Julie Bink is a TA in a Questar III class at Red Mill Elementary School.
Julie Bink works in one of Questar III’s Special Education classes at Red Mill Elementary School in East Greenbush. Read on to learn about her background and what she enjoys outside of the classroom.
What is your role here at Questar III and where do you work?
I am a Teaching Assistant in Emily Bluhm’s AIM classroom at Red Mill Elementary School.
How long have you worked here?
18 years in January 2017
How do you see your role as supporting the BOCES and its school districts?
I feel that my role as a Teaching Assistant facilitates Questar III’s mission of “putting students first” by being an extension of the classroom teacher. Questar III has historically been a leader in providing innovating, cost effective programs and services to its districts by employing individuals who continually strive to have their students be the best they can be.
What is your background like – previous jobs, education, etc.?
I worked in the administration and taught at an early childhood center for 12 years and worked as a child care technician at St. Margaret’s in Albany for three years.
What do you like most about your job?
Knowing I played a small part when seeing the pride and excitement on a student’s face when they have worked on a goal and succeeded.
Tell us a bit about your life outside of Questar III.
I am very actively involved in the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. I am team captain of the largest Walk MS Team in Albany, proudly called “Bink’s Bravehearts” in honor of my husband, who has progressive multiple sclerosis. I am an amateur photographer with a focus on sunsets particularly in my favorite place in the world – Rockport, Massachusetts. I am a mom to my furbabies: Marvin, a brown tabby and Bryley, a blue tick beagle. I also love spending any time with my nieces and nephews. Doing anything with them keeps me young!
