Want to know more about me? Read on…
In 2003, I graduated from Kutztown University of Pennsylvania with a bachelor’s degree in Secondary Education and English. I’ve been working as a classroom teacher for the past eight years, and have taught sixth, seventh, eighth, and tenth grade in a variety of English/Language Arts classes.
Note the audio guides around our necks. Always learning!
In May of 2010, I received my master’s degree in Curriculum and Instruction from Penn State University. To celebrate, my husband and I took our first trip to Europe, visiting London and the English countryside, Paris, and Amsterdam. The trip did not turn out as planned; I did not enjoy Paris in July. However, I was able to blog about that experience on my traditional travel blog, Blog on the Run, and in doing so, learned many valuable lessons–and was able to share them with others.
Given my dislike of crowded, tourist-filled Paris, readers of Blog on the Run were shocked to hear of my next trip–a work-related trip to Walt Disney World. They were even more shocked when I actually enjoyed that trip.
This ride has both a Literature connection and a Science connection.
Upon planning my next Disney adventure, I became active on two different Disney vacation planning forums. Time and again, I found the same sentiment shared: “We’d love to go to Disney, but we can’t pull the kids out of school!” I knew, after teaching for eight years, that there was as much to be learned in Walt Disney World as there was in my 8th grade classroom–if not more. I decided to help parents make a Disney vacation a genuine learning experience.
But then I thought–why stop there? Disney is not the only family destination in the world. So the next year of my life, I’ve decided to devote to finding and sharing the educational factor of any and all destinations. During a one-year leave of absence from my traditional teaching job, I will travel the country and bring to you, the reader, ideas of how to make dozens of destinations learning-friendly.
Educational travel has always been a part of my life. Over the years, I’ve spent weeks during the summer traveling to various places for different learning experiences. I’ve
The National Book Festival in DC.
worked in the kitchen of a yoga retreat in Western Massachusetts, attended writing conferences in North Carolina and Vermont, and enrolled in a program for writers and teachers through a Northeastern University program on Martha’s Vineyard. I’ve traveled to Philadelphia, New York, Washington DC, and, most recently, Orlando, Florida for professional conferences and conventions, such as the NCTE convention, as well as Book Expo America and The Library of Congress National Book Festival. Truly, learning opportunities exist in every travel experience. You just need to know where–and how–to look.
If you like what you’ve read and have interest in hiring me for any writing, editing, proofreading, social media, or travel-related position (or anything else that you think would speak to my strengths), please contact me at tracyantonioli@gmail.com. If you would like more information about me including a detailed resume, please visit my professional profile at www.tracyantonioli.beyondcredentials.com. Thanks!
