On Friday, April 12 teachers of the year in NC made history. On this day we had our 1st Annual District Teacher of the Year Summit in Raleigh. This idea came 3 weeks before after many of the teachers met to talk with the General Assembly. We came up with this idea, asked Dr. Atkinson, and 3 weeks later here were are with the Summit! I worked with Tyronna and Sid for 3 very busy weeks in order to make sure everything was set.
The morning of the Summit I was very nervous! I was nervous that something was going to go wrong and that we would have all of the best teachers in the state here to see this idea crumble to the ground. Luckily this worry only lasted a couple of minutes because as soon as the teachers started coming in the room filled with energy and my worry turned to excitement.
We started the morning with an introduction from Dr. Atkinson, short speech on reflection from me, an amazing speech from Tyronna, and then a short presentation on Standard 6 and MSLs by DPI. After this morning session we broke up into our break out sessions. We had 2 rounds of break out sessions and then it was time for lunch. Cindi Rigsbee was our keynote for lunch and did an excellent job! She had everyone crying one minute and laughing hysterically the next. It was exactly what we needed.
After lunch we had our final break out session and then our ending session with door prizes! The day overall was a huge success! It was amazing to have that much knowledge in the room! Once finished we had teachers come and tell us that it was the best professional development that they have ever had. We ended up having 140 teachers (last year and this years district toys) which is a huge number considering we put it together in 3 weeks.
Thank you everyone for making this day successful! Also thank you Sid for all of your help! It would not have been possible without you! I can't wait until the 2nd Annual TOY Summit next year!
Click here to see a short video of the TOY Summit: http://animoto.com/play/Wz1YU16g0wQnPo3ZilHLpg
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