By Jacob Huerta
Roy Orosco taught for seven years in the history department teaching World History, Advanced Placement (AP) European History and US History here at Redwood High School.
He moved to administration from teaching to support teachers rather than just students.
He states, “Being in administration, you’re more busy, but I get an opportunity to meet more students then the 150 students I usually had, so I have 2,400 that I could connect with.”
According to Orosco, differences between a teacher and an administrator is that a teacher has time to get to know students over the year to have a more solid relationship; whereas as an administrator, he gets pulled in a lot of directions and doesn’t have the time to build relationships with students.
He adds, “What I miss most about teaching is the days with cultural games.”
Orosco states, “The transition [from teaching to administrating] was fast, and it was a change from daily planning as teacher to preparing more for the unexpected as an administrator.”
Orosco started his administrator position in the summer time late July. He states that he would go back to teaching history again if he felt going back to the classroom, but he still mentors history teachers, works with teachers, and gets involved.
In regards to why he moved to administration, Orosco says, “I just wanted a better understanding of the school system- how things work.”
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