Tomorrow is a big day. I will join the other Kenan Fellows on a trip to NCCAT.

The facility’s goal is to advance teaching as a profession and an art, which is a beautiful mission. I’m grateful for people doing that work, and that I get to benefit from it. I’m excited about this week.

In certain ways, I think this week will be reminiscent of summer camps that I attended when I was younger–and I’m pumped about that. We will be diving headfirst into the Kenan experience, getting to know each other, hiking, white-water rafting, sharing ideas about teaching and, I’m sure, much more.

Recently, I read Kim Bearden’s book and I’m currently reading Jonathan Kozol’s The Shame of the Nation. I admire teachers who lead the profession by using their voice to articulate their experience. I’m excited to interact with teachers who are already doing this in many ways and I hope to, in some ways, come into my own as a teacher who has good ideas and isn’t hesitant to communicate those ideas. Kenan is going to play a big role in my development as a teacher leader and an advocate for the profession.

Tomorrow is a big day!