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"Matt Macfarlane teaches history and leadership at Templeton Middle School. A graduate of Westmont College, Matt is an 18-year veteran at TMS and has taught middle school for all 25 of his years as a teacher. Matt employs a flipped classroom model to deliver podcast lessons to his students, freeing up class time for engaging discussions, primary source analysis, and for making strong connections between historical events and modern themes..." READ WHOLE ARTICLE |
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"Matt Macfarlane teaches history at Templeton Middle School, a small, high-performing central California school. A veteran with over 20 years’ teaching experience, Mr. Macfarlane was driven to flip the learning in his classroom because he could see the world changing around his students. Gone are the days when the best memorizers are the most successful students. Today, his kids need to be prepared with a new set of 21st century skills, including problem solving, time management, and collaboration. As he describes it, “I don’t want to spend my precious minutes with students on lecturing. I want to impact my students, which comes when I can interact more with them, when I’m working alongside them and engaging at a deeper level.” READ WHOLE ARTICLE |
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"Whether coaching basketball skills on the court or leadership skills in the classroom, Matt Macfarlane loves mentoring young people. “Teachers have the opportunity to have a big influence on young people’s lives, because we get to see them every day. You get to teach character and how to make good decisions about things coming up in life. I’ve had people do that for me, so now I’m passing that wisdom along.” Macfarlane teaches US History to 8th graders, but it’s clear that his students do more than just study events from America’s past. For Macfarlane, each encounter with a student is an opportunity to prepare them for life." READ WHOLE ARTICLE |