hey good day to it welcome to this episode of keep your really merica i'm your host rodney baz and today i'm going to be speaking with jerome gore dean notice i  during that time very active teacher not just in the classroom but outside the classroom especially with the youth and family to the point of this in basketball game years of going to a church is just just mean a part of the communit the teacher very important in you know one thing that i didn't notice do in your chain your as a teacher you you had that hands on with the students do because they were walking the walk into the hallways sometimes just going out to take an opportunity after two years in the good california to become part of the open partnership program which is a program designed to bring more diversity into the school so  and as we grew up so use those people also as role models so that so that so that commitment of family that you had when you came into the educational environment really would stimulate you from your roots at home yeah and your family's from los angeles california and now originally my family is from south carolina ok from south carolina and so spinning summers rather than in maine and concrete from los angeles i would be  today that wanted to walk in your footsteps what would be some things you could tell them they you need to do this you need to do this what would be as you suggest well i think first and foremost as i always say in my graduation speeches  throughout the years in the advice from now on a larger scale to really figure out what your passion is and then you make a career that so i know my passion is working with children so the career path i chose was to be of academics in going to college and things you thought you know i notice on the billboard in the office there it up for middle school you had a set of all the different college banners posted in the that this is the expectation in how did that not only was that fulfilling for the kids you know based on what i've seen in the kids with crime how did also the system parents and taking their kids to the next level did they do anything different parents have to become a little bit more perceptive of what a child can achieve as opposed to just saying go ahead and just do what is right you know in in you as a parent a community leader from an educator what changes do you feel need to continue in the school systems today in in the apartment that you would approach with what changes do you think we need to implement to keep these kids going forward well i mean i completely agree with you when you go back to the parent species and for parents to be really become advocates for their children's in the schools and not just rely on the school system along and there's a lot of outside resources like they still can you feel why d c you principal of the year and is one of twenty five for an icon the united states of america and was able to get to school five thousand dollars reward that we used for one of our parent programs that would talk more having a really good staff and in particular time what are some other noticeable achievements that you achieved while you were in the in the leadership of for middle school at one point his school because because of the school in the i mean the whole neighborhood had toned down from you know everybody was complaining about the area now the neighborhood was toning down kids were attending school  necessary just start with me i mean as i said this is a decade of decade plus growth and you know i was just part of that of that cycle so it didn't just didn't start with me today versus the community of yesterday what changes is there anything you can suggest to the community that will keep that torch lit and keep those kids coming forward and move forward well your time as i said really the main facets aspects of common core standards so when you walk into a classroom or you're talking to teachers a conversation should be around really what type of techs are they reading is a grade level the  century twenty first century talking about more the teacher becoming the facilitator of what you see the students have and more of the conversation through academic discourse so walk in the class and see how much academic to go how much the tunes are really sharing in the  so you can that the next you know person you know i i'm listening to you with the expressions of what change really needs to be made in at the same time i'm hearing something and what i'm hearing is that you're saying to the school district the parents that there's been a new standard in the twenty first century with current requires involvement of the parents to make sure  back in public school teachers they really do it because you know i think it's i totally agree with you these individuals have a test now doing the times you walked in the halls afraid there were there had to be maybe one or two students that you felt were different in you said ah but just watch him go down the path is there any one of two that came to mind it graduated from break went on to school went on to college and came back and say you've made a university you know so i've been mine and another one just graduate from american university and she's about to start i'm in the water next position going to be because she's she has a degree from american you see gets that's that's what i it's that type of community leader that we are pushing to come forward in the community day because the exposure allows the children to see there is something you can do different in what can we see you doing different and folks you know dedication commitment and so when you became committed to doing the education of children today it's put you in what place where your students and i didn't buy used to this is kings and queens really mean and this type of relationship you have you know with your students i need for that to be on a larger level at the district district so  pointed to this position of director of african american people working with our executive director christopher chapman who embodies this in the spirit and that's really witness department from from one man when he first said the name of this individual was on chris for a chat and now this was off we were off camera he was telling me that mr jadwin just received an award or yeah he just received a fellowship out of what is worth out of how chapman down here i got i got his commitment we're going to bring him bedding so you're going to get a chance to meet him too because jimmy is important the kids know you don't have to be a rock star a sports star or baseball star to be a community star and i think today that what mr boardgame is showed you is your commitment your commitment to your life as he committed to his life now you see you mentioned earlier you had a  is today so in closing and closing that is give us a minute about things that she filled you actually saw change in the community without mr know the real reason i asked that would because that i'm of you know as we close out here that king and queen went when barack obama did it i said hey i've no doubt school right here is off fire i said because they got a leader who teach them how it was the respect that you have put through the kids in i think that's phenomenal and i hope that everyone out there in the educational system you get an opportunity to see is that you request that respect for the kids and we can see a change and we're going to look forward to having you back with mr christopher and we're going to talk more about where you are now and what the community can do to move you forward in keep things changing in