Erik Mortensen – Former Technician Now Automotive Educator [RR 497]
Erik Mortensen, an Automotive Instructor at Watauga High School, transforms his classroom into an automotive service shop.
Key Talking Points:
- A former technician that runs an automotive
- An automotive service shop in the classroomFive bays
- Parts room
- Toolroom
- Alignment rack
- All the equipment you would need
- He took an existing program and made it his own with an open book
- The program is growing and his classes are full
- A goal of his is to get the students to find their self-worth and a skill they may be good at
- Watauga High School has a large CTE program (Career and Technical Education)
- Students are assigned roles within the ‘shop’
- He believes that working on ‘live’ teacher vehicles vs doner cars brings a greater responsibility of importance and safety.
- Start the students off with a ‘mechanic’ mentality and understand the learning never stops and ‘diagnostician’ is in their future
- If being an educator is your passion, then do it
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About the author, Carm Capriotto, AAP
Carm is the founder and host of the Remarkable Results Radio Podcast and the pioneer of automotive aftermarket podcasts. Carm calls on his years of experience in the aftermarket to bring engaging stories from his guests.
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