Humble Badass Educators Jeremy John Jensen

This episode of Humble Badass Educators features two seventh grade students at Embark Education who work with the bicycle mechanics of Framework Cycles on a daily basis.  Jake Covert and Morgan Matter discuss how they as mechanics also work as educators to bring the components of the bicycle shop operations and bicycle mechanics to life for middle school students in the Denver area through projects and shop shifts.

We are joined by two Embark 7th grade students, Jay and Oliver, who came up with the idea to feature these mechanics.  They share the mic with me today in the interview and also share a bit of their experience at Embark Education.  It can be said that these two young men are humble badasses in their own right.

Hello all and thank you for tuning back in to Humble Badass Educators.  It’s been a minute since I’ve released and episode and can’t be more thrilled than to bring you this episode with Brian Hyosaka.  I’m currently teaching with Brian at Embark Education, a micro middle school in Denver that Brian will explain in detail during our discussion.

I am incredibly grateful for all that I have learned from Brian and am excited to share a small sliver of his amazingness with you all.

Thanks for tuning in.

Today's Humble Badass Educator is High School English / Language Arts teacher and Hamlet 2 enthusiast Lindsey Hewett.

Lindsey is an amazingly thoughtful and introspective teacher who strives to provide her students with experiences that are meaningful and relevant to students in today's world.  She shares some strategies of what she does to integrate controversial social topics in her classroom and shares lots of tips that she has recently learned in making an authentic co-teaching relationship work.

In this episode, Lindsey also shares about her journey in becoming a published author.  She talks about where she is in the process of her potential upcoming Middle Grades and shares about her hopes in seeing her book on the shelves of a Barnes and Noble someday soon.

It was a privilege to talk with Lindsey Hewett and I hope you enjoy our conversation.



Also, note that the book referenced by Lindsey by Angie Thomas is "Concrete Rose" rather than "Rose in Concrete".

Today my guest is Nick Steinmetz, an Assistant Principal at Carmody Middle School in Lakewood, Colorado.  Nick has a wide variety of experiences in math instruction, education technology, Project-Based Learning, personalization, scheduling, social-emotional learning and much more.

In our conversation, Nick digs into a range of topics from deepening relationships to eliciting student discourse to personalization and project-based learning and even to scheduling. Nick discusses the often overlooked but extremely vital social aspect of learning and how that should be infused more in school.  We talk about the value of taking a storytelling approach as an organic way to learn from each other, the power of yes, and how taking a more curiosity-based approach to problem solving can support students in learning math.

As always, thanks for tuning in to this episode of Humble Badass Educators with Nick Steinmetz.

Today’s Humble Badass Educator is PBL and math aficionado Kyle Kirby.  Kyle has recently worked with 5280 High School in Denver, Colorado as their founding Director of Curriculum and Instruction.  Previously, Kyle taught math in a variety of schools, including the renowned High Tech High in San Diego, California.

He shares about his professional learning experiences from High Tech High and how he has brought modeling and experiential learning to other adults in his roles since moving back to Colorado.  He also shares about his approaches and philosophies in student-centered and discussion-based math instruction and what methodologies he finds most effective in both playing the game and changing the game.

Kyle brings tremendous passion and intentionality to his work in progressive education.  Thanks for tuning in to this episode of Humble Badass Educators with Kyle Kirby.

My guest today is Mike Hardiman, founder of Denver Lab School, an independent school that plans to use the city of Denver as the classroom. Mike plans to open DLS for the 2022-2023 school year.

In our conversation, Mike discusses some of what needs to be done in order to bring a dream that so many educators think about in starting a school from the ground up to become a reality. He talks about how the combination of his experiences in teaching as well as business school have helped him to develop some of these necessary skills, but how such a key component is having the humility to know what you don’t know and when to ask for help. Mike talks about the exciting and innovative plans he envisions for Denver Lab School as well as his intention of involving various community members to help shape the school.

Thanks as always for tuning in to today’s episode of Humble Badass Educators with Mike Hardiman.