Stag Symposium

Stag Symposium ( stagsymposium@dematha.org ) Show Notes Season 1, Episode 6. Drop date 2/19/2024 Guest:  Ms. Caroline Tatnall . Caroline teaches in the Department of Sciences at DeMatha. Her assignments have included Biology, Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Marine Biology. She has been at DeMatha for two years and is a graduate of Clemson (undergraduate) and Notre Dame (graduate school). She was reco...

Stag Symposium ( stagsymposium@dematha.org ) Show Notes Season 1, Episode 5. Drop date 2/5/2024 Guest: Mr. Matthew Bickel, ‘95 . Matt is the Director of Instrumental Music and the conductor of Sinfonia and Orchestral Music. He has been teaching for 18 years at DeMatha. His knowledge of music is remarkable and his passion for teaching is incandescent.  Main topics: Importance of relationships and p...

Stag Symposium ( stagsymposium@dematha.org ) Show Notes Season 1, Episode 4. Drop date 1/22/2024 Guest:  Mr. Vaughn Holsey . Vaughn’s career teaching art is deeply informed by his own art and by a varied background in athletics, academics, landscaping, mural-painting, and so much more. He has mentored many new teachers, nurtured young artists, and spoken at many retreats. This lively discussion fo...

Stag Symposium (stagsymposium@dematha.org) Show Notes Season 1, Episode 3. Drop date 1/8/2024 Guest: Mr. Patrick Smith, DeMatha class of 1982, joins Mike and Dan for a lively discussion of the relationship between coaching and teaching, some of our favorite assignments, and pedagogy that focuses on immediate feedback and how we might get students to think in a different way. Music: Gustav Holst’s...

In this episode, Mike and Dan talk about their early teaching experiences by answering three questions: What was the best thing about your experience? What was the hardest thing about your experience? What was the most surprising thing about your experience? The conversation draws on important influences and finding and creating your own voice as a teacher. Music: Gustav Holst’s “Jupiter” as playe...

Stag Symposium ( stagsymposium@dematha.org ) Show Notes Season 1, Episode 1. Drop date 12/4/2023 In this episode the two hosts introduce themselves, describe the scope of the podcast, and talk about influential teachers in their lives and what it was like when they first started teaching. People referred to: Mr. William “Bill” Kelly, Theology teacher for more than 20 years and Dr. Charles “Buck” O...