It’s an absolute honor to have one of the pioneers of precision teaching on the show, Dr. Clay Starlin. You’ll hear in this episode how he paved the way for teachers and disenfranchised children as he takes us on a journey through the profession that he has loved for nearly five decades of his life.
You'll learn about his childhood, his own struggles with reading as a child, and what ultimately motivated him to focus on improving student outcomes through the use of precise measurement. He also talks about how he developed verbal behavior around precision teaching and how continus to assist teachers in understanding how to deliver effective instruction and achieve mastery with their students, and so much more.
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Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/abaandptpodcast HIGHLIGHTS1:28 Clay's early life and the people who have greatly influenced his career.
6:26 How dyslexia affected his own education.
19:05 His development of verbal behavior around precision teaching.
23:42 What s Precision Teaching classroom looks like.
29:59 Why Precision Teachers leave the public sector.
34:24 Dr. Starlin walks us through his journey post his doctorate.
42:22 How Precision Teachers traditionally have shared charts and data and collaborated.
50:51 The results of charting his own behavior.
1:21:00 What keeps him busy these days.
RESOURCES
Get the book, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas Kuhn: https://www.amazon.com/Structure-Scientific-Revolutions-50th-Anniversary-dp-0226458121/dp/0226458121/ref=mt_other?_encoding=UTF8&me=&qid=1646092023
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Clay’s upcoming book, Weaving Love and Science into Educational Practice, will be available at https://greatnessachieved.com/
Articles by Clay Starlin can be found here: https://www.fluency.org/publications
Learn more about Bemidji State College’s Special Education program: https://www.bemidjistate.edu/academics/departments/special-education/emotional-behavioral-disorders-licensure/
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