TBD: Teaching Based Discussion
Two high school seniors (Heath Monsma and James Catanzaro) talk to their teachers about a variety of topics including: what they were like in high school, how and why they developed their teaching style, and the ongoing challenges of online school.
- Update frequency
- every 8 days
- Average duration
- 38 minutes
- Episodes
- 13
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2021
Jonathan Glawe
On perhaps the final episode of TBD, Heath gets the chance to talk to Mr. Glawe, Pioneer's Director of Orchestras and 2021 Michigan String Teacher of the Year. The discussion ranges from Glawe's trai…
00:45:58 |
Wed 14 Jul 2021
David Leach
On this episode of TBD, we sat down with Pioneer director of bands and music department chair David Leach. Mr. Leach has become somewhat of a Pioneer legend over the last twenty years winning countle…
00:35:51 |
Wed 31 Mar 2021
Jeff Kass
On this episode of TBD, we talked with Pioneer English teacher Jefferey Kass about the philosophies towards school that he developed at a young age, his career as a sports radio personality in Califo…
00:54:01 |
Thu 18 Mar 2021
Barbara Martin (Martini)
After a two month hiatus, the TBD podcast is back and better than ever with an energy-filled interview with Ms. Martini, one of Pioneer's Spanish teachers. We discuss what it was like to grow up in a…
00:50:55 |
Thu 11 Mar 2021
Debra Fitzgerald
On this episode of TBD we talked to Debra Fitzgerald, who is an English and Journalism teacher as well as the Newspaper Advisor. She is also a former student of Ann Arbor Pioneer, although she had a …
00:43:06 |
Tue 15 Dec 2020
Rita (Peg Lederer)
On this episode of TBD we sit down with Rita, the Spanish Department Chair at Pioneer, who teaches Spanish 2 and Spanish AP. We discuss her roundabout way of ending up as a Spanish teacher, online sc…
00:47:56 |
Tue 17 Nov 2020
Jennifer Wilkening
In this episode of TBD, Heath and James sit down with Ms. Wilkening who teaches 9th grade and AP Biology at Pioneer. We discuss her childhood, teaching career, and passion for swimming as well as, in…
00:31:26 |
Thu 05 Nov 2020
Chuck White
In this bonus episode of TBD, only Heath has a conversation with Mr. White almost exclusively about virtual learning. It should be noted that this discussion took place immediately before the start o…
00:18:45 |
Sun 01 Nov 2020
Jodi Bullinger
On this episode of TBD we sat down with Jodi Bullinger, a Pioneer alum and AP Psychology teacher. She puts a positive spin on the online learning situation with a psychological approach. We also disc…
00:45:32 |
Thu 29 Oct 2020
Introducing: TBD
Two high school seniors (Heath Monsma and James Catanzaro) talk to their teachers about a variety of topics including: what they were like in high school, how and why they developed their teaching st…
00:03:50 |
Thu 29 Oct 2020
Sean Sabo
We apologize for any sound quality issues on our end, we were still working out the bugs of online recording at the time.
00:52:03 |
Thu 22 Oct 2020
Matthew Rice
In our second episode we talked to Mr. Rice, a math teacher at Pioneer who has taught multiple levels of math. He is currently teaching AB Calculus and Pre-Calculus. Heath was sick at the time of the…
00:38:12 |
Mon 12 Oct 2020
Sarah Roldán-Dodson
On the first ever episode of TBD, we sit down with the APUSH teacher at Pioneer, Mrs. Roldán, and got to know a little bit more about her.
00:31:30 |
Mon 12 Oct 2020
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