{"id":1513,"date":"2021-10-31T01:50:34","date_gmt":"2021-10-31T01:50:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zeliff.net\/blog\/?p=1513"},"modified":"2021-10-31T16:01:05","modified_gmt":"2021-10-31T16:01:05","slug":"get-back-to-where-you-once-belonged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeliff.net\/blog\/?p=1513","title":{"rendered":"Get back to where you once belonged!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1009\" height=\"536\" src=\"https:\/\/zeliff.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/image_editor_output_image-758277109-1635644990900.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1515\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zeliff.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/image_editor_output_image-758277109-1635644990900.png 1009w, https:\/\/zeliff.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/image_editor_output_image-758277109-1635644990900-300x159.png 300w, https:\/\/zeliff.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/image_editor_output_image-758277109-1635644990900-768x408.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Each of the logos above is from one of the schools at which I have taught or been a staff member. After graduating from Christ for the Nations Institute in 1992, I served as a youth pastor and began teaching 4-6th grade in the church&#8217;s private school. I would eventually move up to 7-12th grade to teach and coach athletic teams. In 1996, I attended Oral Roberts University working during the year as a student worker and over the summers coordinating faculty payroll.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After moving back to California in 2003, I was employed by Excelsior Education Center as a computer tech and an instructor. I taught at the high school for a short while before moving to the Prep Academy, their junior high. I even attained a California teaching credential. I left education again in 2006 until I rejoined the Silverado High School staff as a computer tech in 2015. I left that position in May 2019 to join my family in Utah after a prolonged and unplanned separation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In September 2019, I became an office assistant part-time at Bonneville Elementary School entering attendance. In April 2020, I transferred to Ogden High School after securing a position as a part-time computer tech. Unfortunately, the pandemic forced my resignation and another departure as I began teleworking for the IRS full-time helping taxpayers with their tax debts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After the computer tech position was converted to full-time with benefits, I reapplied with the Ogden School District. The position was not offered to me and I remained with the IRS. A few months later another computer tech position within the district became available and I reapplied. I am now returning to education at Ben Lomond High School and the &#8220;Friendly Fighting Scots.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s exciting to be going back to where I once belonged. Whether it was as a teacher or a staff member, I always enjoyed being in education. I hope the rest of my career is spent there.<\/p>\n<div class=\"pld-like-dislike-wrap pld-template-4\">\r\n    <div class=\"pld-like-wrap  pld-common-wrap\">\r\n    <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" class=\"pld-like-trigger pld-like-dislike-trigger  \" title=\"\" data-post-id=\"1513\" data-trigger-type=\"like\" data-restriction=\"cookie\" data-already-liked=\"0\">\r\n                        <i class=\"far fa-smile\"><\/i>\r\n                    <\/a>\r\n    <span class=\"pld-like-count-wrap pld-count-wrap\">    <\/span>\r\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each of the logos above is from one of the schools at which I have taught or been a staff member. After graduating from Christ for the Nations Institute in 1992, I served as a youth pastor and began teaching 4-6th grade in the church&#8217;s private school. I would eventually move up to 7-12th grade &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/zeliff.net\/blog\/?p=1513\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Get back to where you once belonged!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[23,28,35],"class_list":["post-1513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-memories","tag-news","tag-update"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeliff.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeliff.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeliff.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeliff.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeliff.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1513"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/zeliff.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1513\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1517,"href":"https:\/\/zeliff.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1513\/revisions\/1517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeliff.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeliff.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeliff.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}