Talking with Frank Torres, Middle Tree Director of Strategic Initiatives - Part 1

On this Episode of Education Everyone, our guest is Frank Torres. He's Middle Tree's Director of Strategic Initiatives.  In his role at Middle Tree, Frank designs and scales district partnerships and programs—Canopy (after-school care & staffing), Heartwood (high-dosage/JiTT-inspired tutoring), and STEM & LEAF enrichment, while leading strategy, proposals, and compliance aligned to CA Expanded Learning Quality Standards company-wide. His work embeds PBIS, SEL, trauma-informed practices, UDL, and CCSS/NGSS frameworks and standards into Middle Tree best practices and procedures.In this conversation with Dr. Joseph Atman, Frank talks about what he has learned during his more than a decade working with students at Middle Tree and reveals some startling insights into how parents don't always have to feel the need to be perfect around their children - that showing them how to fight through something and the resilience that needs to come afterward - can be a powerful tool both in navigating and being successful in school and in life.Follow Middle Tree on social media.  Find us on Facebook.Find out what opportunities Middle Tree has for your students at MiddleTree.org.Dr Atman has written several books on education.  You can check them out at Amazon.com.The music you hear on the introduction to Educate Everyone is from Dr Atman's album It Took the Village.  Enjoy the full song and other tracks on his album on Apple Music.