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Show Notes

Introduction:

• The fantastic and delicious Ommegang Brewery

Followup:

• Daniella is looking for suggestions on how to reduce waste in the science classroom.
• You can start a Sustainability Club for your school.
• The Green Chemistry curriculum.
• Steve R. is waiting for Kevin P. to give him more details on his use of Balloons.
• Devin S. is struggling with the realities of designing cumulative exams.

Teacher Hacks:

• Has your boss made best use of your district’s Google Drive? Is there a folder for all things related to your department? Is there a department ReadMe file? If not, feel free to put them in touch with David.
• Starring items in Google Drive remains a major productivity boon.
• Paul is all about that Database. Specifically iDatabase.
• Microsoft Access gets a lot of use in Deer Park.

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This Week's Topic: Our Mentors

• Best wishes, Brad W.!
• Brad’s Blog
• Paul needs to work on his Active Listening skills.
• The job of a mentor is not to do your thinking for you.
• Sometimes mentors need to give teachers excuses to think.
• The job of a leader sometimes involves overt praise

TWIL:

• Paul - Bringing Gamma Back
• David- An egg pitched full speed at a taught bed sheet will not break

Supplementary Notes:

• David acknowledges that his "maybe you want to be a bitch" anecdote is gender-biased, and reflects his privilege, but that's what happened, so he's not going to lie to you.