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=Welcome back to the Lunchtime leaders podcast. Today we will be interviewing Ginger Lewman from Turning Point Learning Center in Emporia, Kansas. Welcome Mrs. Lewman. How is your summer vacation going (pause)= = = =//What project or activity that you are working on this summer do you think will make the biggest impact on your life?//=

Congratulations of being chosen to MC the National Teacher Hall of Fame induction ceremony this weekend! (Wait) Not to put you on the spot, but knowing that you only have seven seconds to make a first impression, what will your first line be?

What is your role at Turning Point Learning Center?

What was the greatest challenge in building a school from scratch?

You have described yourself as "Brainless and full of guts" -- are those the prerequisites for joining the staff of a charter school with a program that would be seen by many educators to be a bit crazy? If no good answer--what is the difference between a teacher at a school like yours, and a school like ours.

You have experienced difficulty working in groups in your past, what kind of wisdom have you acquired from those experiences that you bring into the classroom for project based learning activities at TPLC?

What skills/abilities do you feel teachers need to have to be successful in the 21st century interconnected world?

Looking at the people currently entering teaching, what are their strengths and what are their weaknesses? FOLLOW-UP You have just become the Dean of the School of Education--what are the first three changes that you make?

What are your thoughts regarding how much we should focus on content knowledge versus focusing on students' ability to learn/adapt/grow?

There is an emphasis on Project Based Learning at TPLC -- How important is it for kids to be working in groups in school?

Tell us a little bit about any changes you foresee in teaching for the next 5-15 years -- What do you think this means for students currently in high school and for K-12 education in general?

What types of technologies should our students be proficient at using? FOLLOW UP Now you just got your first computer a couple of years ago and are not quite accomplished at using technology--why bother spending all the money on technology in early school years, why not just add it in in the last few years of school?

If you were going to create a graduation exam with only one question, what would it be?

(***MUST DO THIS ONE***)What was the best learning/educational experience you have had? Why?

When we're done today, what's the one most important "take-away" message you'd like our teachers and students to hear?

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