Fund for Teachers

I want to do a quick shout out to the super cool organization that is helping this adventure happen.  Fund for Teachers. #fft


Their mission is to help teachers have unique experiences and bring the learning from them back into the classroom.  There were two teachers that I knew from my school district who participated last summer.  Lisa is a music/chorus teacher and she attended an A Cappella camp.  Ruth is an ESOL teacher and wanted to strengthen her science background.  She did some earth science type research and traveling in the northwest corner of the US.  


When my grant proposal was accepted and funded, I became a FFT Fellow.  I was invited to a dinner with all of this years fellows back in the spring.  We met down in New Haven, about 150 of us, all from Connecticut.  At just my table, I was blown away by the creativity of these teachers.  Several were going to a Technology integration in Education conference in San Antonio.  The science teacher sitting next to me what going to the Galápagos Islands.  A Spanish teacher was going to Columbia to learn more of the culture and how his transferring students learn before coming to the United States.  One other teacher was going to the town in Europe that’s fully adopted restorative practices.  And I’m going to ride my bike!  It's a fascinating program and I think we all get to meet up in the Fall to talk about our trips.  I’m looking forward to learning about what other people did and I’m determined to have some great stories to share.


Some of my pictures will have my #fftfellow sign.  I have to create a reflection for the end of the trip and that's what they’ll be used for.





I highly recommend going through and seeing what other teachers have done and if you’re a teacher, I’m encouraging you to dream big.  I’m happy to help :)

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