Lori Howard, Sylvia Ramirez, and moi at TESOL 2019 during our Listening workshop Participants at a CASAS Summer Institute session - Promoting Rigor in Adult Ed PD Rigorous Rodrigo - poster from the CASAS Summer Institute's Rigor session Lori and I doing the Listening workshop at COABE Betsy Parrish (colleague, friend, and adult education expert!) and I at the Wisconsin Common Ground conference, facilitating our Maximizing Learner Outcomes workshop New Mexico adult ESL instructors planning a presentation on the English Language Proficiency Standards Wisconsin Adult ESL teacher's poster depicting English language instructors in the 21st century Colleague, dear friend, and wise woman, Lori Howard at CATESOL Pamela Jo Wilson, a stellar adult educator and Florida treasure! Gift to the field and friend, Patsy Egan, and I at AIR's Teaching the Skills that Matter pilot in DC 2019. The Institute for Adult Learning Training Team dining out after five weeks of training. ACE of Florida educators working hard during a CCRS workshop Rubric design at another ACE of Florida session Adult educators working on Do/Say charts The wonderful teachers and administrators at the TBI session during the TESOL Institute in Chandigarh, India. Wisconsin's creme de la creme teachers puzzling out rigor in English language instruction. The whole Wisconsin group at the end of a 2-day training on the LINCS ESL Pro materials. Wisconsin joy! Great friends and presenting pals, Sylvia Ramirez and Lori Howard-- CATESOL at Disneyland. The top notch adult educators from the Florida LINCS ESL Pro group. Cupcakes to celebrate the 3rd edition. :-) The Contessas of ESL Instruction -- before their PCI at COABE. "nuff said This is how you give a keynote when you are moi. Colleagues from Portland Adult Education in Maine-- working on building and reviewing their curriculum. A wonderful time working on rigor and relevance with Providence, RI teachers! Superstar! Dave Coleman pausing between sessions at CASAS Summer Institute Kit Bell, mentor and pal and now retired!! and Lori Howard at CATESOL Santa Clara Do-Say chart created during a CASAS Summer Institute Session Working with Rochelle Yanike-Hale as we plan in the moment during a paired reading activity with Portand Adult Education (ME) CASAS Dream Team and moi at TESOL Seattle 2017 (bottom row l-r: Jane Eguez, Lori Howard, top row r-l: Linda Taylor, moi