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Paraprofessional Deb
Shananhan retypes a test during
Teamwork Key
her planning period. (M. Mundy)

mike segreto-
Working together was a ma- As a new teacher of foreign
jor part of the smooth opera- language, Scott Butler saw his
tion of the school. It took the content area "as a way to help
efforts of all staff to accom- open students to a global per-
plish . spective." He also added, "This
For secretaries and parapro- information should be extreme-
fessionals, it was no easy task . ly valuable in any future ca-
Paraprofessionals in the dupli- reer."
cating room found their work English teacher Kara Smith
challenging. "The hardest task reflected on how she got into
was keeping the flow of work teaching and the challenge it
current," said Deb Shanahan. presented. "I went into English
In addition, "trying to keep because of my love of litera-
up the work when equipment ture. However, the paperwork
failed was difficult,'' said Sandy was the typical challenge.''
Johnson. For each of the different ar-
Sue Regan, attendance eas of the school's staff, there
secretary, said, "One of the was a motivation and a re-
harder tasks was getting every ward. Though each staff mem-
absent student excused. If par- ber had his/her own methods
ents called in, it made this task of teaching and getting their
a lot easier." jobs done, each was impor-
For professional staff mem- tant. In the end it was the
bers the challenge was differ- teamwork that mattered. •
ent. Betty Sample, Media Spe-
cialist, said, "We did a lot of
teaching in the library. We help Career Center Coordina-
students and often teachers as tor Lee Bosse plans a POP pro-
gram. Each program was a lecture that
well. However the enjoyment gave students additional information in
came out of using the recently the vocational areas they were inter-
installed computer equipment ested in. (M. Brun ing)
and seeing students use it."
Teachers perceived their
jobs in a rewarding way as well.

Handling all the money that
filters through the office is part of the
job.Bookkeeper Karla Neeman sorts
the receipts while adding the funds giv-
en to her by students. (M. Bruning)
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