Justin Martin, 41
Position 3 candidate
Springfield School Board
■ Hometown: Dexter
■ Family: Married, spouse is an educational assistant at SPS. … two kids in SPS, one 17 and another 14 years old.
■ Employer, occupation: Umpqua Bank, Assistant Vice President Portfolio Manager
■ Private sector work: 2011-present: Commercial Banker with Umpqua Bank, Columbia Bank, and Pacific Continental Bank. 2007–2011: Senior claims adjuster for Farmers Insurance.
■ Leadership style: Thoughtful
■ At your best: Passionate
■ At your worst: Blunt
My campaign platform is to advocate for challenging how we’ve always done things at school and make it okay for teachers to strive to reach kids in different ways to be more effective in their jobs. I think our schools do a good job offering different curricula to our kids; we need to challenge ourselves to work with kids and present information in ways that kids can relate to, facilitating learning and engaging with kids, rather than traditional lectures to present information. I would like to add immersive labs and exploration in our curriculum so kids can engage with what they are learning in addition to being taught in a traditional sense.
