Conference Update

Bad:
1) I am sick. I am loading up on Advil cold and sinus and am almost out of Kleenex!
2) It is overcast and rainy at times
3) I have not yet been "WOW-ed" by any of the presenters that I have seen
4) I miss my family

Good:
1) I am in great company here. The people I am hanging out with are the cream of the crop in education as far as I am concerned. It is wonderful to be around so many great minds
2) My hotel is pretty cool.
3) San Jose is very cool. Big city looks with a smaller town feel.
4) I have collected a lot of cool freebies in the Exhibit Hall.
5) I have run into Jose Luis Orozco several times in the past two days.
6) There's a Peet's coffee shop close by!

C-ya!

Tomorrow night I am off to San Jose for the NABE conference. I am SO looking forward to hearing the latest info on and for English Learners.

Yesterday I spent two hours writing up 3 days worth of sub plans. It is so hard to write everything out. Not only do you have to detail academic info but social/behavioral issues as well such as how the reward system works, who will try to manipulate the situation, who gets a daily report, etc. Today, I spent another hour piling the plans and all of the necessary materials in separately labeled folders, one for each day. The way I see it, the better planned and prepared I am for my sub, the better the kids' chances are of having a good instructional day. It does help that I was able to hand pick my sub. She was been Sabi's student teacher earlier this year so I think she is pretty qualified. Yay!

I don't know whether or not I will have internet access in San Jose. Hmm ... 4 days without a computer...will I survive???

Ciao y'all!