Where have I been?

Since January my life has been a whirlwind of travel and new experiences. In the last five months I have been to Fairbanks, Alaska to help the next round of PolarTREC teachers get ready for their expeditions and to Denver, Colorado twice in search of a new job/career. I also went home for the Michigan Science Teachers Associations annual conference and to see Averi before she turned one year old, I attended the National Science Teachers Association conference in Indianapolis and National Afterschool Association Conference in Dallas, and I went to the International Polar Year Conference in Montreal, Canada. It has been a busy five months of travel.

Some of my highlights over the past five months include being invited to the White House Summit on Environmental Education and being asked to present on a panel in front of a very intimidating audience of people, meeting an amazing group of teachers at the PolarTREC orientation and getting to see them and many of my old PolarTREC friends at the IPY conference in Montreal, and organizing and accomplishing some great professional development workshops for teachers in the DC Public School System.