-: Not a day goes by that I do not miss
being a classroom teacher.
The opportunity to affect student performance
on the ground when it's me and them,
there's nothing greater than that.
Being in this chair, it does allow me to have
a larger impact on a greater number of teachers
who then have a large impact on a greater number
of students, and that was ultimately my reason
for pursuing administration.
But, the opportunities for me to get back into
the classroom, learn side by side with students,
experience those a-ha moments with them
is still the same magical type of experience
as when I taught in third grade, fifth grade PE
and that really transcends K-12.
And that's why I really just enjoy the opportunity
to spend time with kids in classrooms.
I would say that the most challenging part for me
is having to tell students no.
No matter what it is, having to tell students no
I think is really been difficult for me.
And that could be something as simple as
no, I don't have any change for you to use
in the vending machine, all the way up to no,
it doesn't look like you're gonna graduate.
And of course the latter being much more drastic
and really, something that I feel like I own,
along with the student.
My job is to make sure that every student crosses the stage.
And so for me, for a student to fall short with that
means that I fell short.
And so anytime I have to say no to a student
is always very, very hard for me.