Today I am thankful for an upcoming professional development opportunity in Seattle!
Thursday at 6:30 AM I am leaving for Seattle--a place I have never been! I am very excited and looking forward to being away from students a few days. We are in the long haul till spring break so I think this meeting will be just what I need for some renewed energy and ideas.
I am going for Knowles Science Teaching Foundation. It is a fellowship I received during grad school and will support me for five years (I am in year two). Our meetings are always somewhere different and the best part is that I meet with others who are right where I am at in my teaching career. This meeting will be the 14 of us who got the math fellowship in the same year along with some experienced people in the profession who work with us. I am looking forward to seeing everyone! When I first got the fellowship I didn't envision forming real relationships with these people from ALL over but I have. So while we will work most of the time, we will get to see a bit of Seattle together too! And although I usually leave tired, I am usually very much encouraged and have FRESH ideas for my students.
This weekend I have done a lot of "prep" work but am looking forward to a "three-day" week for me at school with students!
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