Talking with Frank Torres, Middle Tree Director of Strategic Initiatives - Part 2

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 the advantages that a Community College can have for students as a starting point in their higher education journey and that the conceptions about 2-year schools is justifiably changing.  He and Dr. Atman also discuss how reading to a child, no matter how young they are, can have lasting effects on their educational success.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.