I'm Baaack!!

It has been a great year. Feels really good to have my old 14 hour-a-day energy again. I love the school and the students. Moving to a large urban school district was definitely the right thing to do. The complexity of the system, and the diversity of the learners, was exactly what I was looking for. With nothing available in the arts, I accepted a library position in a large school for the arts in order to get to the big city. Until 20 years ago, I had been a visiting artists in a number of city schools, and for a summer arts program. For 2 years before accepting my first system job as director of an academy for the arts in a rural high school, I ran my arts business from a studio in the city. When I signed my new contract last year, I realized how much I had missed the city, for it felt like I had come home. Of the three jobs I was offered, I took that position at the arts school, where the library needed some serious attention. There is nothing I like better than a challenge. So I undertook the complete physical transformation of the library resources. This year has been the deconstruction phase - assisted by more than 30 student volunteers who contributed well over 600 community service hours, with another 600 hours from adult volunteers! Next year, the reconstruction phase should be completed within the first semester. And now that I have re-established myself in the system, I am looking for leadership opportunities. Arts are entrenpreneurial - maybe I will end up back in business!!