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5. A chance to meet (and hear speak) educational leaders and/or speakers such as retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor,  Maya Angelou, Grant Wiggins, Jay McTighe. This year all three persons mentioned either presented or spoke at the conference. I was particularly excited to meet one of the modern day pioneers of education unit planning Jay McTighe and Grant Wiggins. I was especially touched by Maya Angelou’s speech about educators being the “rainbow” in so many children’s day.

For fifteen years Franchesca taught English/Language Arts in two urban districts in Atlanta, Georgia,...

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