Connect FCS ED

It's the end of the school day for me, and I'm here in my classroom, I don't have any windows in my room, so I decorate my walls with all sorts of student art work and mood boards from my interior design class, as well as other projects from interior design.

A lot of exciting things to have been going on.

I had mentioned before about being uncomfortable, and being uncomfortable is a good thing, but with that, in that uncomfortable-ness, I had an epiphany. It was a surreal moment for me because all of a sudden I was transported back into time when I was a ninth grader in high school myself, and my science teacher had us do a science project. And with that science project we were to focus on a career that we would be interested in.

My sole interest in that timeframe was, I wanted to be a DJ. I went down to Belview, my friend's dad was the late night request DJ for our local radio station at the time. K-L-S-Y, and Peter said I could come in and watch what he was doing, and even take the microphone for a little bit.

This experience is kind of full circle for me, something that I thought I grew out of. And then I started my life, becoming a wife and a mom and then become educator. And throughout this whole growing process. a podcaster. This podcasting, I guess it didn't just fall into my lap, I want to say it's almost destiny. Could we say because of my uncomfortable-ness, I have been trying so hard to find leaders within FCS community, trying to find mentors within the FCS community, I have been trying to talk with so many people, just trying to get a better understanding of what and how important FCS is to our community, for all students and adults, and kids soon to be adults.

Hello and welcome back to Connect FCS Ed. I am your host, Barbara Scully and I just want to say thank you so much for joining me today.

There has been a lot happening in the news, hasn't there? We are in uncharted territory right now, because we are teaching during COVID-19.

Friday, March 13th, cancelled my routine, but it also disrupted my own personal kids lives along with 1.2 million other children's daily life in response to COVID-19.

There are a few dates in my brain that will forever remain with me; Sandy Hook, December 14th 2012, September 11th, 2001, April 20th, 1999, the Columbine shooting and the Challenger disaster in 1986.

Hello and welcome back to Connect FCS Ed, I am your host Barbara Scully and I am really excited that you're here with me today.

Today's podcast is about something extremely serious and what is happening in the great state of Washington.

Yes, I know most of my episodes of this podcast are really Washington centered, but I am trying my best to branch out and talk more nationally, bringing in guests from other states. But right now what I have is local and I'm going to utilize them to the very best of my ability.

COVID, or the Coronavirus is extremely contagious, and dangerous right now, it is happening here in my state. As of yesterday at 3:30 PM, districts in western Washington, my old community, because I just uprooted my entire family over to Eastern Washington a year-and-a-half ago. I raised my family there in King County Covington, specifically Kent for 15 years, and now I'm over here and just listening and watching what is happening and it's crazy. A lot of hysteria and panic.

Thank you for joining me on the first episode of the Connect FCS ED podcast. I sit here in my classroom right now, it's the end of the day and I am just excited to share with you my story.

I am a relatively... A brand new teacher, I've only been in the classroom for the last three years. family consumer science wasn't even something on my radar, I just wanted to get into the classroom and make an impact. And through one of my alternative pathways, I was able to get plugged into a teaching program which gave me the opportunity to apply for a family consumer science extended leave replacement position.

That is the beginning of my story and I am so excited to share with you, that it's not my ending, it's only the beginning.