Congratulations to our July 2013 Instructor of the Month...
BarBara "BB" Crawford!
BB joined Continuing Education during the past year. She teaches Anxiety Free Test Taking and Unpacking Your Emotional Suitcase. This Fall, she will add Lose the Holiday Blues and ESSential Leadership & Life Skills for Business to her impressive lineup.
We asked BB a few quick questions so we can get to know her more:
How long have you been teaching with Continuing Education? I just joined the Continuing Education family this year.
What is your favorite part about teaching? Observing students as they have "aha" moments of how the skills and tools I teach can really change their lives so they do not have anxiety, stress and emotional overwhelm as constant companions on this journey called LIFE. When a person experiences one of the Tools and feels the difference in class, instead of anxiety, they feel peace about stressful past events or fears of the future.
What would you name the autobiography of your life? The Effortless, Energized, Exciting Life of a Spotted Zebra: Leaving my Stripes of limiting beliefs and comfort zones behind, allowing my Spots of authenticity glow!
What’s the #1 most played song on your iPod? "The Joker" by Steve Miller Band
What is your favorite form of exercise? Walking and lifting weights
What’s your current favorite TV show/Movie? Big Bang Theory and Princess Bride
What is something you learned in the last week? How to live in the micro of life while maintaining the ability to view the situation from the Macro view. So I do not become entangled in the minutia of the moment. I have been practicing this for a while now, but this past week I learned truly how powerful this skill is and how it makes life so much more effortless.
When you have 30 minutes of free-time, how do you pass the time? Listening to music, reading, catching up with someone who has been in my heart.
What advice do you have for new instructors of Continuing Education? If your class doesn't fill up the first time or even more times, do not take it personally. If you really want to share your expertise, if it is your passion to share with others, be open to the input of the awesome staff at Continuing Education. They are experts in how to promote classes. Be open to tweaking the description of your class or when or how long or cost of the class. They are amazing and so very helpful. They want to see you succeed and share your wisdom and gifts. Teresa Chavez, Rufus Walker and Jennifer Hetzel are an amazing team to collaborate with in supporting you as a teacher of Continuing Education!
To see BB's classes and more, you can visit http://www.ctcd.edu/ce/schedule.pdf. To register or get additional information, you can give us a call at 254-526-1586.
Would you like to nominate one of our Continuing Education instructors? Let us know by emailing our coordinator Rufus Walker at rwalker@ctcd.edu.
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