What a past few weeks it has been! We came off the STEAM Carnival, moved into a new building (for 1 day), and then everyone was sent home to work remotely during the COVID lockdown. All that said, school has continued forward, and work doesn’t stop!
To assist our staff members in their roles of supporting schools, I decided to adjust my role and do what it takes to keep work moving. I set up a form that our folks could submit a request to get their equipment needs met and started walking around the ESC (by myself per the guidelines) and collecting their items. This ranged from monitor, phone, cables, etc. to this particular folder, book, and stack of papers. We scheduled pick up times, and I marched it out to their cars to ensure that they could keep working.
There are times when you might need to drop your title, position, or job description expectations and focus on that very bottom bullet that says, “Other duties as assigned.” Even though this was not an assigned duty, it was one that I chose to assign myself because I knew it was the right thing to help our staff and schools. I didn’t miss meetings or conference calls, but I did roll up my sleeves and did whatever it took to make it happen.
