Effective September 2015, I will be a classroom music teacher and have resigned from the position of responsibility: department head of arts at saint Elizabeth catholic high school. After 12 years in this position I finally announced my intentions in May 2015. I consulted with the school principal and the process of finding a replacement began. Three weeks later, Yoland Chetty, visual arts educators at saint Elizabeth for some 10 years will be the department head. I am pleased that the position was filled internally as it means everyone stays in their current position at school within the department. Also, Yoland has a very good understanding of the special programming we offer and the team gets along well with him. It's time to inject some new enthusiasm into the department as I felt that I was holding things back and my energy level was not the same.
We've lost some very key people in the last few years: Michelle Janzen, Anne Carey, Fabian Walsh. These changes added to my gradual decline in energy level has influenced my decision. To be honest, I have been thinking about stepping down for a few years now. I finally did it and M looking forward to doing some different things in the last few years of my teaching career.
