Tesla Academy's guest appearances

Tesla Academy

Transformative Principal

Ready to Blend

Ted Dintersmith

Seth Godin

William Parker

Cory Doctorow

Jethro Jones

Liz Wiseman

Kat Howard

Derek Sivers

Michael Robinson

Geoff Woods

Aaron Walker

Shelly Morgan

Jessica Johnson

David Wood

John Hope Bryant

OwlTail

Brad Barber

We are excited to have SchoolAI as a sponsor for the Summer of AI Series on Transformative Principal. Please visit schoolai.com to save your teachers 10 hours per week. Brad Barber is a former business owner who is now an educator who founded a school called the Tesla Academy. At the Tesla Academy, they coach students rather than teach them. * Business process outsourcing. * Went back to school as a teacher. * Started at a charter school. * Not the primary person who delivers the content. * Education is so inefficient. * I can teach it, but I want my students to learn how to learn. * The difference between a coach and a teacher. * They’ve been surviving school for 9 or 10 years. * The teachers become babysitters (in other classes) and that’s not what we’re about. * We’re observing the entire time. * Kids understand that the technique wasn’t right SponsorsSave your teachers hours per week with SchoolAI. It's not just a tool, it's a partner in the classroom. With school AI teachers can plan courses in minutes. Get realtime learning data and provide one-on-one tutor tutoring. Plus it's free for teachers. Go to SchoolAI.com/tpWe're so grateful to our sponsor AI Coach by Edthena. AI Coach enables your teachers to go through coaching cycles based on their own needs. The virtual coach guides teachers to reflect on their teaching, set a goal, and create an action plan… all based on gathering classroom evidence. It gives support between PD days  and other coaching cycles.Get a free trial for your teachers here.

We are excited to have SchoolAI as a sponsor for the Summer of AI Series on Transformative Principal. Please visit <a href="https://schoolai.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">schoolai.com</a> to save your teachers 10 hours per week. Brad Barber is a former business owner who is now an educator who founded a school called the Tesla Academy. At the Tesla Academy, they coach students rather than teach them. * Business process outsourcing. * Went back to school as a teacher. * Started at a charter school. * Not the primary person who delivers the content. * Education is so inefficient. * I can teach it, but I want my students to learn how to learn. * The difference between a coach and a teacher. * They’ve been surviving school for 9 or 10 years. * The teachers become babysitters (in other classes) and that’s not what we’re about. * We’re observing the entire time. * Kids understand that the technique wasn’t right SponsorsSave your teachers hours per week with <a href="https://schoolai.com/tp" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SchoolAI</a>. It's not just a tool, it's a partner in the classroom. With school AI teachers can plan courses in minutes. Get realtime learning data and provide one-on-one tutor tutoring. Plus it's free for teachers. Go to <a href="https://schoolai.com/tp" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SchoolAI.com/tp</a>We're so grateful to our sponsor <a href="https://edthena.com/bepodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">AI Coach by Edthena</a>. AI Coach enables your teachers to go through coaching cycles based on their own needs. The virtual coach guides teachers to reflect on their teaching, set a goal, and create an action plan… all based on gathering classroom evidence. It gives support between PD days  and other coaching cycles.Get a free trial for your teachers <a href="https://edthena.com/bepodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>.

The Tesla Academy with Brad Barber Transformative Principal 293

How much time should teenagers spend in school? Is your teen over-served by the nonstop schedule at your local comprehensive high school? This podcast features guest Brad Barber, founder of Tesla Academy, who takes us on a tour of his program in Orange County, Calif. Tesla Academy is a low-cost microschool that serves professional surfers, elite soccer teams, T.V. actors, and dozens of formerly average students who have now become exceptional learners. Heather begins with an overview of how disruptive innovation begins in circumstances where people are over-served by the existing set of options. Many of the emerging microschools in America follow this pattern, using shorter school days, new staffing models, and online learning to offer a simpler version of school at a lower cost than traditional private schools. Heather then joins Brad Barber on-site at Tesla Academy to discuss how his program works, why families like the 8 a.m.-to-noon model, the indispensable value of learning coaches, and how Tesla Academy has redefined high school. The episode ends with Brad Barber talking to Tate Staker, age 15, about what his life would be like if he transferred to Tesla Academy. For the hot-off-the-press Bellwether Education Report about the growing microschool phenomenon, go to this week's Ready to Blend blog: The Rise of Microschools.

How much time should teenagers spend in school? Is your teen over-served by the nonstop schedule at your local comprehensive high school? This podcast features guest Brad Barber, founder of Tesla Academy, who takes us on a tour of his program in Orange County, Calif. Tesla Academy is a low-cost microschool that serves professional surfers, elite soccer teams, T.V. actors, and dozens of formerly average students who have now become exceptional learners. Heather begins with an overview of how disruptive innovation begins in circumstances where people are over-served by the existing set of options. Many of the emerging microschools in America follow this pattern, using shorter school days, new staffing models, and online learning to offer a simpler version of school at a lower cost than traditional private schools. Heather then joins Brad Barber on-site at Tesla Academy to discuss how his program works, why families like the 8 a.m.-to-noon model, the indispensable value of learning coaches, and how Tesla Academy has redefined high school. The episode ends with Brad Barber talking to Tate Staker, age 15, about what his life would be like if he transferred to Tesla Academy. For the hot-off-the-press Bellwether Education Report about the growing microschool phenomenon, go to this week's Ready to Blend blog: The Rise of Microschools.

9. Shorter School Days, featuring Tesla Academy