Last Day in KSD

Friday, August 26th was my last day in Kent School District after 15 years as a teacher. It felt like a mini retirement, especially since I’m leaving public education.

For Kent, I taught second, third, fourth, seventh, and eighth grade. My first students have long graduated college and are off finding their way in life. I taught at two elementaries and one middle school before moving to the central administration office in 2007 to support Kent’s One-to-One laptop initiative. I’ve been working to train, support, lead, and coach teachers ever since under six different directors and three different titles.

I’ve been happy there, and well supported, and I have lots of great memories and relationships. I had no intention of leaving until we moved last summer.

So what’s next? I’ll be working from home as “Director, Content and Professional Learning” for a Kirkland-based company called i2e for 20 hours a week starting September 1. That’s right: working from home. It’s very exciting. I will still travel occasionally for training and I have a couple of consulting contracts through my own company, Education Innovations. It is a whole new season of life and I’m looking forward to what God has in store for this new adventure!