>> I got into teaching because I really wanted to make a difference in children's lives.
I grew up having that school in my basement.
I just always wanted to be a teacher,
and I still want to make that difference in kids' lives.
But I also want to make a difference in the lives of teachers.
And I love working with future teachers, and I love working with current teachers,
and I love working with administrators.
So I really feel like I can have a role and an influence
in shaping their professional learning, and making sure that their voices are heard
because I felt like sometimes mine was silenced as a teacher and I didn't want that.
I think teachers have a voice.
They have a right to be able to speak and their voices need to be heard.
I think it's also really, you know relationships are at the heart of what we do.
But relationships are hard.
You know there's a huge emotional component to it.
Just building relationships
and making connections among people can be quite challenging.
So that's, it's rewarding but at the same time really difficult to do.