313- Margarita Geleske & Tom Leonard on Student Engagement and Entrepreneurship in Community

<p>Today, Getting Smart team member Rashawn “Shawnee” Caruthers is sitting down with Margarita Geleske of Uncharted Learning and Tom Leonard, the Superintendent of Texas’s Eanes Independent School District.</p> <p>Margarita worked with the founding Uncharted Learning to create INCubatoredu, which helps students develop future-ready skills as they build real businesses. She also served as chairperson and trustee for the Barrington 220 Educational Foundation and as well as a trustee for Barrington Youth & Family Services.</p> <p>As a native of Chicago, Illinois, Dr. Tom Leonard served as Superintendent in the Barrington 220 School District in the Northwest suburbs of Chicago for seven years. He has been in his current role as Superintendent of Eanes ISD also for nearly seven years, having first entered the role in 2014.</p> <p>Together, Margarita and Tom talk about student engagement and powerful entrepreneurial experiences within the community. Listen in as Shawnee talks with these incredible guests about INCubatoredu as well as their secret to success in engaging communities and students!</p> <p>“We <em>really</em> need to change what we’re doing in our schools because the traditional curriculum that we’re using is not the world we’re living in now. And if we’re not venturing into entrepreneurial studies … we’re preparing kids for the world of the 1970s — and that’s gone.” — Tom Leonard</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Key Takeaways:</strong></p> <p>[:09] About today’s episode with Margarita Geleske and Tom Leonard.</p> <p>[1:10] Shawnee welcomes Margarita and Tom to the podcast!</p> <p>[1:48] Tom introduces himself and speaks about his school district, Eanes ISD.</p> <p>[3:05] How Tom and Margarita met.</p> <p>[4:28] About Uncharted Learning.</p> <p>[6:01] Tom shares about how Eanes ISD connected with Uncharted Learning and about INCubatoredu.</p> <p>[10:25] Why is community such an important focus for Tom and why it is important for Eanes ISD to partner with organizations such as Uncharted Learning?</p> <p>[11:50] Why t