Today Maria sits down with David Reynolds. David is the professional learning director at the Professional Association of Georgia Educators (PAGE) and the director of the Impact Project. He retired from the public school system where he served as a teacher, an assistant principal and a principal. Today, the focus of his work at PAGE is on developing and strengthening classroom, school, and district practices to ensure that all decisions are made for the benefit of students and learning and that all of our work leads to adult and student engagement. David takes us through his learning journey from devouring books in the Free Public Library in Louisville, Kentucky and later on majoring in Industrial Arts in college. He talks about how his curiosity and commitment to learning has guided his career and led him to a broad range of roles and experiences in the public school system and today, at PAGE where he brings together the community of educators and guides to lead students how to learn. David is also the host of the podcast “Lead - Learn - Change”. A truly engaged conversation!
Today Maria sits down with David Reynolds. David is the professional learning director at the Professional Association of Georgia Educators (PAGE) and the director of the Impact Project. He retired from the public school system where he served as a teacher, an assistant principal and a principal. Today, the focus of his work at PAGE is on developing and strengthening classroom, school, and district practices to ensure that all decisions are made for the benefit of students and learning and that all of our work leads to adult and student engagement. David takes us through his learning journey from devouring books in the Free Public Library in Louisville, Kentucky and later on majoring in Industrial Arts in college. He talks about how his curiosity and commitment to learning has guided his career and led him to a broad range of roles and experiences in the public school system and today, at PAGE where he brings together the community of educators and guides to lead students how to learn. David is also the host of the podcast “Lead - Learn - Change”. A truly engaged conversation!
Production team:
Host : Maria Xenidou
Producer: Julie-Roxane Krikorian
Introduction Voice: David Bourne
Contact us:
impactlearningpodcast@gmail.com
Music credits:
Like Lee performed by The Mini Vandals
Transition sounds: Swamp Walks performed by Jingle Punks
Mentioned in this episode
David Reynolds on LinkedIn
Lead, learn, change: the Podcast
His Email: leadlearnchange@icloud.com
Listen to this episode and explore:
David’s childhood: reading books and enjoying being a kid (3:20)
His Industrial Arts major and the start of his teaching path (7:05)
The beginning of his career as a teacher (11:44)
The overnight change David had to adapt to and what he learnt during this time (15:08)
Becoming an assistant principal and a principal (21:38)
Joining the Professional Association of Georgia Educators (PAGE) (30:18)
The Impact Project (40:19)
How PAGE supports and guides the community for educators (43:07)
His podcasting journey (54:43)
“Teachers Matter” (58:48)