Private Special Education Teacher Lindsey Lehman describes taking her current job as "the bravest thing I've ever done."
Lindsey was fitful and seeking more, but wasn't sure what that "more" was. She saw a posting for a job in Bermuda and applied; never stopping to question why she was drawn to a place she'd never even visited. Five days later, she'd accepted the position and was researching her soon-to-be new home.
As a private special education teacher (also called a para-educator), Lindsey focuses her attention on special education for one student, creating their paperwork and training and maintaining relations with the various adults in her student’s life. It's challenging work, but Lindsey says she's fueled by her passion for helping people with disabilities. And, as she says, "when a student accomplishes the only thing everyone else told him his whole life he could never do, that’s when you know you picked the right profession." That’s quite the reward.