Chelen Johnson
I love having this experience of seeing how astronomers work, and my goal is to then take that and be able to explain it to our students.
Having the opportunity to get new ideas from my peers and discuss projects, activities and strategies helps me to grow and keeps me from becoming stagnant in my teaching. Programs like this are like gold to me because the financial situation in the district in which I teach is such that there is no money available to send our faculty to national conferences.
This experience has forced me to look at something new and has inspired me to enrich and improve my classes.