Teachers from around the country gathered at Clairemont High School during PoPPCon 2019, stepping into the role of students! Teachers created a project idea and pitched it to the Chieftans. Then it was the students’ chance to give feedback to teachers...and some honest feedback was given! When one teacher proposed an idea to research a local ‘mom and pop’ store in order to understand passion and entrepreneurship, students suggested that in-person research would be much more motivating than researching online. Several students questioned teachers about the importance and relevance of their project ideas. A few seniors were very excited about projects that involved younger students at elementary and middle schools. Teachers often say that everyone should be a lifelong learner and teachers put this into practice as they listened to feedback and suggestions from our own San Diego Unified students. Both the teachers and students said this should become a regular practice in our schools. Teachers were a little nervous before presenting but said that it was such an important way to understand how students feel in the same situation. Kudos to all involved!
