A little background & who we are
Show Notes
Student Success Podcast No. 2, Oct 3, 2013
Today’s Guest: Michael Bromley, founder of School4Schools.com & The A+ Club
Bromley discusses the background and origins of our and philosophy and student support service.
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Guest Biography:
Before leaving the classroom in order to work directly with students, parents, and teachers, Michael Bromley taught Social Studies at Archbishop Carroll High School in NE Washington, DC for eight incredibly inspiring and happy years. Prior to that, Bromley built a successful export and distribution company based in Miami, FL, Asuncion, Paraguay, and Sao Paulo, Brazil. He is the author of two books, Stretching It: The Story of the Limousine and William Howard Taft: The First Motoring Presidency, 1909-1913, and many magazine articles on automotive and political history. Bromley loves history, cars, kids, and learning.
Topics Discussed
- Bromley background
- Discovering the student perspective
- Students as clients
- whole new perspective
- now providing customer service is the priority
- Syllabus as Contract
- The Original A+ Club
- starting in a World History classroom
- student articulation is the key!
Additional Resources and Links
See Bromley’s guest entries on Rick Hess’ “Straight Talk” blog on edweek.com Aug2013 for ideas on approaching students as clients and focused PD for student benefit.
Credits
Host: Michael L. Bromley
Original Music by Christopher Bromley (copyright 2011, 2013)
Best Dogs Ever: by Puck & Stella
Here for Puck & Stella slideshow
The A+ Club from School4Schools.com LLC, based in Arlington, VA, is dedicated to helping students across the U.S.A. meet their goals and find the academic success the want and deserve. Contact us here or call now to (703) 271-5334 to see how we can help.
It’s just me this week, but hopefully with some useful background on our story and our views about students and academics.
In this podcast, I discussed my views on the teacher-student relationship as a client relationship. I pointed out that this doesn’t mean that teachers should give away grades — that’d be a disservice. However, demanding teachers should heed the advice without reducing their high expectations. Here for an opinion piece on tough teachers: The Tough Teachers Are the Ones You Love and Revere