给即将上任的校长克里斯·科洛沃斯的六个问题
Aditi Deokar ' 21, shares the genesis of the following interview with Incoming 校长 Chris Kolovos:
我遇到了. Kolovos在秋天的节日上说, and I wanted the school to get to know our incoming head of school better. 作为学校的校长. Kolovos将代表学校, 我们在红字饭店, bbin娱乐平台学生运营的博客, thought an interview with him would be beneficial to the bbin娱乐平台 community. 下面是结果的对话.
你是怎么走到今天这一步的? 更具体地说，你的高中生活怎么样? Did your time at Roxbury Latin influence your decision to become an educator and/or an administrator?
I feel so lucky because I am one of those people who is doing exactly what I dreamed of doing when I was a kid. My parents are immigrants from Greece; they never went to college, but really value education. With their support and guidance, I found my way to Roxbury Latin from 7-12th grade. 我就是在那里找到我的人的! 我周围都是爱读书的朋友, 喜欢谈论伟大的想法, 像我一样热爱艺术. Plus, it’s where I made some of my best friends, who are still close to me to this day. 我有很棒的老师和导师:我的校长，Mr. Jarvis; my chemistry teacher and newspaper 顾问, Mr. Pojman; my history teacher, Mr. Ward; my art teacher and soccer 教练, Mr. Buckley; my English teacher, Mr. Kerner; my theater 导演, Mr. Frank; my Latin teacher, Mr. Brennan; my college counselor, Mrs. Melvoin; and so many others. I loved school and wanted more than anything to devote my career to doing the kind of work I watched them do. 不过我花了不少时间才做到. 我在哈佛学历史, 而不是直接去教书, 我做过一段时间的管理顾问. 就像很多第一代的孩子一样, I felt some pressure to find a career that is more lucrative and, 据一些人说, 有更高的社会地位. 然后我回到哈佛法学院, 为一位出色的法官做书记员, 准备在波士顿的一家大律师事务所工作. That’s when, with the help of one of my best childhood friends, I decided to take a chance. 我在贝尔蒙特山学校找了份教历史的工作, 训练足球, 教练的辩论, 导演音乐剧. 我爱它的每一分钟! Just like I suspected when I was a teenager, teaching was for me. 这不是一个容易的决定，但我很高兴我做了决定. 我在贝尔蒙特山工作了九年, 之后去了康涅狄格州的绿色农场学院, 我过去七年都在哪里. Ever since I started working in schools, I have loved going to work every day. And all those experiences have made me a better teacher and leader, ready to join the community at bbin娱乐平台 and help lead the school in this next generation.
你如何与学生建立联系?
我是老师. The reason I started working in schools is that I love spending time with young people. 在贝尔蒙特山, 作为一名历史教师，我与学生有联系, 顾问, 教练, 导演, and mentor — I still stay in touch with many of the alums I taught there. At Greens Farms Academy, I still teach and 教练, in addition to my other work. It’s so important to me to stay connected to students, for two reasons. 一是它能帮助我领导. How can I know how to lead a community if I’m not connecting with students every day? Students are the ones who live the experience and are the experts in the culture. 另一个原因? 花时间和学生在一起是快乐的来源! My best days are ones when I get to spend most of my time with students. 问问你的任何一位老师——他们都会告诉你同样的事情.
今年10月，在我访问北航期间，学生是我的首要任务. That’s why I greeted every student on the way into the all-school meeting, 为什么我在三年级学生的班会上和他们坐在一起, 为什么我要去上一打课, 为什么这两天我都和学生一起吃午饭, and why I hung out at Fall Fest and the soccer games (way to go to both teams on their big wins!). Students will be my priority throughout my time at bbin娱乐平台, which I hope is a very long time!
你认为校长最重要的工作是什么?
当我要做一个艰难的决定时, the first question I ask myself (and my colleagues) is “What’s in the best interest of the students?” My most important job is making sure that we keep students at the center of our conversations so that we move the school forward in a direction that best serves the students who are here and preserves a wonderful student experience for generations to come. That means making sure we have the resources to support the tremendous teachers at bbin娱乐平台. That means making financial aid a priority so that we can open the doors of bbin娱乐平台 as widely as we can to the best students from around the Boston area. That means ensuring that the curriculum and the extracurricular program gives students the skills they will need to navigate their courses at BU, 在大学里取得成功, 更重要的是, 快乐地生活, 成功的, 以及作为社区公民的目标导向的生活. That means celebrating those core parts of bbin娱乐平台’s culture that make it distinctive and that we all love. And that means unifying the whole community around a vision for the future that embraces the school’s history and gets everybody excited for how we change and move forward together.
What changes would you make to bbin娱乐平台, and specifically to the bbin娱乐平台 curriculum?
我在北航的第一件事就是学习. 就像我十月份参观校园时做的那样, I plan to do a lot more listening than talking; fitting that we have two ears and one mouth! I have already learned so much about this beautiful community where students love learning, 在那里，年轻人彼此之间形成了终生的友谊, 哪里有这么近的地方, 师生师徒关系, and where students have access to the incredible opportunities at 波士顿大学. 这些都是不会改变的. 这就是我们. They are part of bbin娱乐平台 and part of why I have fallen in love with the place. 当我倾听和学习的时候, I also want to pay particular attention to the ways we can all make this community better. 我想听听你的想法.
你喜欢做什么?为什么喜欢?
我能提供一些东西吗? I love to do the New York Times crossword puzzles, especially on Sundays. There’s something so relaxing and fulfilling about matching wits with the puzzle creator and discovering the puns and tricks embedded in a puzzle. My wife and I like to do them together sometimes, which makes them even more fun. 我也喜欢带着我的狗Circe去远足. She’s a 45-pound rescue dog who loves to run through the woods and chase after unsuspecting squirrels! She has never caught one and probably never will, but I admire her determination! 烹饪是我很长一段时间的爱好. 我是和妈妈一起做希腊菜长大的, 我们有时还会一起做饭, but I’ll cook pretty much anything these days — it’s a nice way to be creative and a great way for me to relax. 我从小就会弹吉他和唱歌. 我父亲是一名职业音乐家，所以我是在音乐中长大的. 我和他还在一起演奏我喜欢的希腊音乐. 也许有一天我们会在bbin娱乐平台比赛. 你觉得呢??
What are three adjectives that you would use to describe yourself?
善良、好奇、上进. 如果我说谦卑，是不是很讽刺?