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When it comes to professional development, summer offers the rare opportunity for teachers to study what they want to study and to seek training in the methods that work best for them.

Making it through a school year in itself is an accomplishment. The years may fly by for you as a teacher, but there were points where the students believed that June would never get here. Although all they may want to do is look forward, it’s important for your students to see how they’ve grown in their skills during the course of the year and celebrate their successes, no matter how small.

Summer is a valuable time to help students who have struggled this year. The problem is that you may not know who they are until your end-of-year testing results come back. . . next fall.