Season 2, EP # 10 - Crissy Kumhala
Crissy is a special education teacher in Ashwaubenon and serves on the Oconto Unified School District Board of Education and is currently the president. She is lifetime Oconto Blue Devil and currently has two children in the district.
LEADERSHIP JOURNEY
Born and raised in Oconto, WI
Cared for a Downs Syndrome child, led her to want to work with kids with special needs
Good leaders need to listen - "Don’t always try to fix it."
Listening from the board is difficult due to the appropriateness of the timing.
“That’s why we trust you”
What keeps the trust strong from the board level? Every other month we hold board workshops. The opposite month is a listening session.
Boards do not need to agree. Discourse is welcomed.
Bring it back to the data, bring it back to the kids
HOPEFUL
Have an open mindset in the classroom and stop thinking about what can go wrong?
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