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| Along with my awesome coworkers, I accepted the Rilla Award this month. |
Another P20 Educator Conference is almost here, and I'm excited to be presening Faith and the Public School Teacher twice! My first session is July 10 at 11:10 a.m., and my second is on the 11th at 1:30. I'm psyched to update my presentation using some of my newly-acquired tech skills and bring encouragement to a new group of teachers this year. Yes, you can hold to a personal faith and teach in the public school! The only trouble is, there are so many other great sessions going on at the same time. I will just have to get the notes! P20 is such a great conference and the keynotes are awesome every year. If you're in the Twin Falls, Idaho, area, sign up!
After taking a year off blogging, there's lots to catch up on. Here are some of the highlights of my teaching life and God's work in my personal walk of faith heading into summer.
- Reading the book of James with my kids
- Seeing some of my freelance writing efforts come to fruition
- Attending a writing conference from the Idaho Writers Guild
- Revising unit plans to fit the Understanding By Design (UBD) template (webinar here)
- Taking "Behavior is Language" class
- Accepting the Rilla award from Silverback Learning Solutions with my school
- Gearing up for the P20 conference at the College of Southern Idaho (see above!)
- Adding fun products to my TPT store
- Gathering engaging resources from around the Web to use in my classroom this year
- Creating and sending a summer survey to my students using Google Forms
- Catching up on reading great books (find me on Goodreads!)
I also have to share that it was a great blessing to lead my first-ever prayer walk before school started last fall. Another teacher and I spent half an hour or so walking around the school campus and praying both silently and out loud for the year ahead. It was wonderful to know that a sister in Christ was praying with me, sharing the burden of seeking grace for our students, staff, and community. It was a year of successes in so many ways, and I love that "two or three" of us (okay, it was two) gathered in His name (Matthew 18:20) to ask God for that at the beginning. Let me encourage you to start something similar at your campus. Remember that it's legal, and it can be a great blessing. Check with your administrators if you have questions.
It's so good to be posting again!
Blessings on you,
Amy
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