EP 135: Mark Hendren from Helena High School

He shot highlights for ESPN as a teenager. He built a career across four TV stations in Birmingham. And he learned to do all of it because the guy who was supposed to show up one night... didn't. Mark Hendren is three years into the classroom at Helena High School in Alabama, and he's thinking hard about how to give today's students the same thing someone gave him: a reason to say yes before they're ready. In this episode: • Why "failure is not an option" means something completely different to this generation • The camera setup that students walk right past without looking up (and what that actually costs them) • What Mark calls his "gold" in the classroom, and it's not who you'd expect • Availability breeds opportunity, and the real story that proves it • Why it's supposed to be terrible, and how to actually convince a student of that • What year four looks like when you finally have a room you can lock If you teach AV, broadcast, or any CTE class where students create rather than consume, this one's for you. Teaching to the Test Pattern is a StreamSemester.com production. Subscribe so you don't miss what's next.