David Kocher, Automotive Instructor at Kirkland Ranch Academy of Innovation, joins us to explain how he introduced a simulated flat rate pay plan to help students understand how flat rate works early in their careers. David walks us through his background, the ins and outs of the incentive-based system he’s developing for his class, and how students are responding to the experience.
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- Host: Jay Goninen, WrenchWay, jayg@wrenchway.com
- Guest: David Kocher, Kirkland Ranch Academy of Innovation, dkocher@pasco.k12.fl.us
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