The Kenan Experience has been such an amazing adventure! With each Professional Development Institute I have gained so much insight, inspiration, and professional support. It is always such a joy to get to interact with such inspirational teachers and leaders that live across North Carolina. After each meeting, I return to my own thoughts and classroom ideas with a renewed vigor and an excitement to experiment, try new things, and reach for the stars. I believe that one of my favorite aspects of our last professional development institute together was the ability to hear about the others’ experiences with their lessons and lesson implementations. We had several conversations about aspects that went well and others that could be improved. This was a much needed time for me to learn about how everyone else was doing, and to really see where my lesson could be improved. This Kenan experience has been so wonderful and educational for me. I struggle to see where I would be as a teacher right now had I not been in this program this year, because this experience truly has shaped me as a young teacher and woman in North Carolina. This Kenan experience has provided me with so much, and I can only hope to provide as much to my students and to promote other teachers throughout my area to pursue this same amazing opportunity.

**This post did not publish last month (not certain why) However,…I’m sure this was due to my mistake and my “pregnancy brain”. My most sincere apologies!! Thank goodness for my saved word doc blog!