Kimberly Sullivent
Lubbock Independent School District
"I thought about the whole reason I chose this career path to begin with and moved forward each day with my purpose and reason in mind."
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Kimberly's work combines: Education, Business, and Helping People
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Day In The Life
Skills &
Education
Here's the path I took:
High School
Roosevelt High School
Bachelor's Degree
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General
Wayland Baptist University
Graduate Degree
Master's of Educational Diagnostician
Wayland Baptist University
Here's the path I recommend for someone who wants to be an Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary:
Bachelor's Degree: Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General
Graduate Degree: Master's of Educational Diagnostician
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Life & Career Milestones
My path in life took a while to figure out
1.
Began working as a secretary in the special education office at Lubbock ISD the month after I graduated high school.
2.
Started working as the secretary in the Early Childhood Intervention office for 15 years and started college at year 13.
3.
At year 15 with the Early Childhood Intervention Program, I began working as a support facilitator and continued doing that for two more years while finishing my Bachelor's at Wayland Baptist Universi
4.
I then began teaching 3rd grade at Harwell Elementary which is part of Lubbock ISD. I taught for the next five years and began graduate school to obtain my educational diagnostician certificate.
5.
After obtaining my diagnostician's certificate I was hired as such with Lubbock ISD and have been doing that ever since. I have now worked with LISD for going on 30 years as my journey continues.
Defining Moments
How I responded to discouragement
THE NOISE
Messages from Peers:
Too much paperwork, glorified secretary
How I responded:
I thought about the whole reason I chose this career path to begin with and moved forward each day with my purpose and reason in mind.
Experiences and challenges that shaped me
Still working on this.