Reflecting on his teaching career, which began in 2007, Jason DeHart has come up with a few points he’d tell his younger self if he had the opportunity.

“I share them with you not as a recipe for all success but as starting points for a rich journey of growth,” writes DeHart, an assistant professor of reading education at Reich College of Education Appalachian State University, in a July 22 post for Edutopia. Read his advice here.