Featured Interview With Dr. Aaron L. Smith
Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
Having been a resident of Newport News, VA for 42 years it is especially important to me that we continue to help our children be set up for success. Currently, I am the Program Director at Denbigh High School’s Aviation Academy located at the Newport News Williamsburg International Airport where we help students reach their fullest potential at our STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) magnet.
I now reside in Chesapeake, VA with my wife and three children (Hunter, Ryan and Addison) with our two dogs (Brier and Cloe).
At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
Truthfully it wasn’t until college where I began to realize how much fun books are and the power behind them. I would buy business and financial books in addition to my required education books.
It seems that all through my life I have been writing in one capacity or another. However, I began to realize the passion when I was completing my thesis and after my dissertation, I began to jot down ideas one at a time. Eventually I found a common theme with my work and at age 39 began to do rough drafts of my upcoming book, Awakening Your STEM School.
Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
People like Suze Orman and Jim Collins were and still are my favorites. I still enjoy reading financial and business books. Now a days, I read books by John Maxwell and educator guru John Hattie.
Tell us a little about your latest book?
I am the director of a pioneering STEM public school, where we help answer the question, “how can educators transform an ordinary STEM site into an inspired, premiere learning center?” “Awakening Your STEM School” provides a proven framework for teachers, administrators, and business partners offering forty-two actions and ideas with over 300 tips to transformation. I try to bring a passionate approach that is simple and focused and prepared just for teachers, principals, and business leaders who are daily cobbling together their STEM school, seeking inspiration and valuable suggestions. No matter where a school or program is in the advancement toward STEM education, the catalyst for transformation is already there – residing in the heart of the teachers and leadership.
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