Teachers Learn Too!!

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/summer-PD-3-tips-lisa-dabbs?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EdutopiaNewContent+%28Edutopia%29

Summer Vacation is all about relaxation but you cannot forget about your own learning and professional development to better yourself and your passion. I really like this article and it makes me think as teacher of how we always tell our students that the learning should not stop over the summer but we often forget that goes for us as well. I know there have been summers where all I wanted to do was hang out at the lake, on the boat and eating ice cream every night but have a professional goal in mind as well. I think all teachers have this expectation and that's why I do not like when people tell me you are a teacher so you have summers off. Little do they know that we attend classes, professional conferences and even teach all summer. I like the three suggestions given here and plan to take sometime to think about how they can help me professionally. Summer vacation is just that a vacation from students and the classroom but not necessarily a vacation from learning!! Summer school, classes and life in general makes me exhausted just thinking about it!!