I would highly encourage you to attend this summer's Teach Fest.

It is a win-win opportunity. Great PD, a $200 stipend, travel costs reimbursed, great food and lots of networking.

After spending the last 8 weeks working with colleagues who experienced the first Teach Fest, I can tell you I strengthened my instructional practice.

So, let's show CT Department of Ed that media specialists are integral partners and have a major presence at this event.

See the flyer below:

I hope that you will consider joining myself and the other teachers of the CT Dream Team for TeachFest Connecticut: Summer Academy on July 29th. This is an all day event held at the Convention center in Hartford that you will not want to miss. The staff at LearnZillion are taking the TeachFest weekend that 100 CT teachers participated in this past spring and are offering a condensed version through the Summer Academy.

Why should you participate?

You will have the choice to delve into math or ELA as your focus.
Food will be provided.
Transportation expenses will be reimbursed.
You can get a jump start on an upcoming task or lesson for the upcoming school year.
This PD opportunity could be included in your professional learning portfolio.
You will have the opportunity to network with about 1000 CT teachers.
You can also extend your experience if you decide by taking what you start at the Summer Academy and create a final shared project for a $200 stipend.
You will be showing the power of collaborating with media specialists

Please see me if you have any questions.

Here is the link to register

http://pages.learnzillion.com/2014-Landing-Page.html

Add my name as the referral and we could all win a professional book!

I hope that we can get a good representation from CASL.

Jane E. Martellino

K-6 School Media Specialist

RSD6

Connecticut