Deborah Broderick, EdD - Preparing the Next Generation of Teachers

SUMMARY:

In this episode of TLC Connections, host Julie Knudsen sits down with Dr. Deborah Broderick—educator, researcher, artist, and passionate advocate for future teachers. Deborah shares her journey from English teacher to leader of the Secondary Education Academy at Central Montco Technical High School. This program gives high school students early field experiences and college credits before they even step onto a university campus.

Deborah discusses how her early work in alternative education transformed her approach to teaching, how arts-integrated practices deepen reflection and engagement, and why relationships, not content, sit at the heart of effective education. The conversation explores the national teacher shortage, the changing landscape of public education, teacher agency, culturally responsi ...