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Teacher Spotlight: For Kyle Bashore, Rubin “Sets the Standard”
In Kyle Bashore’s classroom, Rubin isn’t just a curriculum tool.
Since 2021, Rubin is the standard of excellence his students must strive to meet.
Bashore is a CTE teacher at Cathedral City High School near Palm Springs, California. He teaches inside the HEAL Academy (Health and Environmental Health Academy of Learning), and he’s also the co-advisor of the school’s HOSA chapter.
Bashore draws on our Emerge employability skills curriculum and Aspire career exploration video library to ensure his students write and speak like professionals.
In particular, Bashore has students complete the Emerge Project Management unit to learn how to communicate in a clear, professional manner with teammates.
“I notice a huge change in formality and consideration of others after the Project Management unit,” said Bashore.
Bashore integrates Emerge and Aspire through a seamless connection with his Google Classroom. He carefully selects different topics for the health sciences classes he teaches.
For example:
General resource throughout his classes: Emerge unit called Email Etiquette-Beginner where students learn to write a proper email.
For the TAs (teaching assistants): The TAs practice speaking skills through the Emerge unit called Phone Etiquette.
Emergency Medicine and his HOSA chapter: Emerge units called Project Management and Public Speaking.
Medical Terminology: Emerge unit called Ethics Discussions for tricky workplace situations.
Public Health: Emerge unit called Website Content, which guides students to write a business website.
Bashore also has students search the Aspire career exploration video library to learn about roles in health care (ex: surgical assistant) and also discover cool jobs in fields like STEM, marketing, sports, law and the trades.
Above all, Bashore relies on Rubin to help him prepare students for the world after high school.
“At the start of the year, students begrudgingly work on Rubin assignments as if to say, ‘Do I REALLY need this?’” said Bashore. “By the end of the year, I see significant changes in their professionalism. Without me even asking, they hold themselves to a new standard.”
Thank you, Kyle, for being a wonderful partner in the classroom.
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CA teacher embraces Rubin Emerge and Aspire
GA Student Wins $5,000 in Scholarships Using Rubin “Storytelling” Method
The ultimate goal at Rubin is to provide teachers with high quality resources for college and career readiness they can share with students.
We have no better example of such a pursuit than Lamar County Schools in Georgia southwest of Atlanta.
Ms. Sharonda Bostic, a CTAE (career, technical and agriculture education) teacher in Lamar County, employs the Rubin “storytelling” method for cover letters and job interviews.
In short, the story approach encourages students to share an example of a time they overcame a challenge (ex: school project, part-time job) rather than use words like “hardworking” or “problem solver.”
Shorter than that, it means: show me, don’t tell me.
Ms. Bostic went further. She helped her own son use the narrative approach for college scholarship essays.
Lo and behold, her son won big — to the tune of $5,000 across five different scholarships. He begins college in fall 2022.
“What better proof do I need?” Bostic said. “Rubin’s techniques win, plain and simple.”
At Rubin, we want teachers to embrace our methods and share them with students to achieve real-world results.
All you need to know is $5,000 in scholarship money from a short story about work ethic.
What’s your student’s story worth?
Explore our robust Emerge curriculum (which includes our “storytelling” unit) and find out!
One story = 5K