St. Augustine Catholic School principal Curt Baron will not be returning to the school in the fall as he has taken on a new vice-principal role and is eager to get back to teaching in the classroom.
“I will be teaching, half time principal half-time classroom, in Beaumont,” said Baron.
The move to Académie Staint-André will be a new and exciting challenge for Baron, as he has never taught in a French immersion school before. “There’s an English stream and a French stream,” he said explained the educational practice he is joining next school year.
Part of the steep learning curve Baron faces is the fact he does not speak French. “But I will learn,” he said with a laugh
“I’ve never done that before, so I thought that’s something new in my career,” he added.
Baron went through the interview process in the spring after he learned about the position in an email. “I’m just the kind of person: about every 10 years, it’s time to shake it up.”
In his new teaching position Baron will be an educator for grades 6 and 7 math and science courses. “I taught Grade 6 for years, so that’s nice to go into a grade that I’m already really familiar with.”
Baron has been principal at St. Augustine for the past three years, but he has also taught at the school as well. “I taught Grade 6 here and then I was vice-principal for one year.”
Between his St. Augustine vice-principal and principal stints, Baron was also based in Lacombe.
Coming in to take Baron’s roll in the school is Kevin Prediger, who’s worked with Baron in the past.
With a huge smile, Baron says he knows he is leaving his school in capable hands.