Kevin Gant's guest appearances

Kevin Gant

Austin Sessions

Humble Badass Educators

Ryan Green

Owen Egerton

Caitlin Long

Jackie Kashian

Maggie Maye

John Tole

Erin Foley

Steve Cox

Andy Young

Adam Curry

Jackie Venson

Johnny Goudie

Scott Mcleod

John Morton

Daniel Webb

OwlTail

Today’s humble badass educator is Kevin Gant.  Kevin is the Director of Network Innovation for New Tech Network, a nation-wide network of over 200 schools spanning Elementary, Middle and High schools that are working to transform teaching and learning.  Previously, Kevin was a Teams Designer and School Development Coach for New Tech.  Kevin has also worked at New Tech school Nex+Gen Academy in Albuquerque, New Mexico as an integrated Math and Science teacher and later as a Teacher Coach.  Kevin was recognized by President Obama as New Mexico’s 2015 recipient of the prestigious Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching. In our conversation, Kevin discusses some of the key elements that foster successful student-directed learning in Project-Based Learning (PBL) classrooms.  He names some of the partnerships that he utilized in his own classrooms and how integrating with other subject areas through co-teaching enhanced a connected experience for his students.   He talks about some of the ingredients that led Nex+Gen Academy to high levels of success and larger picture insights of what direction he would like to see our education system take. It is my opinion that Kevin Gant would make for a fantastic new Secretary of Education, so President Elect Biden, I hope you are listening to today’s episode of Humble Badass Educators.

Today’s humble badass educator is Kevin Gant.  Kevin is the Director of Network Innovation for New Tech Network, a nation-wide network of over 200 schools spanning Elementary, Middle and High schools that are working to transform teaching and learning.  Previously, Kevin was a Teams Designer and School Development Coach for New Tech.  Kevin has also worked at New Tech school Nex+Gen Academy in Albuquerque, New Mexico as an integrated Math and Science teacher and later as a Teacher Coach.  Kevin was recognized by President Obama as New Mexico’s 2015 recipient of the prestigious Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching. In our conversation, Kevin discusses some of the key elements that foster successful student-directed learning in Project-Based Learning (PBL) classrooms.  He names some of the partnerships that he utilized in his own classrooms and how integrating with other subject areas through co-teaching enhanced a connected experience for his students.   He talks about some of the ingredients that led Nex+Gen Academy to high levels of success and larger picture insights of what direction he would like to see our education system take. It is my opinion that Kevin Gant would make for a fantastic new Secretary of Education, so President Elect Biden, I hope you are listening to today’s episode of Humble Badass Educators.

Kevin Gant - Network Innovation

Musician and poet Kevin Gant talks with us at a good friend's house in east Austin. (Thanks Adam!) Gant's documentary Kevin, by Jay Duplass, is on Netflix and gives a glimpse into the life of the singer/songwriter. We talked about raising children, online networking, recording his new album, and he plays some of his songs!

Musician and poet Kevin Gant talks with us at a good friend's house in east Austin. (Thanks Adam!) Gant's documentary <a href="http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/Kevin/70261014?trkid=2361637" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kevin</a>, by <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0243231/?ref_=sr_1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jay Duplass</a>, is on Netflix and gives a glimpse into the life of the singer/songwriter. We talked about raising children, online networking, recording his new album, and he plays some of his songs!