I have some questions for you to mentally answer on your own:
- Do you like getting something for free?
- Do you avoid professional development during the school year because it can be kind of a hassle to be out of your classroom?
- Do you like to learn new things?
- Do you prefer to learn from other teachers and people currently working in education as opposed to "edutainers" or presenters who haven't been in the classroom or school environment for a while?
- Do you feel like August is the month that you start to get your brain back into "school mode"?
- Do you feel like you could do some school-related work during the summer, but you don't necessarily want to sacrifice an entire day?
- Do you hate having to drive far away to places like Schaumburg or Springfield for professional development?
- Do you feel like you could use more resources and information on any of the following topics:
- Social-Emotional Learning and Wellness
- Technology and Innovative Learning
- Future Ready Libraries
- Inquiry and Personalized Learning
- The 4 C's of Learning (Collaboration, Communication, Critical Thinking, and Creativity)
- Data and Assessment for Learning
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
If you answered YES to at least 2 of these questions, then I REALLY want to tell you about SAMRi!
This is one of my FAVORITE professional development events! This conference hasn't taken place the past 2 years because of COVID, but it's back, baby! I admit, I have a great time at conferences like IDEAcon or Raising Student Achievement, but it's expensive, and it's far away, and it's long, and it can be hard to be away from work for so long. So even though I love those conferences, I've got a special place in my heart for SAMRi because it's just as amazing a conference but it's close by AND it's half and day AND it's free!
Side note: we have so many amazing teachers in this district who do so many impressive, creative things, I would love to see some apply to present at this conference!
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