What I did on my summer vacation. This summer was very eventful from many standpoints. One after a series of layoffs my district was able to bring everyone back that was laid off this year plus bring others back and hire others due to growth. Most of the summer was spent getting ready for the marriage of my oldest daughter in August. She is a new teacher this year too.
However, during two weeks in July I participated in the best professional development in my 25 years of teaching. I was honored to be selected for the 2011 Cohort of MERIT. MERIT stands for Making Education Relevant and Interactive through Technology. It is hosted by the Krause Center for Innovation at Foothills College in Los Altos, CA. The program director is Rushton Hurley with teacher in residence Steve McGriff. MERIT is essentially 10 days of technology tools boot camp with excellent speakers sprinkled in along with teaching what we learned to the whole group on the closing day.
During MERIT I met over 40 excellent teachers from California, Italy, Ireland and El Salvador. One of the highlights was when the 6 "out of towners" stayed at the hotel and we were able to drive back and forth together, east breakfast and go to the coffee house. Made some lasting friendships with those people.
In my next installment I will describe the MERIT two weeks in more detail.
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