"It's important that we design with and not for our students." We love this nugget of truth from Damiano Mastrandrea, CTE Director at the Brooklyn STEAM Center. Unfortunately, in many instances, educational systems fail the very young people they are designed to serve. So what can you do to change the narrative? How can you make your classroom a place where young people thrive and grow? Damiano has some ideas.

Damiano works tirelessly managing the CTE portfolio of the Brooklyn STEAM Center's five programs, to ensure that they are highly relevant and rigorous and manages the workplace learning opportunities for students.

In this episode, we dive deep into the student population at the Brooklyn STEAM Center, what foundational pillars are in place to help students thrive, and how to educate and serve traditionally disadvantaged young people. We promise you'll walk away motivated to engage with your students, or colleagues as Damiano would say, in a whole new way.

Interested in learning more from Damiano? Check out his latest CERTIFIED breakout session here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDJqbgQkrQE.

You can also learn more about the Brooklyn STEAM Center here: https://www.brooklynsteamcenter.org/.