Miguel Gonzalez is the founder of Embark education, a micro school embedded in two small businesses (pinwheel coffee and framework cycles)

Brian Sense is the Executive Director Great Work, Inc

Samara is a student at the Embark school.

• Microschools vs. traditional schools
• Blended grade levels.
• 16 students enrolled with 7th and 8th grade.
• Embark education is an independent school, which allows us to work with kids tuition free!
• Founding businesses and profit from businesses would fund the educational experience.
• Grants and fundraising.
• Kids can make business decisions that may not be in the best interest of the businesses.
• Price changes involved in the coffee shop.
• How do we pose it to our students,
• Samara’s interest in the espresso machine.
• Coffee machine does produce 85% of our drinks.
• Learning is a strong point for me.
• We don’t just focus on educational needs, but also on social emotional needs.
• What school is like?
• What structures do we want to have?
• Miguel’s job is supporting embark and the teachers.
• Making the impact on students is just as valuable as getting a bike back to a customer.
• When we break down the walls of school…
• Every role has a focus, but they also are involved in the other programs.
• We also include students in the interview process.
• Middle school students know who they want to work around.
• Middle schoolers is an important age to focus on the joy of learning.
• It’s never about the bikes or the coffee, it’s about student learning.
• Middle school is an overlooked time of development.
• Kids don’t drop out in high school, they drop out in middle school. They just sign the paperwork and leave in high School.
• Knowing where I want to center my learning.
• 6th grade interviews for new teacher.
• There’s very little that you learn in middle school that you don’t already have.
• How to be a transformative principal?
• Treat them as adults and support them in their youth.
• Give many people the ability to realize their self-worth and lead others.
• Listen humbly.

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