Going the Extra Yard for teachers!

I am so thankful that my corps experience led me to Dallas, Texas as they have hosted several major sporting events during my time here. How does ESPN relate to teaching? Well…the first National Championship decided to honor teachers and host the first ever Extra Yard Teacher’s Summit, which was quite possibly the best teacher summit I’ve had the privilege to attend. We heard from a Google Education specialist, a student from the first ever KIPP class in Houston, the CEO and founder of DonorsChoose.org and former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. I left completely inspired by their moving words and am more ready than ever to impact the classroom during my last semester of TFA. Not only did they inspire through words but concluding the event they announced that every teacher in the audience that had a current project on DonorsChoose.org would be completely funded by the organization. It was like Oprah teacher version.