Erin King
What is my favorite time of the year?
Erin King’s favorite time of year is the Fall. While the air turns crisp and the leaves turn colors, the best part of this time of year is the excitement towards back to school. She loves the sight of bright colored pens, the latest and greatest pop culture backpacks, and the promise of a great school year just by picking the perfect notebook.
It is not surprising that one of her favorite lines in a movie is from You’ve Got Mail when Tom Hanks says to Meg Ryan, “Don't you love New York in the fall? It makes me wanna buy school supplies. I would send you a bouquet of newly sharpened pencils if I knew your name and address.”
With a Masters in Teaching, Erin King has taught secondary education, chaired an English Language Arts Department, and mentored student-teachers.
Erin is currently a program specialist for a school district while independently supporting teachers with inspiration via her InspirED blog at inspirededucation.info, the podcast Teacher’s Pep Rally, and a workshop series called The Happy Teacher.
Pete Bush
I bet you didn't know this!?
“A creative life is a happier life, a healthier life, and ultimately, a more successful life.”
Pete’s earliest memories of growing up on the Jersey Shore and near New York City all involve experiencing and later organizing various live performances. From directing an impromptu staging of Springsteen’s “Glory Days” with his sister and cousins on a dock overlooking the Toms River to writing and performing an original musical at the local community college: this spark grew to a passion for working with people of all ages and all abilities. Pete believes that creativity is the currency of the future and his mission is to help people learn life skills and grow through life-enriching, performing arts experiences.
Reinforcing his view that the arts are essential and should be accessible to everyone, Pete has been teaching music in the metro Atlanta area for over 15 years.
He is also the founder of PSBcreative, a theatrical production company which supports arts programs in schools.
Outside of the classroom, Pete co-wrote the musical THE GRIM TWINS, is the host of The P.S. Be Creative Podcast and the author of two ebooks: “So You HAVE to Put On a School Show?!?” and “101 Creative Ideas for Your Next PTA Program.”
With his songwriting partner, David Recchione of djrmusic.com, Pete continues making music.
Pete is thrilled to be part of The Teacher’s Pep Rally team!
Fred Aebli
How does Star Wars fit into all of this??
Fred’s (aka Mr. Fred as his students know him) journey into education is not one that he planned. Seeing Star Wars in 1977 put him on a course desiring to be an astronaut and learn anything about technology while growing up. His journey took him to study computer science/math and ultimately accepting a commission as a U.S. Marine Officer where he traveled the globe.
Upon separating from the active duty military, his path to becoming an educator at Penn State University began one evening after leaving his day job as a software developer and visiting his former computer science professor. There he learned and then accepted an evening teaching job which then evolved into a 25 plus year, full-time teaching position helping the next generation of computing technologists develop their skills.
Along the way he was humbled by receiving multiple teaching awards and continues to help inspire not only his students but young people with his efforts with GetMeCoding.com and a number of free course at Courses.GetMeCoding.com. It is here Fred ignites interest in technology and inspires young people to begin learning how to code while having some fun along the way.
As teachers, Fred believes we master our content. But as teachers we should always be striving to improve our abilities to engage our students and meet them where they are for them to excel in the classroom but more importantly, in life.
To do this it takes creativity, patience, persistence and a passion to serve others.
Being part of this podcast has not only been inspiration for him, but it has also been educational showing him learning truly is lifelong.
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