It doesn’t take a lot of time, and the impact is huge as more people become interested in and engage with citizen science. The fun and cool thing about citizen science is that can be done ANYWHERE, by ANYONE. We also used some apps for our citizen science project that centered around Lake Raleigh. We also scored some AMAZING new field guides for birds ( Sibley) bugs ( Kaufman), and trees. We spent time Tuesday morning with staff from the NC Science Museum learning about and practicing citizen science. I plan on inviting my representatives to my classroom this year, stay tuned for details on that! This may be one of the most important responsibilities I have as a teacher leader. I must begin taking baby steps to become an activist for current and future teachers and students. My takeaway from this: Sticking my head in the sand and ignoring politics does absolutely nothing for my profession.
#Penc vs ncae professional#
These relationships can be forged outside of any association with a professional organization by a little bit of planning and some homework before meeting any representatives. This can be a daunting task, and time consuming, but is worth doing in order to be an advocate for our students and our profession. While there isn’t anything wrong with joining those organizations (most of them have quite a few ‘perks’ like professional insurance-very valuable!), we learned that teachers and leaders are most effective in the political arena when we create and nurture relationships with our local representatives.
Many teachers join organizations like NCAE and PENC for their lobbying power. In the first part of the week during our professional development, my fellow fellows and I spent some time learning about the importance of making connections with the folks that make the most important decisions– our lawmakers. Oh no– are we really going to talk POLITICS?! Telling the board a little bit about my summer… There was a board meeting that afternoon and I had the opportunity to share my experiences and academic plan with the Board of Directors for EM-EMC. I spent Thursday in the field with Monica and Dale seeing all of the steps involved in staking new services. This week was the second of three professional development institute that was held by Kenan Fellows Program.
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