{"id":284,"date":"2018-09-27T19:45:14","date_gmt":"2018-09-28T02:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/sally81\/?p=284"},"modified":"2018-09-30T06:23:40","modified_gmt":"2018-09-30T13:23:40","slug":"introductory-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/sally81\/2018\/09\/27\/introductory-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Introductory Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Working as an elementary teacher in the public school system for the past 27 years has taught me about flexibility, accommodation, adaptation, and leadership with diversity.\u00a0 I do not aspire for a formal leadership position but am constantly involved in leading small groups and helping other teachers adjust their practice to the needs of today\u2019s students and the constantly changing curriculum.\u00a0 People do not want to follow me; they want me to assis<span style=\"font-size: 22px\">t them in solving problems.\u00a0 Teaching is not a complacent career.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_293\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-293\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-293\" src=\"http:\/\/create.twu.ca\/sally81\/files\/2018\/09\/IMG_2375-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/sally81\/files\/2018\/09\/IMG_2375-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/sally81\/files\/2018\/09\/IMG_2375-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/sally81\/files\/2018\/09\/IMG_2375-240x180.jpg 240w, https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/sally81\/files\/2018\/09\/IMG_2375.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-293\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Straight rows. The illusion of organization.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>My daughter and I moved down to the Fraser valley thirteen years ago after marrying into a new family.\u00a0 While my daughter is off at university, I am enjoying the embrace of 9 grandchildren.\u00a0 Whew!\u00a0 Quite a change from being a single parent of one.\u00a0 My step-daughter and son-in-law recently took their family\u2014four of the grandchildren \u2013 to Malawi to spend three years in missional living through SIM.\u00a0 Change is always part of life, professional or personal.<\/p>\n<p>I can do many things and can make myself learn to do things that are required.\u00a0 My favourite things to do by choice include running, hiking, reading, writing, and exploring.\u00a0 While the pace of life is ever increasing, the list of personal activities gets shorter due to time constraints.\u00a0 I have completed most of the coursework for the TWU Masters of Educational Leadership but am only able to do coursework intermittently. Patience is a virtue, right?\u00a0 As always, my strategy is to continue putting one foot in front of the other to complete what is before me in the present moment.\u00a0 I am purposeful in my choices, committed to my responsibilities, and strong in my faith.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Working as an elementary teacher in the public school system for the past 27 years has taught me about flexibility, accommodation, adaptation, and leadership with diversity.\u00a0 I do not aspire for a formal leadership position but am constantly involved in leading small groups and helping other teachers adjust their practice to the needs of today\u2019s&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1015,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[102,97,1,96],"tags":[98,100,99],"class_list":["post-284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-and-education","category-hi","category-hi-ldrs501","category-ldrs501","tag-hi","tag-introductory-post","tag-ldrs501"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/sally81\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/sally81\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/sally81\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/sally81\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1015"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/sally81\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=284"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/sally81\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":295,"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/sally81\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284\/revisions\/295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/sally81\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/sally81\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/sally81\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}