Definitely, I am always looking for ways to improve my own learning or instruction in the classroom, but it is hard when there are so many resources available and education that keeps changing year to year. So I try and find really reliable educators to follow and try and engage in the resources that they have found valuable.
This year we did a book study using "Making Learning Visible", last year we piloted "Building Thinking Classrooms" with a group of teachers, and then I've also played around with "Hands Down, Speak Out".
I also find that when you have an accountablity partner it's easy to stay engaged yourself.

Sometimes, to reinvigorate my teaching, I have to challenge myself in different ways. I reflect on what's working well and what could be improved. I seek out new ideas and resources, attend workshops, collaborate with colleagues, experiment with new teaching methods and technologies, and join programs like TeachPlus for professional growth and to impact education policy.

To keep things fresh, I always end the year by basically scrapping a lot of things. Each year is always started with a big board for big ideas of "How am I going to teach the standards this year?" With that in mind, I am always looking at the new ways I can present the information. Now don't get me wrong, I still use some of the things that went well, I am just willing to adjust to meet the needs of the students.

Yes! When I’m feeling like this and can arrange it, I will go watch someone else teach (usually during my planning). Watching someone else always gives me ideas. I also will reach out to other teachers who I don’t normally meet with (other than my team) so that I can gain some ideas too.

I like to host student teachers in my classroom. It is always great to learn about new technology or resources that these teachers use to help teach the students in my classroom.

I challenge myself every year with a professional goal and spend the year growing in that area. This year I chose the Science of Reading and read books, listened to podcasts, tried to implement new strategies, and decided to take letrs a training. Year 20 here and still learning and growing!

Work with a colleague to write a new lesson/unit. I recently did this with a new fourth grade teacher. She wanted help with standards on integrating text, comparing themes of two texts, and telling stories in multiple mediums.

We met together and found a common text using Epic. Then, we wrote lessons together. We even included a summarizer where our students emailed their thoughts on why the tall tale changed from author to author. One student who hates to write for me every day wrote more than ever. I think that it was because he knew his work would be read by a real person outside of our classroom.