Dr. Ted Spatkowski is a Professor of Health and Physical Education at Walsh University. He holds a B.S. in Health and Physical Education from Central Connecticut State University, an M.S. in Sports Administration from Eastern Kentucky University and an Ed.D. in Sports Management and Curriculum from the University of North Carolina-Greensboro 

Ted came to Walsh in 2003 from Montana State University--Northern in Havre, Montana, where he was a Full Professor and Director of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Athletics for fourteen years. Spatkowski is originally from New Britain, Conn., where most of his his family still resides.  A die-hard, lifelong Boston Red Sox fan, Spatkowski looks to the day the Sox repeat as World Champions!!   

Spatkowski joined Walsh University in the fall of 2003.

A parable about teaching and learning 

A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up. Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow. But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root. Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants. Still other seed fell on good soil, where it produced a crop?a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown. He/she who has ears, let her/him hear."

For I tell you the truth, many prophets and righteous men/women longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.

"Listen then to what the parable of the sower means: When anyone hears the message about the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his/her heart. This is the seed sown along the path. The one who received the seed that fell on rocky places is the person who hears the word and at once receives it with joy. But since he/she has no root, she/he lasts only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, he/she quickly falls away. The one who received the seed that fell among the thorns is the person who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke it, making it unfruitful. But the one who received the seed that fell on good soil is the person who hears the word and understands it. He/she produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown."

Matthew 13