Episodes

Join podcast host Jewyl Alderson and podcast producer Gabe Diaz as we look back at an amazing year, and look forward to what the future holds for the podcast. Hear a few behind the scenes details, some of our favorite podcast moments, and consider plans for next year. We will also talk about some cool professional development opportunities this summer - one of which will pay you $3000 in stipends for participation, and another will bring you to the Comic-Con museum!! We encourage you to consider...

The Future starts with Dual Enrollment with Mallory Stevens Mallory Stevens supports local schools, districts and charters as they develop dual enrollment programs tied to our local community colleges. Dual enrollment programs allow students to take college courses on their high school campus, leading to increased post-secondary enrollment and engagement. Many dual enrollment courses are CTE and allow students to get an extra step ahead towards their career after graduation. Whether you are a ...

The Future Starts in the Chula Vista Elementary District with Michael Bruder The Chula Vista Elementary District provides every student with career driven experiences at the 4, 5 and 6 grade. In this episode we chat with Michael Bruder in the Innovation Station which is housed in the public library, and offers students an engineering experience designed with Qualcomm. Michael and his team work with local industry partners to identify real world problems, and students are given the opportunity ...

Episode 1.12: The future starts with Harold Mumford Trained to be a lawyer, but called to be a teacher, Harold Mumford teaches English, Social Science and Engineering. He fell into it accidentally as a more traditional teacher, but after coaching First Robotics, Harold got sucked into project based learning and started teaching Project Lead the Way Engineering. He trains students to do the work, he wants them to “fire him” and get him out of the way while he leaves them be to do the work. Posin...

Episode 1.11: Back to the future with Jamie Davenport Jamie is back on the podcast to talk more about Project-Based Learning! She left the field of Law to get into the field of education, and after a few years teaching english and social studies, she found out about CTE and has embraced it ever since! She was taught in a Law Academy at Crawford High in San Diego Unified, and eventually moved into a position supporting CTE in Grossmont USD. Hear more about her student project addressing suspensi...

Episode 1.10: The future starts with George Randy Zubieta How do we create a place where students can feel like they are good at something in the classroom and can find meaningful employment? That’s what inspired Randy when he was a high school woodshop student to dream of a day he would become a woodshop teacher himself. Getting hired a week before the covid shutdown meant he had to learn to pivot early on, but providing kits for students allowed them to have hands on experiences even at home....

Before coming to education, Ryan Parks started a production company creating music videos and doing freelance filmmaking. He asked himself “why is it so difficult to find good help” and that brought him to the field of education where he hopes to train and inspire the next generation of students to be competitive in the industry. Allowing students to build the skills they need to be successful in the industry builds a student’s ability to enter a field strategically and have a longer career. Stu...

Episode 1.08: The future starts in Oceanside with Teresa Collis Oceanside Unified School District has a huge focus on Career Technical Education (CTE)! Hear from Teresa Collis, their district CTE Coordinator, about how she expanded programs when she was principal at Oceanside High School, and her work now at the district level engaging industry professionals from the community in the programs through advisory and work-based learning. As a TK-12 district OUSD is also updating STEM labs and other...

Description: Joanna Murray began wedging career readiness activities into her language arts courses years ago, and has long been focused on how to best motivate students. Join us for a conversation about her new career exploration lab that allows students to explore 21 different fields as they rotate through self driven Paxton Patterson modules. This middle school CTE wheel is designed to ensure students are driven to explore careers and launch their pathway to careers. Links: https://rmms.vi...

Episode Description: Career readiness starts early in Vista Unified School District, where students at Rancho Minerva Middle School experience a variety of programs designed to ensure they are future ready. Join us for a discussion with Christina DeSanto, who is driven by the mission to create extraordinary experiences that connect scholars to college and career pathways. The “Triple C” College-Career-Connection course is designed to help scholars connect to who they are, and their STEM Wheel a...

We see makerspaces in classrooms and libraries in many of our schools, but how can students find ways to turn their passion for making into a career? Join Shaun Kain, Gabe Diaz and Jewyl Alderson at the Maketory, a local industrial co-working space, for a discussion on making at the K12 level and how entrepreneurs are making a career out of making in spaces like the Maketory. This supersized episode being released right before the gift giving season also includes a discussion of the best gifts f...