I felt so honored/nervous/all the feelings you feel when you’ve gotten your dream job, but now the anticipation of what’s to come is looming over your shoulder. It was exactly the same way I felt when I first graduated from college, and got my first teaching job. There are so many feelings all bundled up: fear, joy, pride, nervous, etc. I was finally a reading specialist! Sure, in the past I had provided intervention to my grade level team, I had completed my masters, I had tested and gotten my Reading Specialist certification on my teaching certificate. However, I had never actually held the title of reading specialist until now. I couldn’t believe people actually got paid to meet with reading groups all day! That was by far my favorite thing to do during my teaching day. Then the nerves and apprehension set in. How well would I know my students if I wasn’t spending all day with them? How do I provide intervention to 4 th graders if I’ve only taught kinder and 1 st in m