# Episode 412: What We Would Have Done Differently This Year — And What We're Keeping for Next Year Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/teaching-middle-school-ela-341317/episode-412-what-we-would-have-done-differently-this-year-and-what-we-re-keeping-for-next-year Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/teaching-middle-school-ela-341317/episode-412-what-we-would-have-done-differently-this-year-and-what-we-re-keeping-for-next-year.md Podcast: [Teaching Middle School ELA](https://stenobird.com/podcast/teaching-middle-school-ela-341317) Published: 2026-05-26T14:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2071023/episodes/19242321-episode-412-what-we-would-have-done-differently-this-year-and-what-we-re-keeping-for-next-year.mp3 Audio file: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2071023/episodes/19242321-episode-412-what-we-would-have-done-differently-this-year-and-what-we-re-keeping-for-next-year.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/teaching-middle-school-ela-341317/episodes/episode-412-what-we-would-have-done-differently-this-year-and-what-we-re-keeping-for-next-year Duration seconds: 2270 ## Resource In today’s episode of the Teaching Middle School ELA podcast, Caitlin is joined by EB teachers Genevieve and Melinda for an honest conversation about what worked this school year, what they would change next year, and the small shifts that made a big difference in their classrooms. From classroom management and student independence to planning systems, positive reinforcement, conferences, AI tools, and organization strategies, this episode is packed with practical, teacher-tested ideas you ca... ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/teaching-middle-school-ela-341317/episodes/episode-412-what-we-would-have-done-differently-this-year-and-what-we-re-keeping-for-next-year/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/teaching-middle-school-ela-341317/episode-412-what-we-would-have-done-differently-this-year-and-what-we-re-keeping-for-next-year.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.