For the past 11 years I have spent a minimum of 17 hours a week as an employee of
Copper Hills High School.
For 8 years my job has been an EdNet Facilitator. It is my responsibility to facilitate the classroom for all the distance learning classes. We broadcast ASL classes to other high schools in the district, receive concurrent enrollment courses from USU & our newest undertaking is to receive Mandarin Chinese classes from BYU.
I take care of the technical end of the classroom (computer, projectors, cameras, etc.), handle classroom management, work with facilitators, techs, professors, schedulers, and others at the universities, Utah Education Network, & district offices, handle grades, organize files, make copies, and anything else that you can think of that may involve a classroom or technology.
I love my job and the challenges that it offers. There are never two days alike.
Working with the students is refreshing and I'm especially grateful for my co-workers.
I had planned on snapping photos of all the classes, but chaos reigned at the year-end (especially when I was called to jury duty) so I missed out on half of them.
This is the smallest of our Chinese classes. It started out larger, but some couldn't handle the challenge.
The second group of Chinese students. Notice how the subject appeals more to the guys than the girls? It is the exact opposite in our ASL classes.
Here I am with Vanessa Francis, the Chinese teacher facilitator. She is a darling young woman who has become a dear friend. She was born & raised in Taiwan.
Our classroom is located within the Media Center, so we work closely with the Media Aides. Two of them are Heliana Glad & Maurine Helm.
Lori Munson & Terri Cluff are the wonderful facilitators I get to work with. Lori has been with me for 2 1/2 years, while Terri just finished her first year. We enjoy working together and have become friends, which is an enormous bonus!
Bob Tiney is the school librarian & school computer expert. Two more Media Aides are Lydia Nagle (a former facilitator) & Carol Cole.