Inspiring Magic, One Child at a Time with Emily Gathman.

<p dir="ltr" style= "line-height: 1.8; text-indent: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"> <span style= "font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> In today’s episode of My Disney Class Podcast, Ryan and Howie welcome Emily Gathman. Emily is a 6th grade Science teacher at Bussey Middle School in Garland Texas. She loves to inspire her students to be creative problem-solvers as they tackle real-world Science and engineering problems in her classroom. Emily was recognized in 2021 as the Garland School District’s Teacher of the year which as you will see in this episode is truly well deserved!</span></p> <p dir="ltr" style= "line-height: 1.8; text-indent: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"> <span style= "font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> On the show, Emily will share with us how she has incorporated the lessons that she has learned from Disney as well as what brings her inspiration from Disney into her classroom for her students. This ranges from how she has designed physical things in her classroom to how she uses inspirational quotes. For example, Emily helps her students handle failures they encounter in her class by using the quote,” Failure is not an endpoint but a jumping-off point.” She combines this quote with stories about how Walt Disney himself overcame many failures. We think you will agree as you listen to Emily describe her classroom that she is definitely inspiring her students to be innovators, just like Uncle Walt!</span></p> <p dir="ltr" style= "line-height: 1.8; text-indent: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"> <span style= "font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: