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At Questfield

“The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.” I’m adjusting the sails, while still expecting for the wind to change! I am hard-working, determined and ambitious. I believe that knowledge is within reach and that we should use all opportunities to improve ourselves and enrich our lives through critical and leadership skills. Broadly speaking, for me, leadership is a future-oriented activity involving vision, empathy, the ability to influence others, a cooperative orientation and a desire to empower and enable others (Rodd, 1998), characterised by critical skills and creative problem-solving. Here, at Questfield, I found just that: leadership at all levels, responsibility and the desire to collaborate to the last person to get things done. When I joined Questfield, almost 12 years ago, I wished for it to be a place where I could learn something new every day, an environment where I would happily come to work to. I wished for people that I could learn from, and interesting things happening every single day. Not only that I got everything I asked for, but more. When my daughter asks me “Mom, do you like to go to work?” I can easily answer her “No. I love it!“ Now, I find myself building together with a wonderful team and institution that continuously grows and learns, a place open to partnerships that embrace challenges and change. Just like my lifelong learning colleagues, I am here to grow and build competencies and attitudes together with them, while modelling for children the critical and leadership skills of the 21st century.