That was awesome Leigh. I feel like mine – I got a rinky-dink one compared to that. But for me, we’re setting up our build space, which is our sort of woodshop high def prototyping studio this year and we’re setting up with sixth through eighth grade students who were there and elected and one of the tools we brought in was a scroll saw and some of the tools we definitely specifically designed to bring into our studio and that one was sort of like – yeah, that looks like something we should have. For my own part, I will say there wasn’t much planning behind that. But it looked pretty cool. So we brought it in and three students unboxed it and set it up, which is awesome, followed the instructions, built it and then they said, “So how do we use it?” and I kind of raised my shoulders and said, “I don’t know.” Fred Jaravata: I don’t know. Nicholas Cole-Farrell: And it was like I don’t know but there’s a “how to scroll saw” book arriving next week and they’re like, “OK.” So this was Friday and the book was due to come Monday. They looked at each other. They pulled out their phones. They went on to YouTube and watched the video on how to scroll saw and like the sort of like new Yankee workshop, this old house type video came on and they watched it. They watched about seven minutes of it, put the phone down, grabbed the piece of wood and immediately started scroll-sawing and cut out their names in a piece of reclaimed redwood and that happened within probably about 30 minutes and it was like, OK, that’s what learning looks like. It looks like me not being scared of not knowing and them taking action and knowing that they have the agency and the tools to do it. To me, that’s the “aha” moment of like, yeah, this is what learning looks like in the maker space. Leigh Northrup: One of the things we talked about in our session yesterday was the whole maker ethos and one of those is do it yourself. Like, don’t wait for Nicholas or Fred or Leigh to show you how to do something. Just go figure it out. Like, we didn’t have YouTube when we were growing up. Like, oh my gosh, the trouble I could have caused with learning how to do different stuff would have been awesome. But now kids are just constantly waiting for the teacher to tell them what to do next and we have to stop that. I totally agree with you in that moment. Nicholas Cole-Farrell: To me, it was like this is learning. This is what learning looks like in this space and like in hearing your session yesterday, it’s like yeah, yeah, that’s it. And that’s – to me, like that’s one of the common themes of like when you empower students, I mean you give them that agency. They’re going to take that action for sure. Leigh Northrup: Well said. Fred Jaravata: That’s awesome. That’s great. All right guys. A couple more questions left. All right. So time-saving tip. How do you save time? I know you Nicholas had a getting-things-done type of flow. Nicholas Cole-Farrell: Yeah, I don’t want to waste your time with that, but yeah. No, we did … Fred Jaravata: But give me a time-saving tip though for like teachers that they can take now or consider for next year, something that will save them time. Nicholas Cole-Farrell: Yeah, yeah. For me, it’s about – I have two because like – you know, what? I’m not just going to follow the rules. But one of the things I do is like we like to calendar time into our schedule to do specific things. Like say, you calendar time in to do a project or calendar time in to read a book and especially with classroom teachers knowing that their time is really tight. Like be really disciplined and really like set your time and be like this is my time and it just will not be interrupted for this. The other thing we do is like we really like to try scheduling mail. So like working towards inbox zero and if there’s a mail that you’re not ready to process, schedule and have it delivered to you at another time and that will like free up sort of your … Fred Jaravata: Is there an app for that? Nicholas Cole-Farrell: Yeah, I mean there are a lot of different apps. So like I use Airmail on iOS. Mailbox before it got – you know, before they put it in the ocean and that one worked really well. But any app that you can have boomerang. I think on Gmail, on the web works. But if anything that you can do to sort of clean out your inbox and get it as low as possible. The line we say is, “Your inbox is not your to-do list.” Fred Jaravata: Right. Nicholas Cole-Farrell: So really figuring out how you can manage. Your brain is only set to do a certain number of things and as clear as you can keep that, that’s where your ideas can come from. Fred Jaravata: That’s awesome. Leigh Northrup: It’s so awesome and I just got like two ideas from you because I am such a time-waster because I love to tinker and I love to play and so … Nicholas Cole-Farrell: It frees up time for me to do that. Leigh Northrup: Oh, the new toy comes in and I see the box come in and I’m like – I know I have to do that. But I don’t want to do that. I want to do this and being able to kind of calendar my time and I’m going to re-listen to this podcast and try and reflect on some of those things. That’s really good and I’m going to go in a completely different direction and again, I know I keep coming back to the whole maker space concept and that’s much bigger than that. But a lot of making takes prep materials and a lot of – you don’t really have the time to cut every piece of wood, to drill every hole, to cut every piece of PVC when you have 80 kids coming in for a 45-minute class period. We talked about proving worth to teachers and things like that. They need to be able to see that their kids can come in, make something and their curriculum is enhanced and it has to be done quickly. If their impact is one day’s worth but that project takes four classes, then all of a sudden, teachers are like, well, I will dedicate one class period per year to the maker space because that’s all they can afford to give. So I have to do a lot of that work upfront. So my kind of time-saving tip is I have a group of – and they’re boys, which I know is stereotypical but I have an eighth grade maker space prep team, which I say prep team assemble. You know, that’s always the subject line. These little boys, they just want to do – they’re like little worker bees and they just – they come running at their study hall and they’re good students, so they can afford to miss it and they just – they’re like, “All right Mr. Northrup. What do you need?” I need 80 four by four pieces of quarter-inch plywood cut and poof! There it is like by the end – at 30 minutes and these guys are just like making widgets and they’re just so excited to be a part of it and the next day, when those kids come in and all of those pieces of Plexiglas are cut, all of those pieces of wood are cut, the holes are drilled and I’m not taking anything away from the experience that those kids are having the next day because they just kind of get to focus on the learning, on the making and the learning. But they don’t have to do the meaningless prep work associated with it. Boys have like a sense of pride. They’re like, “I did that. I made that big pile of equipment that you guys are getting ready to make cools tuff with.” So yeah, my maker prep team saves me hours every week. Fred Jaravata: And then other teachers are not in the maker space but they can use other – they can think of that concept and have other – their students do something else, have something else. Nicholas Cole-Farrell: Yeah. My wife tried to have students grade her tests and that didn’t go so well. Fred Jaravata: All right guys. Last question and this is a big one. What is the best advice you can give teachers? What’s the best advice? Nicholas Cole-Farrell: We love you. That’s the best advice, really. No, just keep going. Keep going strong. Know that you’re supported by your administration, by your leadership and by your students. Your students really need you and the work that you’re doing is really – you’re doing God’s work really. You’re doing – teachers are doing the most phenomenal work out there. So as a school leader myself or administrator, I really appreciate all of what our teachers did and as a – about to be kindergarten parent in another district. I really appreciate what those teachers are going to do for my kids. Leigh Northrup: I’m going to quote – because I want to piggyback off that and Vinny … Nicholas Cole-Farrell: For the Vin. Leigh Northrup: For the Vin. He told me last night as an administrator. Be the black. Nicholas Cole-Farrell: Yeah. Leigh Northrup: I was really touched by that because I – he was talking about we want our teachers and our kids to be stars and to shine brightly. But as administrators, we need to take a step back and be the black that’s behind that because those stars don’t shine brightly unless they’re pitch-black behind that. Nobody notices. Nobody says, “Oh, that star is beautiful because of the black,” and again, I’m just totally stealing his words from last night because I was really touched by that. But we have to do all of that prep work, all of those long nights so that our teachers can show up and just have these dynamo moments. Like, I – my seventh grade science teacher rolled in and there was a nine-foot beach ball in there and a 3D printing project that I had worked countless hours on. You know, have the kid that just showed up and saw the nine-foot beach ball and he literally stopped in his tracks and he goes, “I love science!” He just looked at her and he looked at his teacher and he was like, you know, just thankful of this opportunity. He had no idea what we were going to do with the beach ball. He had no idea what was going to happen today, but he knew he was in the maker space and he knew that there was a nine-foot beach ball hanging from the ceiling and he didn’t care what he was doing. So I felt like that was an opportunity where I got to be the black. I got to just be – I got to sit back and watch this teacher shine and watch the student be totally engaged with learning. Fred Jaravata: That’s awesome advice, gentlemen. Nicholas Cole-Farrell: And keep listening to Fred’s show. It’s awesome. Leigh Northrup: Yeah, that’s actually my number one tip, that too. Fred Jaravata: Well, OK, guys. Thank you guys very much for joining this show. But before we leave, I want – our teachers, if they need to get in touch with you, how can they do that real quick? Nicholas Cole-Farrell: You can find me on Twitter. It’s @ncolefarrell and I would love to find you there for sure. Our maker space is at createbuild.space. Fred Jaravata: Cool. Leigh Northrup: And I’m @leighnorthrup. There’s a goofy picture of me kayaking there and I’m usually in front of mountain or doing something outside. So I’m not the nerd inside. Those are the pictures I like out there. So … Nicholas Cole-Farrell: That’s me. Leigh Northrup: But I look forward to connecting with anybody who wants to hear more about what we’re doing over in North Carolina. Fred Jaravata: Yeah. Thank you guys. I highly suggest you guys who are listening, check out what these guys are doing, what Nicholas and Leigh are doing. They’re doing amazing, amazing things. Connect with them. Let me know if you have any questions also and then we will get you guys started. All right? Nicholas Cole-Farrell: Thanks Fred. Leigh Northrup: Thanks Fred. Fred Jaravata: Thank you guys, gentlemen, for doing this. I appreciate it. All right, cool. Nicholas Cole-Farrell: Thank you. Leigh Northrup: Thank you. Fred Jaravata: All right. Next one is on me.