For twenty-five years, “back to school” meant one thing for Anika McCauley: be ready to teach and know where you are headed.
“I was prepared for many, many years because I knew what I was doing,” she said last week. This fall, though, “back to school” meant something very different: time to learn. As the new Jefferson County Superintendent of Schools, McCauley said the job puts her in a very different position than she was in as a teacher. As a teacher, she was in charge. She got to plan her day and guide others through those plans.
Now, as superintendent, she faces a “different mindset,” she said. “I have to rely on a lot of people to have their ducks in a row before I can act, and I’m not used to doing that,” said McCauley. McCauley became the superintendent in July, selected by the county commissioners to replace Garry Pace, who retired. The job is supposedly part-time, and McCauley said she hopes to get to being part-time, but right now there is a lot to learn.
