Mr. Clarke After Dark
Welcome to the “Mr. Clarke After Dark” podcast with host Lucas Clarke, an educator determined to move away from recycled professional development and engage in more nuanced, personable, and relevant conversations for learning.
Each week, Mr. Clarke unpacks the inner workings of the classroom and learns out loud with educators, politicians, comedians, and other field experts of all shapes, sizes, and burnout levels. Whether they have been in the trenches of their profession for five months or fifty years, we are here to share everything from classroom hacks, our worst mistakes, and the occasional profound musing (from the guests). From conversations about race with Daryl Davis, education reform with Jennifer Gonzalez, global educational development with professors from the World Bank, to stories about students farting in class, there will always be something you can take away from the show, for better or worse.
So, come on over and join the dark side ... unless you’re scared.
Mr. Clarke After Dark
#059 - Sobhi Hamed | What to Look For in a Mentor
Sobhi is currently a Vice Principal and has been in the profession for close to a decade. On this episode, we discuss leadership philosophy, the ingredients of a good mentor, what makes educational leadership an art, giving and receiving positive criticism, the ‘do as I say, not as I do’ mentality in teaching, not stressing too much about student tardiness, trying not to helicopter your adult students, the rise of people going to job interviews with a parent, the generalities of educational keynote speeches, how capitalism blends into family values, how EAs ALWAYS have the best tea, the sad part about the rise in student apathy, how finding your purpose does not have to be that deep, facing death and the idea of not dying, and, much more!
Thoughts shared on the podcast are purely our own and do not represent the views of the Anglophone South School District or the relevant jurisdictions associated with my guests.
