New year, new career

So the new school year is about to start, and with it my "next phase" career: back in the classroom after 13 years away. Away but not removed, as I've tried to make those years about collaboration and co-teaching and teaching my own lessons in other people's classrooms -- and as I write this, it occurs to me how teacher-centered that really is. So the challenge this year is to stay focused on student learning in my 4 classes and to manage to run a viable library program at the same time. My guiding lights for this adventure will be the surprisingly current (for my situation, at least)Teaching as a Subversive Activity by Postman and Weingartner, Mindset by Carol Dweck, Readicide by Kelly Gallagher, Do I Really Have to Teach Reading by Cris Tovani, and A Whole New Mind by Daniel Pink. As part of my daily practice in the reading seminar class, I will be blogging my reflections on the learning I'm doing about collaborating with students to guide their learning, collaborating with peers to enhance student learning, and balancing the needs of the library program and my classroom teaching. Comments encouraged!