My first official day of orientation started early. I woke at what I thought was 6:00 a.m., however, my “internal” clock was still on “Memphis time”. Because of the three-hour time difference between Memphis (Central Time Zone) and Fairbanks (Alaskan Time Zone), I was actually up at 3:00 a.m. Yikes, that’s early! After a quick morning run (inside of course because it was below 0°), a shower and a bite to eat, I was ready to begin the day and was as excited as my first day of elementary school.
Today was a day of introductions – to the program, trainers, participants and equipment.
The program is a well structured, amazing profession development opportunity for teachers designed to improve science education, support climate research and promote science literacy – thanks National Science Foundation for your support. The trainers proved to be supportive, informative, encouraging and helpful – they are going to be a wonderful resource. The other participants were every bit as excited as I was to be there and the energy in the training room was full of anticipation.
Can’t wait for tomorrow to learn how to use the equipment.