PHS Press staff member
This is an interview with Tim Hereid,
the physics teacher at PHS, for our teacher spotlight stories. Be sure to look
out for other stories on other teachers at PHS on the site!
When asked how he found out about PHS, he said that he had
just found out about it through internet research, eventually, he got an
interview, and the place just seemed like the perfect fit for him. The reason
he had wanted to teach at a place like PHS, he said, was that he had always
sought an environment where kids were self motivated, interested in learning,
and he just likes to teach. He said his initial interest was just a place that
had the kinds of science and electronics classes he wanted to teach, that his
first idea, the High Altitude balloon class, was a blast to teach, and that he
still sees some of those ex-students in his classes today.
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| High Altitude Class |
Q&A With Tim Hereid
Q: How long have you been teaching at PHS?
A: I believe I started in 2012, so about three years.
Q: What is your favorite thing about teaching at PHS?
A: Well, it’s a great community, a very strong community,
another great thing is that with homeschool kids, they’re just as comfortable
with adults as with kids their age, and that’s just great.
Q: So, you teach physics?
A: Yes, I generally teach middle school physics, which is
very project-based, you know, we build catapults and we’re going to build pendulums,
just as hands on as it can possibly get with physics. And then I’m teaching a
sign-language class, I taught an ethics class, the app class, geography,
biology, hoping to teach creative writing,
Q: How would you say PHS differs from other places you’ve
taught at?
A: Other than
what I’ve said already, it’s great because both the kids and the adults get a
chance to explore a workshop-like environment, the big difference I think is
just the love of learning, I mean the kids just really, really like to learn,
and it feels more like a collaborative work environment than it does a
classroom.
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