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12TuesdayFebruary192013BeyondtheclassroomNewcollegepresidentweighsinonjobscommunitiesandthefutureThenewpresidentofAuroraCol-legeJaneArychukisnostrangertoeducationintheNorth.Shehasworkedforover30yearsasaned-ucatorintheNorthwestTerritoriesfromprimarytopost-secondaryclass-roomssmallcommunitiestolargerurbancentres.Nowatthehelmoftheterritoryscentreforadulteduca-tiontheNorthernJournalspokewithArychukabouthervisionforthecol-legeitsrelationshipwithcommuni-tiesandwhatthefuturecouldhold.Thefollowingareexcerptsofalon-gerinterview.ByMEAGANWOHLBERGEducationAuroraCollegeWeek2013PhotoMeaganWohlbergOnthecollegesroleineducationintheNWTWebringthecommunityinhere.Wedoaservicefairdur-ingorientationweeksopeoplecancomein.Butitwouldbenicetotakestudentsoutintothecommunity.ThecommunityIthinkthecollegeplaysaveryimportantroleineducationintheNorth-westTerritoriesasmanyofourNorthernersneedtheopportunitytobeed-ucatedneartheirhomeclosetotheirfamiliesinaplacethatknowswheretheycomefromandwheretheyfeelcomfortable.Sothecollegeoffersthatop-portunitytoanybodyfromtheNorthwestTerritoriestoenteraprogramevenifitstostartsomethingthattheywillcontinuesome-whereelsebecausewedontofferafulldegree.Allofourstudentswalkthroughthedoorwithalifehistoryandwiththatlifehistorycomessometraumasomelifeissuesbaggage.Anditswiththemfromkindergartento12anditsstillwiththematcollegeiftheyhaventdealtwithit.Usuallyiftheygetto12theyveworkedthroughit.Butbythetimetheyhitaboutgrade9-10whentherubberhitstheroadyoure-allyhavetoknowyourstuffandtheystartdroppingout.Schoolshavenoalternativewaytoworkwithstudents.WiththeCanNordollarsthatswhatwerehopingtondanalternative.Be-causerightnowwedoalotofthesamestuffhighschoolsdo.Wedeliverthesamemaybetoasmallergroupbutsomeofthesestudentsneeddifferentinordertobesuccessfulsoweneedtofinddifferentwhatsgoingtoworkforourstudentswhatsthealternative...Weneedtotakeadvantageofwhatsbeinglearnedintheseal-ternativeschoolsandmoveitintoourlearningcentresanddevelopmentalstud-iesclass.hastobereadytoacceptstu-dentsanddealwithwhatthatmeanswhatthatmeanswithatransientpopulationwhatthatmeanswithyoungmoth-erswithkidswithnospouseswiththem.Sothecommunityneedstobewillingtoacceptandsupportinanywaytheycanbecauseitisquiteoftensingleparentsthatarecomingwithchildren.Onlinkingthecollegewiththecommunity