In two days, literacy professionals will descend on Grand Rapids, Michigan for the annual Michigan Reading Association Conference.
There are a lot of things I’m excited for:
- Meeting up with my English teacher family
- Finding new friends, those I’ve interacted with online and those I don’t even know exist at this moment
- My first-ever solo presentation at a major conference
- Friday night (so big, it gets a subsection)
- I’m giving an Ignite talk as are several other Michigan educators. I’m a little nervous, but mostly excited.
- There is a lip sync battle scheduled, and I just might be a part of it. I’ve picked some ridiculous songs. It’s going to be a lot of fun.
- There will be plenty of Nerdy Book Club people around, and that makes this one of my favorite nights of the year
- Grand Rapids: the city is just a wonderful place to be for a weekend
I can’t wait. Will you be there? Come to the Pure Michigan event Friday night! See you then!
PD events that we look forward to for months, for both the learning and the connections, are my favorite. Enjoy!
Break a leg on your presentation! You have a great list of things happening the weekend. Enjoy!
What?! Lip-sync AND Nerdy Book people?! What could be better than that?!