In this episode of the Launch Michigan Podcast, Dr. Venessa Keesler sits down with Jack Elsey, founder and CEO of the Michigan Educator Workforce Initiative (MEWI), and Lawrence Hood, superintendent of Detroit Academy of Arts and Sciences (DAAS), to discuss how strategic staffing and team-based teaching models can help address Michigan's educator workforce challenges.

Whether you're an educator, policymaker, employer, parent, or student, this discussion offers a practical look at how Michigan can redesign the high school experience to better prepare young people for the future.