How to pick my favorite thing about NCCAT??? I can sum up my favorite things by saying that I simply enjoyed learning from fellow educators who are leaders in the field.
My top activities were probably…
- PD sessions from past Kenan fellows
- Whitewater rafting
- Edcamp
- Meyers Briggs testing
I am planning on bringing the edcamp model back to my school and promoting it for our next PD sessions if possible. I also definitely plan on incorporating the literacy strategies and project management tools I learned from Michelle and Vance; those PD sessions were my favorite from the week. But really there are so many things I learned and want to use next school year it would be impossible to describe them all here!
I enjoyed all the sessions to some degree, but my least favorite was definitely the “Why Culture Matters”. The presenter was engaging and knowledgeable, but I felt she missed the boat as far as making her presentation relevant to us. I wish she would have went to the application side and described ways that culture is relevant in the classroom, either in the form of classroom management or in lesson building. I struggle with incorporating cultural/global elements to science lessons so I would have liked for her to address that.
Overall, NCCAT has been the best PD I’ve attended in my career for a variety of reasons but most importantly because it was engaging, teacher-driven and relevant for the entire week. Thank you!