Shawn Sheehan
Norman, OK Special Ed Math Teacher Discusses His TeachLikeMe Campaign, Teaching as a Performance and Blended Classrooms.
My guest today is Shawn Sheehan. He is Oklahoma’s 2016 teacher of the year and selected as one of four finalists for US National Teacher of the year. He teaches Specialized Education Math to Freshmen at Norman High School. In 2013 after overhearing a colleague discouraged her child from becoming a teacher, Shawn made it his mission to improve public perception and pride for his profession. Shawn started the Teach Like Me campaign to encourage teachers to share positive stories about life in the classroom. He spearheads the movement by producing short videos filled with inspiration about the challenges and joys of being an educator today. In this interview we talk about how Teach Like Me began, the performance aspect of educating, plus the benefits and challenges when implementing a blended class system. So sit back and enjoy listening to one our nations best, Shawn Sheehan.
Show Notes:
Links:
TeachLikeMe.org – Home of the Teach Like Me movement. Where teachers come to share their passion and enthusiasm for the profession they love!
TeachLikeMe Twitter Feed – Follow TeachLikeMe on twitter for all the latest news and videos.
Great Expectations Presentation – Shawn’s soon to be infamous Karaoke speech for professional development.
Shawnsheehan.com – Algebra lesson videos, presentations, speaking schedule, educational blog and some fun video performances.
First Day Speech – Most popular TeachLikeMe video to date.
Teaching Center – What if teachers received the media attention professional athletes do. This hilarious video takes us to that parallel universe!
Fear Busting – 100 days of rejection video blog. Fun experiment to rejection proof yourself in the classroom.