Thursday, June 24, 2010

Embracing Change

Greetings all!
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When I moved from Dallas to Baltimore eight years ago, I knew that the =
opportunity for growth was ahead. Some rather unexpected and quite =
joyful things happened including remarriage four years ago and a move to =
Virginia two years thereafter. At the end of this month, I give up the =
commute (no more crossing the Wilson Bridge @ 6 am) and leave Notre Dame =
Preparatory School. During my tenure, the curriculum technologist =
position, created to implement a one-to-one laptop program, expanded =
into several areas, including strategic planning, grant writing and =
administration, an online career fair, and a variety programs from =
learning management systems to software applications stretching from the =
Humanities to STEM. The collective wisdom of this list along with your =
generous patience and willingness to share was enormously helpful.
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I am grateful for my time at NDP and want to thank my colleagues in the =
Tech Department, Greg, Dave, and Kathy, and everyone on the list. As I =
continue my "Third Chapter" (thanks to Fred Bartels for sending the link =
to Bill Moyer's interview of Sarah Lawrence-Lightfoot), I will most =
likely take a mini-sabbatical in order to write and reposition for the =
next professional endeavor: teaching with individualized/customized =
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I will miss you all when I sign off next week and hope to join again =
soon. At the same time, I look forward to having some time to embrace =
change as gracefully as possible.
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-C.D.
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Carole Duff
Curriculum and Technology Specialist
Notre Dame Preparatory School
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