It all began with the 3Cs

The 3 C's of life:
Choices, Chances & Changes~
You must make a Choice to take a Chance or your life will never Change.

This is a phrase that has represented my life the past few months.  I never thought that my position as LMS in my neighboring town's elementary school could ever be disrupted.  After all, I worked in the school district for 10 years, my children attended classes there, and I was in the perfect library.  But life had different plans for me.  My husband took a job across the state which lead to an unexpected move.  The original plan was to simply commute to my current position but I soon realized that driving 2.5 hours a day with my children for work would not be such a great plan.  

Then destiny struck!  A LMS position was posted for the high school in our new town.  My first instinct was no way, high school was not for me.  I soon revisited the 3 C's, choice, chance, and changes and I decided to let fate run it's course.  At my initial interview I was asked to visit the high school's Library Media Center and take note of what changes need to be made. Upon entering the space my first reaction was no way was I leaving the comfort of my brand new state of the art elementary library for this.  The shelves were limited with book choices and many of those books were so out of date that there was no way they were circulating.  The walls were empty, and there were open rooms that were not utilized.  The more I sat alone in this empty room, the more it's potential began to emerge behind my eyes.  I saw this space being used in a new and fresh manner active with students and staff who took ownership in the space and saw it as a place to learn and discover.  As my interview progressed I learned that there is not much technology taking place in the building.  Teachers were hesitant to use any technology and support was quite limited. Many projects currently being completed were done with pencil and paper.  Students were itching for new technology and web 2.0's blank canvas but were coping and surviving with what was currently being offered. In an instant a challenge was born.  I knew I could be the person who could transform something good into something great.  I wanted this...I needed this. It all began with the 3 Cs.