{"id":269,"date":"2013-10-08T18:42:47","date_gmt":"2013-10-08T18:42:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ccvhistory.wordpress.com\/?p=269"},"modified":"2013-10-08T18:42:47","modified_gmt":"2013-10-08T18:42:47","slug":"joan-kaye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/history.ccv.edu\/index.php\/2013\/10\/08\/joan-kaye\/","title":{"rendered":"Joan Kaye"},"content":{"rendered":"

Coordinator of Student Services, St. Albans Academic Center<\/strong><\/p>\n

Probably most of the “old timers” are thrown back into some kind of nostalgia at the sight of the CCV building in Winooski. \u00a0What a stunning distance has been traveled!<\/p>\n

\"joankaye2\"<\/a>My journey began in 1980. \u00a0I had been talked into teaching a class by Pixley (Hill, Coordinator of Instruction and Advisement, St.. Albans Academic Center), who could and still can, talk anyone into anything, I was hooked. \u00a0Not ever considering myself to be a teacher, I could never have envisioned myself in front of a class,<\/p>\n

Yet, there I was working with the most amazing, engaged, and enthusiastic students.\u00a0 CCV provided the venue to make this experience possible.<\/p>\n

When I became aware that the St. Albans Center was going to add additional staff, I wanted to be part of the CCV family,\u00a0if possible. \u00a0Possible was a big if. \u00a0My background was social work, and the day of my interview was hot and windy; my job was with the local home health agency, and the last meeting of the day was with the family doing the milking. \u00a0Yep, I arrived wind-blown and fresh from the barn. \u00a0As I waited for my interview, Michael Sawdey (another coordinator) was leaving. \u00a0He was totally professorial; three piece suit, briefcase, and trim beard. \u00a0Despite the odds, I went to the interview.<\/p>\n

As I found out later, there was another position opening, one for a student support coordinator.\u00a0 Happily, along with non-traditional students, non-traditional staff was part of CCV.<\/p>\n

This was the beginning for me, an experience that was always challenging, rewarding and NEVER boring. \u00a0Our program, under the directorship of Roger Cranse was charged with the development of a course of study that would serve as an introduction to college, academically structured, as well as designed to build confidence in students, often with limited educational opportunity.\u00a0 Dimensions of Learning was a grand experiment. \u00a0Many ideas were floated, soared, popped and fell, added and subtracted, but the finished product worked and worked well. \u00a0Dimensions still lives, and being involved in its development was one of the most rewarding experiences I have had.<\/p>\n

As for my other memories of CCV, circa 1980, here goes:\u00a0 store front offices, classroom space begged from anyone willing to have us, other duties as assigned, advising students, hiring instructors, financial aid, selling textbooks, commuting to other offices, etc., etc. \u00a0It was a verrrry wide range of activities. \u00a0So much has changed, yet what has remained a constant is providing a quality education within the community for students who otherwise might not have this opportunity. \u00a0The other constant is the dedication of staff and instructors.<\/p>\n

I could write pages about my memories of students. \u00a0What amazing, courageous people many of whom soldiered on despite innumerable obstacles to receive that precious diploma. \u00a0Some people weren’t able to reach that goal, at least not yet, but I don’t think there was a student who wasn’t enriched by the CCV experience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Coordinator of Student Services, St. Albans Academic Center Probably most of the “old timers” are thrown back into some kind of nostalgia at the sight of the CCV building in Winooski. \u00a0What a stunning distance has been traveled! My journey began in 1980. \u00a0I had been talked into teaching a class by Pixley (Hill, Coordinator … Continue reading “Joan Kaye”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faculty-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/history.ccv.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/history.ccv.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/history.ccv.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/history.ccv.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/history.ccv.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/history.ccv.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/history.ccv.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/history.ccv.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/history.ccv.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}