Looking forward to some great PD!

Today, our AMSTI liaisons are coming to work with our K-5 teachers.  We will be working on a vertical alignment.  I am hoping that it will remind our teachers that we are all part of a great big puzzle.  That without each part, we are less than whole.  I sometimes think that as we get wrapped up in the new standards, myself included, we get myopic and forget to look at the "Big Picture" - see where our kids came from and look forward to where they are going.  Maybe today will be a time when we can all catch our breath, and take some time to recharge our teaching batteries and come away with a renewed perspective.