The reason I have accepted a new position with the district is not\u00c2\u00a0because I do not love Steller. Odd as this may sound, I am leaving\u00c2\u00a0because I love Steller. What I love the most about my Steller job is\u00c2\u00a0my role as an advisor, giving me the opportunity to mentor students.\u00c2\u00a0There is nothing more satisfying than having a student contact me\u00c2\u00a0years after graduation to tell me they decided to become an Air\u00c2\u00a0Traffic controller because of the Aviation class they took from me, or\u00c2\u00a0that they are in Architecture school, because of what they learned in\u00c2\u00a0my Intensive. I have even had a few artists graduate from Art school\u00c2\u00a0because I was able to help them get scholarships based on the quality\u00c2\u00a0of their work.<\/p>\n
When the position for a full-time mentorship coordinator opened, it\u00c2\u00a0was difficult for me not to consider it. I think of it as a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153senior\u00c2\u00a0project\u00e2\u20ac\u009d (also known as) a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153passage\u00e2\u20ac\u009d for me\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 something I am willing to\u00c2\u00a0explore even if it means I have to get out of my comfort zone. If you\u00c2\u00a0want to learn more about senior projects\/passages, ask Philip, Bob or Leigh Anne \u00e2\u20ac\u201c they have been working hard to get this program in place for\u00c2\u00a0our students at Steller.<\/p>\n
I plan to stay connected to Steller. I plan to help with the Auction\u00c2\u00a0and with all the other great activities that make Steller so special. \u00c2\u00a0If I can, I will offer an intensive, if my new boss will let me get\u00c2\u00a0away with that!<\/p>\n
As soon as my position is filled and that teacher has a chance to get\u00c2\u00a0comfortable, I will take over Lisa\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s position as the Mentorship\u00c2\u00a0Coordinator at Steller \u00e2\u20ac\u201c in other words, I will be around.<\/p>\n
Anyway, I just wanted to tell everyone that Steller will always be\u00c2\u00a0home for me. In the spirit of what we preach to students \u00c2\u00a0\u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u0153take\u00c2\u00a0chances \u00e2\u20ac\u201c stretch yourself\u00e2\u20ac\u009d – this is what I am doing by accepting\u00c2\u00a0this new position. Wish me luck.<\/p>\n
Jean<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The reason I have accepted a new position with the district is not\u00c2\u00a0because I do not love Steller. Odd as this may sound, I am leaving\u00c2\u00a0because I love Steller. What I love the most about my Steller job is\u00c2\u00a0my role as an advisor, giving me the opportunity to mentor students.\u00c2\u00a0There is nothing more satisfying than […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stellerschool712.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stellerschool712.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stellerschool712.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stellerschool712.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stellerschool712.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4702"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stellerschool712.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4702\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stellerschool712.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stellerschool712.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stellerschool712.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}