Teach Like A Rock Star - Tour April 2010

Just a FANTASTIC month, for sure!!

We started this month's tour off in Hollywood, FL and it was a great event. It never ceases to amaze me: there are just so many wonderful teachers that show up to our TLARS professional development events. We had teachers and principals from all over the area join us, including educators from Broward, Miami-Dade, Lee, Brevard and Sarasota schools to name just a few. We even had one Rock Star Teacher - Kristine Maraganis - join us from Chelmsford High School. No, NOT Chelmsford, Florida - Chelmsford, Massachusetts!! That's right, she made the 1,500 mile trip all the way from Massachusetts! Kristine wore her Teach Like A Rock Star t-shirt and sat in the front row and we even had a few minutes to chat. I'm telling you - she's an AWESOME educator who loves her students and is making a difference in their lives each and every day. (Kristine, we put a few gifts in the mail for you and you 4 boys. Look for them soon!)

From Hollywood we flew north to Jacksonville, FL. We had about 100 teachers join us for another FANTASTIC day. Districts like Duval, Clay, Pasco, Wayne, and Leon sent their most influential educators to bring back the information to their schools. The largest group - and, they were so much fun, too - came from Durbin Elementary School in St. Johns County. These 13 Rock Star Teachers smiled, and laughed, and shared the entire time. I LOVE groups like this! They really do add so much to the day! (Thanks for sharing the "game card" with me, Durbin Rock Stars! You guys crack me up!!!)

Our final stop this month was in one of my favorite cities - NEW ORLEANS! (That would be 'Nawlins, phonetically speaking.) We held our event at the newly remodeled Crowne Plaza Airport. Wow, what a great venue! We'll be heading back to this hotel for sure. For our first time to New Orleans, we certainly had an AMAZING group of teachers. St. Mary Parish, St. Charles Parish, Union Parish, and Calcasieu Parish all sent us their Rock Star Teachers. And, we even had a few teachers from Okaloosa, FL make the drive over.

Be sure to check out our upcoming dates! We have 12 events over the next 2 months. Get ready Albany, Boston, Dulles, Baltimore, Midland, Longview, Nashville, Memphis, Phoenix, Oklahoma City, Atlanta, and Charlotte! Here we come!!!

Here's just a few pics for our April Teach Like A Rock Star Events: