LCPO 1st General Session
Greetings!
Our first General Session was held Monday 9/22 @ 7pm in LCHS’s auditorium. We had a fantastic speaker who addressed the fundamental core of teaching and the importance of being able to engage with students and make a connection with how they learn. As a Blue Ribbon school we continue to strive to make our children’s educational experience the best it can be and to prepare them for the next stage in their life. With that in mind we invited Keen Babbage to share his thoughts and views on “Extreme Teaching”.
I encourage all parents to set aside an hour of their time for each LCPO meeting to participate in a great learning experience and one that all of us will benefit from.
Let’s not forget, at the end of each General Session, we will hold a drawing for the “cash equivalent” of one student’s tuition. Remember; you need to be a member of the LCPO (all it takes is a $40 donation per family).
See you at the next meeting,
Brian Dewhurst, LCPO President
Keen Babbage Bio:
Author and educator Keen Babbage is best known for his observations and analysis of education systems and teaching methods that challenge students to achieve at the highest levels. He is also an advocate for teaching more economics and personal finance to young people.
Keen is the author of nine published books on educational methods including High Impact Teaching, Overcoming Student Apathy, Extreme Teaching, and Extreme Learning.
His most recent publication is What Only Teachers Know About Education: The Classroom Reality.
Keen presently teaches US History and Government at Henry Clay in Lexington, as well Keen has been an Associate Principal at Bryan Station Middle School and an instructor at the University of Kentucky’s College of Education in the Department of Administration and Supervision.
Keen started his career in business and developed expertise in marketing and brand management with the Proctor & Gamble Company, Sive Advertising, and Long John Silver’s before dedicated his life to teaching and administration in K-12 education.
He is a graduate of the University of Kentucky, Georgetown College and Eastern Kentucky University.
"I use the extreme teaching approach, which builds upon the wholesome knowledge, interests and talents of students to make connections between what students know and what they need to learn," says Babbage. "The brain is designed to make connections. Plus, by making learning at school connect with the wholesome knowledge, interests and talents of students, there is no issue about 'when will we ever need to know this?' or 'why do we need to learn this?' The purpose of teaching is to cause learning and that is the standard by which I measure my work."
Additional books authored by Keen Babbage:
Extreme Economics: The Need for Personal Finance in the School Curriculum
Results Driven Teaching: Teach So Well That Every Student Learns
Extreme Students: Challenging All Students and Energizing Learning
911 – The School Administrator’s Guide to Crisis Management
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