Victoria B次元官网网址 chats with Milestone Woman Sherri Bell, president and CEO of Camosun College
Victoria B次元官网网址: If you werenB次元官网网址檛 in your current career, what would you be doing?
SB: In my career, IB次元官网网址檝e had a broad range of educational positions from teaching to instructing through to administration. I canB次元官网网址檛 see myself doing anything outside of education. ItB次元官网网址檚 been my passion since I was a young child.
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SB: The thing that IB次元官网网址檝e learned the most is to understand yourself, be self-reflective and know what your strengths and weakness are B次元官网网址� but realize that your weaknesses donB次元官网网址檛 have to define who you are. There are strategies and ways to overcome anything so you can focus on your own personal growth.
VN: The one thing youB次元官网网址檇 like to do better?
SB: Who knew typing would become such an integral part of our daily work. When I was in high school, I passed on the opportunity of taking a typing class. ThatB次元官网网址檚 my excuse for not knowing my way around a keyboard!
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VN: For what traits would you like to be remembered?
SB: My passion is student learning. IB次元官网网址檝e made an effort to help students B次元官网网址� regardless of their age level B次元官网网址� to achieve their goal. I really believe that given the right supports everyone can achieve what they want to and collectively in education we need to provide the right supports that a student needs at that time to get them to where they want to go. I would want to be remembered as a caring, compassionate person who led in a really authentic and caring way.
VN: What do people look to you for guidance about?
SB: I like to go into first-year classes at Camosun where I ask the instructor or students what they want me to talk about. They always want to hear about my story and things that I have had to overcome as a leader. Particularly, being a woman in leadership. They want to know what it was like being a woman moving through my career and if I knew I wanted to be a president of a college. And of course, no, I didnB次元官网网址檛 set out to become a superintendent or a college president, I wanted to teach and make a difference in the lives of learners.
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