What an Associate Director of Professional Learning at Rocketship Public Schools Wishes They Had Known Before Entering the Education Industry
Lauren, an Associate Director of Professional Learning, learned that the role involved significant "job crafting," allowing for shaping responsibilities to align with personal preferences. This realization, which came later in Lauren's career, could have led to earlier professional success had Lauren understood the opportunity to proactively "make this part of my role" from the outset.
Job Crafting, Professional Success, Career Development, Motivation, Overcoming Challenges
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Lauren Keough
Associate Director of Professional Learning
Rocketship Public Schools
UCLA - 2008
Lehman College - CUNY (2010) - Masters of Arts in Social Studies Education & Stanford University (2019) - Masters in Policy, Organization & Leadership Studies
History, Art History
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Education
Took Out Loans, Worked 20+ Hours in School
Video Highlights
1. The role involves significant job crafting, allowing for autonomy in shaping responsibilities and focusing on preferred tasks.
2. Early understanding of job crafting could lead to increased professional satisfaction and quicker alignment with desired responsibilities.
3. Initial uncertainty or dissatisfaction might stem from a lack of awareness regarding the opportunities for shaping one's role. Proactive job crafting can mitigate this.
Transcript
What have you learned about this role that you wish someone would have told you before you entered the industry?
This is something I learned for myself after a little while in the role. It caused me a lot of internal conflict and angst when I first started, before I had figured it out.
In this role, there's just a lot of job crafting that I've been able to do. I've been able to ask myself what I want to do, how I could do more of it, and how I could make it part of my role.
I think if I had understood that when I first started, I could have begun immediately instead of wondering why I was sending calendar invites and thinking it was stupid. Instead, I could have said, "I want to do this, so I'm going to start doing it and make it part of my role."
I've been able to do that more, and I feel a lot more professional success. I think that's something I would have told myself when starting.