What vacation....hehehehehehe.

My special friend , Linda, is one of the smartest and also one of the hardest working women I've ever met. I am so fortunate to have her as a mentor and as a friend!!!!


What a perfect person with whom to attend a Theory Based Conference!
We are definitely both work-a-holics!!

We even took our winter vacation (much to the chagrin of our spouses) to take a week long trip to Orlando to meet with and talk to Robert Marzano and Alan Blankenstein. If you don't know who these guys are, you are missing a real treat! For five days we met with people from 38 states/provinces. We had a blast in addition to the conference.....................!!!


Lots of work produced lots of ideas and ways to work SMARTER.
Thanks bunches Marty for driving us and for listening to countless hours of "school chatter"! You are the best!







Yep. It's one of our many heroes in educational theory and practice. Robert Marzano was friendly, patient and extremely willing to share his ideas! What a great guy!


Bob signed several copies of his books that we had and seemed to enjoy doing it!



Notes and notes and more notes.....whew!



Alan Blankenstein was very friendly and open concerning his ideas about kids AND teachers! What a super guy. He also was great about signing our books and explaining some of his ideas and suggestions for student success! He is the author of several books . One I've read recently is "Failure is not an Option". Great book!


This winter conference was well worth the time and money spent to attend it.