While teachers work to lead and teach students everyday at school, paraprofessionals often help provide instructional support and services in the classroom that make the day-to-day activities possible. School faculty at districts, some more than others, are also like large families, offering aid and encouragement even on the most difficult of days.
Such is the case for Therese Rosinski, who has been working as a school aide at Glen Lake Community School for the past six years. Rosinski is a 1994 Glen Lake alumnus, and her children, Alex and Drew, now follow in her and their father’s footsteps as students in the district. She said she’s always loved working with youth, so when the opportunity arose years ago to apply for the position where she could also be around her own kids, she knew Glen Lake would be a great place for her to work.
“When we first bought our house, we knew someday we would hopefully have children and we live a mile away from the school. I said ‘we are in the best area and community for me to have a job at Glen Lake, it’s close, we have children there,’” Rosinski said. “That was a big reason behind it, I wanted to be on my kids schedule, and I love kids and I love working with them. I love building relationships with those kids… That’s what we’re trying to build and raise — good, little humans.”
