ISTE 2017
In the Fall of 2016, a small group of teachers and our administrator sat down to discuss the idea of going to ISTE 2017. One of the principal's goals was to have educators from our school present at ISTE. I (Erin) had presented at ISTE during the summer of 2016, so I shared some of the experiences I had had submitting proposals and attending the conference in previous years. In the end, we had 3 out of 4 proposals accepted and 5 of us attended ISTE 2017 in San Antonio, TX. That time spent collaborating, traveling, exploring, and learning together created a bond, both professionally and personally.
CUENV 2018
ISTE 2017 was the start of our collaborative alliance for presentations. We presented a couple of webinars for NCEA. We submitted proposals for CUENV 2018 and SNELS 2018. The CUENV conference was another turning point for our trio. We were in our session on climate and culture, and who else was there, but Dr. Randall Sampson. At the end of our session, one of his comments was particularly uplifting. He said that our trio, despite each being at a different location, scattered all across the Las Vegas valley, had something special and that we should continue our "work".
It was that comment that became the catalyst for our desire to continue to work together and continue to provide professional development. It was that comment that caused Joelle to reach out to me and Ashley and state, "Let's do a podcast!" To which we of course unanimously responded, "YES!"
Now what?!
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