This week began a new summer and all the things a new summer brings: unfamiliar faces, familiar faces revisited, new experiences, insecurity, curiosity about the days to come.
Ultimately I’m excited about the new summer institute. This year’s fellows are terrific: serious, smart, funny. Already they have opened themselves to the writing process and each other. It is exciting to see bonding and openness occurring at the beginning of the institute.
I’ve learned so much already. Each fellow is excited to share the wonderful ideas they use in their classrooms and there are many! Therein lies the problem, how can I possibly incorporate everything into my classroom? I can’t, not in one year. Yet I know I will leave this summer’s institute with a notebook of ideas and strategies that I will be incorporating in my classroom for years.
