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Peggy Brookins, National Board for Professional Teaching Standards

Episode Summary

Episode Summary: Brent Maddin talks with Peggy Brookins, President and CEO of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, about the school she founded, broader outcomes for learners and educators, policy recommendations and bringing experts from the community into the classroom.

Episode Notes

Brent Maddin talks with Peggy Brookins, President and CEO of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, in advance of Building the Next Normal, the January 2021 convening hosted by ASU’s Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, where Peggy will be a featured expert.

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• 1:30: Peggy shares about her professional background, including her vision for the Engineering and Manufacturing Institute of Technology at Forest High School (EMIT), the school she co-founded in 1994.
• 6:59: Peggy shares her perspective around broader outcomes for both learners and educators. 
• 11:29: Peggy proposes educational policy leaders--local, state and federal--should teach while holding their policy roles so that they have a better understanding of what is currently happening in classrooms and communities.
• 13:33: Peggy advocates schools bring community educators into classrooms to share their expertise with students.
• 16:58: Peggy recommends readings educators might consider exploring before they join her at Building the Next Normal, the January 2021 convening hosted by ASU’s Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College.