On May 5, Academic Success Specialist and Financial Literacy Workshop Coordinator, Rachel Jank, announced that she will not be returning to Doane, as she took a job at Seward Middle School to be a 6th-8th English teacher.
“This is not something I sought out, but was approached to apply, and when I went through the interview process, it just clicked,” Jank said.
Although Jank is set to start her new job in August, Jank will be finishing off her duties by helping out with Enrollment Days for the incoming Freshman, wrapping up things that Executive Director of Academic Support Services Beth Jacobson would like her support on and a variety of other things as well.
“There are so many things that I’ve appreciated at Doane,” Jank said. “A great example of this was I went to the Student Award Ceremony and I got there a bit late, but as a presenter, I was supposed to sit up in the front and when I got to the table the wasn’t any room. So instead of making me sit at a random table, they made room for me, which shows what the Doane community is about.”
Along with this, Jank explains how she is going to not only attend the planning sessions she has with her colleagues, but also the students she got to interact with while she was here.
“I love working with people,” Jank said. “People have really funny jokes and weird ideas that they propose, and like the work that I could do with students, like the conversations that I get to have at the table in the office, they’re super weird, but I love them.”
Although Jank is sad to leave, she feels like this opportunity will be not only just the next step in her life but a challenge as well.
“Because of my time at Doane, I am better prepared for the challenge ahead of me and influencing that school and those kids in a way that I would not have been able to do before I came to Doane,” Jank said. “I think that could be said about everyone. Regardless of the position they get, they can still say that I’m still becoming the person that I want to be, even if it’s not falling into place for me right now, how I respond to things is in alignment to the person I want to be in the future.”
