>> 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.