My thoughts about what I expect to gain have evolved as I have come to know more about the program and its support and expectations.  Primarily I hope to gain some new professional connections that will be enduring – the teaching corps can be so isolating and any experience – LEA, regional, discipline, state, national can serve to give me perspective and new ideas.  I also hope to develop better chops on analyzing and implementing curriculum – I am sort of a reflexive teacher and this will impose a discipline I probably need.