>> A flexible person, yeah.
I think you definitely have to be flexible.
You have to be willing to accept change, willing to accept, you know, change on a daily basis
as well as long term change, you know.
For instance, you know, I've worked, I have been with one program for the entire five years
that I've been at Henfield [assumed spelling].
But, my other assignment, I have two assignments,
have changed three times in a matter of five years.
So, just as soon as I'm feeling established and making connection with people
and making connections with students, I'm changed into a new setting.
So, you definitely have to be prepared for that, that change on a regular basis
and just be willing to take it in stride and not be, not get hung up on that
and let it influence you, you know, in every aspect of your job.
And I think the other, the other thing that I've definitely learned is
to not take work home with me as much as possible.
I mean, obviously I'm doing, you know, responding to emails and maybe working
on reports and things like that at home, but, the aspects of like the social
and emotional needs of my students, I have to be able to leave that at the door and go home
and focus on me and my family so that I'm not, you know, tossing and turning at night worrying
about where are my students sleeping that night, you know, that's the kind of stuff.
I don't have control over that.
So, I've learned that I have to try to focus on the things that I can control on the hours
of the school day that they are in my building that I can actually influence them.
But, outside of that, I have very little control over their lives.
And so, I had to learn, over the years that, if I bring that home,
I'm going to burn out very quickly.
And, and so I've, you know, had to adjust and I've had to learn from those experiences.