Favorite Parts of Being a Trustee at a School Board
Noel, as a School Board Trustee, finds the most enjoyable aspect of the role to be visiting individual school sites and witnessing firsthand how the budget is utilized, noting schools are very different now with "social emotional learning that is so necessary." Seeing students connect with the material and knowing "they're gonna learn because you've got them involved" is particularly fulfilling.
Education, School Administration, Social Emotional Learning, Student Engagement, Budget Management
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Noel Mora
Trustee
School Board Member
Sacramento State
Masters in Public Policy and Administration
Political Science, American Studies
Education
Education
HSI Grad, Disabled, Honors Student, Scholarship Recipient, Immigrant, LGBTQ, First Generation College Student
Video Highlights
1. Directly observing the impact of budget allocation at individual school sites.
2. Witnessing the implementation and importance of social emotional learning in modern schools.
3. Experiencing the fulfillment of seeing students connect with the material and become engaged in learning.
Transcript
What do you enjoy most about being in your role?
What I enjoy most about my role is when I get a chance to be at the individual school sites. I've learned so much about where our budget goes because I get to see it firsthand, and that's really important to me.
School is so different from when I was in school, and I think most people will find that to be true. We have a lot of social-emotional learning that's necessary for students to focus on the academic part of their school experience.
Seeing that look students have, at any level, when they connect to the material and find it interesting is fulfilling. You know they're going to learn because you've got them involved.