So many amazing things happened the last few days in Vegas for the Teachers Pay Teachers inaugural conference. We made HISTORY people!!! I want to blog about the touristy things I did with my roomies, the fun people I met at the meet ups, a fun Go Noodle night, and all of the tips and tricks I learned at the conference. It sounds like a lot so it’s best to break these posts into a few parts because I’ve been running on adrenaline for about a week and my body wants to crash…seriously.
I was super excited to host another teacher meet up with Courtney from Ramona Recommends. This time, we left Southern California and took it to Las Vegas. We were suppose to meet at the Bellini Bar inside the Venetian but I had no idea that it was a teeny tiny casino bar. There was no way that it would fit more than 70 teachers!!! Luckily, The Bourbon Room was able to hold all of us. It was a fun 80s lounge where we were able to mingle and listen to some fun music!
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Some of the awesomeness in the room included:
Buzzing with Mrs. B.
Teachery Tidbits
A Modern Teacher
First Grade Frenzy
The Brown Bag Teacher
KTP on TPT
Great Minds Think Alike
Mrs. Burgen’s Sign Me Up
Chalk and Apples
Wiggling Scholars
Lovin Lit
Ideas by Jivey
Lessons with Laughter
Hardcore Teacher Resources
Collaboration Cuties
Whimsy Workshop
Ramona Recommends
Schroeder’s Shenanigans
Lucky Little Learners
Teacher to the Core
Growing Firsties
Students of History
Rachell Lynette
The Super Sparkly Teacher
Brittany Lynch
A Kindergarten Life for Me
A Rocky Top Teacher
All Things Apple in 2nd
The Apple tree Room
Mrs. P’s Special Education Classroom
Saddle up for 2nd grade
Apple Slices
Sugar and Spice
KG Fonts
Teaching in Oz
4th grade Flipper
Teaching Little Texans
Crayons and Curls
All Ya’ll Need
Tongas Teacher
First Grade Smiles
Mrs. Labrasciano
Head Over Heels for Teaching
Teach Two Reach
The Diary of a Not so Whimpy Teacher
All Students can Shine
Today in Second Grade
Erica Reyes
I loved meeting all of you and sharing stories! It’s so nice to know there are other teachers who are as crazy passionate as me! I did my best to meet everyone and pass out some yummy cookies courtesy of Bettie’s Bake Shop in Orange County. I loved seeing all of your posts of our cookies on Instagram. I know there are more of you who joined us but my brain is overloaded with all of the goodness from the last few days…so it’s shutting down…quickly! If I’ve forgotten you, please leave your blog name in the comments!
Remember that giveaway you all entered last week? We have some winners friends! A huge, huge thank you to Erin Condren for the GENEROUS gift card donations.
Beth from A Kindergarten Life for Me won a $50.00 gift card to Erin Condren at the Teacher Meet Up. We didn’t want you loves who couldn’t make it to Vegas to feel left out, so we had a giveaway for you too! Holy moly, there were 13,075 entries! Thank you all for playing, wow! A hug congrats to Kristen {love your name!!!} Melcher for winning the other $50.00 gift card, CD full of amazing products from top TpT teachers, and a Jamberry gift. Thank you again to my new friends who donated their time and products!
I learned a lot at this fun little meet up:
- Saying ya’ll is so much fun. California needs a saying this awesome. I find myself saying it all the time but I must sound ridiculous with my accent.
- My mister needs to step up his “Help My Girl so she doesn’t go Crazy” duties. I learned that so many of the hubbies at the meet up do the laminating, cutting, editing, cooking, cleaning, walking the dog…
- Teachers are so much fun and need to let loose once in a while. Glad Vegas gave us the forum to do so!
- There should most definitely be more than 1 waitress to accommodate over 70 thirsty teachers!
- Courtney and I should look into turning this meet up business into a real job! It’s fun planning parties!
Thanks for fitting us into your busy schedule and having a fun night with us! Until we meet again new friends! Head on over to A Burst of First to see what everyone else was up to!
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What an amazing conference! It looks like you all had such fun. How were you able to organize such a big meet-up? I'm going to have to be better about all of this social media. You really have it together. Cookies even…amazing!
Your meet up was a blast, and it was so nice to finally meet you!! Thank you for hosting such a fun meet up with Courtney! Hopefully I'll be able to make one of your Orange County meet ups too!!
Mrs. 3rd Grade
Vegas was absolutely amazing but I know what you mean about being exhausted. After the conference on Friday I wanted nothing more than to climb into bed. I'm sorry I missed the meet up – I will definitely have to make the next one!
I LOVED meeting you! You're so stinkin' sweet!
Jennifer
First Grade Blue SKies
I had so much fun at the meetup in spite of being exhausted! What a great way to end the trip – thanks!
Krazy Town
I didn't get to meet you! But looks like you had tons of fun. We have to meet next year.
-Vera
The Tutu Teacher
I've thoroughly enjoyed seeing all the photos and reading updates on all the events. I can only imagine how much this will grow next year. Thanks for sharing
Matt
Digital: Divide & Conquer
Kristen…sounds like the happy hour was a blast!! Party planning is fun. Bummer we didn't get to meet. Next year! Thanks so much for linking up.
Deirdre
A Burst of First
Great post, Kristen! It was so nice to meet you and the meet up was awesome. Thank you both for working so hard on putting it together…success! #cookieswereadorabletoo
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