Backed by a career of writing, teaching, coaching, directing, and producing, John Teaford joined the Trinity-Pawling community as an English teacher this past August. \u201cMy resume can seem as though it\u2019s describing the lives of numerous people\u2014writing, film, sport, academia\u2014but in truth\u00a0I am just a “young man” who has lived a very long time,\u201d Teaford commented. \u201cI have also been very fortunate to meet with many unique opportunities along the way. My new tenure at Trinity-Pawling is the most recent of these.\u201d<\/p>\n
As he begins the new school year, Teaford brings a lifetime of varied experiences to both the classroom and the playing field. With a passion for writing, he is especially delighted to be joining the English department. \u201cThe most lovable thing about teaching English is the lack of exactness inherent to it\u2026rules get bent, communication proceeds regardless of proper grammar or punctuation, and a book says what we interpret it to say,\u201d he shared. \u201cThe author may have written it, but the book belongs\u00a0to me<\/em>. I love that.\u201d<\/p>\n Teaford also looks forward to bringing his coaching expertise to the Pride. He has coached at the prep school and professional levels in several sports, including speedskating, Nordic skiing, cycling, and triathlon. He has even led athletes to Olympic teams, medals, and world records, including the United States Speedskating Team. At Trinity-Pawling, he will take on Middle School basketball and JV baseball. \u201cI\u2019ve come to learn that coaching is simply another form of teaching,\u201d Teaford explained. \u201cI find that personal connection to the athletes is most important. It can overcome any technical shortcoming the coach might have, and often results in athletes overcoming their own perceived limitations.\u201d<\/p>\n Still, Teaford\u2019s fascinating experiences do not stop there. He also spent many years as Director of Feature Films and Producer\/Director of Broadcast Documentaries for Warren Miller Films, the organization that makes the quintessential ski movies. \u201cThe best part of that job was choosing the locations for all the films\u2026the Alps, Andes, Himalayas, Rockies. My passport filled to bursting nearly every year!\u201d Teaford shared.<\/p>\n Fueled by his versatility and ambition, Teaford is ready to dive in to his next set of adventures at Trinity-Pawling. In the classroom, on the fields and courts, and everywhere in between, he hopes to convey to his students, if nothing else, one simple and poignant message: do what you love.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Backed by a career of writing, teaching, coaching, directing, and producing, John Teaford joined the Trinity-Pawling community as an English teacher this past August. \u201cMy resume can seem as though it\u2019s describing the lives of numerous people\u2014writing, film, sport, academia\u2014but in truth\u00a0I am just a “young man” who has lived a very long time,\u201d Teaford […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2215,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-september-2018"],"acf":[],"wps_subtitle":"FUELED BY VERSATILITY","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trinitypawlingthequad.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trinitypawlingthequad.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trinitypawlingthequad.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trinitypawlingthequad.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trinitypawlingthequad.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2214"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trinitypawlingthequad.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2214\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2216,"href":"https:\/\/trinitypawlingthequad.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2214\/revisions\/2216"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trinitypawlingthequad.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trinitypawlingthequad.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trinitypawlingthequad.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trinitypawlingthequad.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}