This week, I got to spend 4 lovely days learning about literacy in New Orleans at a reading conference. If you know me at all, you know that I am pretty much obsessed with learning about teaching. I've chronicled some of my PD adventures here, here, and here. This conference was great, and I left with my brain practically exploding with all of the conformational and challenging things I learned. I attended the conference with six literacy specialists from YES Prep, all of them lovely ladies. We had a great time attending sessions during the day and eating wonderful food at night. I found New Orleans in general to be not my cup of tea (surprising? no.) But, there was some great learning and some great food, so overall, I think it was a success.
We ventured to the French Quarter one night. Don't worry... I was back at the hotel by 10! Here's Jenny and I before dinner.
Rebecca, my sweet roomie for the week!
Shrimp and grits at Mr. B's Bistro
I took almost half a notebook of notes!
Rockin' the teacher bags provided at the conference. "You know you're a teacher if...."
When you're in New Orleans, I'm pretty sure you have to eat at one of Emeril's restaurants. We ate at NOLA, and it was quite good. The waiters got a kick out of us asking if they had met Emeril and if they are required to say "BAM!" when serving food to customers.
Stephanie, Simone, and Rebecca at NOLA
Jenny, me, and Wambui at NOLA
After dinner, we took a quick walk over to Cafe Du Monde.
Dessert of champions
I'm grateful to work with such wonderful people who love learning as much as I do! Yay literacy!
1 comment:
Sounds like you ate well! I love Mr. B's (and New Orleans)!
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