One of my personal goals is to shift my focus away from explicitly teaching the language and towards teaching students strategies they can use on their own (eg., how to use a dictionary, annotation, paraphrasing, self-monitoring, etc.)

I can't say enough about how much I love using ChatGPT to generate and organize ideas. We like to demonize technology but y'all...that's nothing new and AI is here to stay. It may not be able to think critically but it can do a heck of a lot that would make me tear my hair out.

LOVE THIS. I feel so vindicated! I've been saying literally since 2007-ish that leaders are servants. Now there are visuals, descriptions, and a whole system!

Y'all, even 12th graders...and even 30+ year old adults sometimes need this.

high schoolers, too...and the floor, the desks, etc.

Give yourself grace and remember humility: Learn about your teachers' content areas and their experiences. Learn about content areas outside of your own. Remember that what you'll bring to your teachers isn't just your own exp., but also your observations of other teachers.

one of my best pictures ;)

20 is...a fraction of what I had. And between 2 computers. First day down, time to survey the wreckage and prepare for day 2!

Absolutely!