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Daily Prep: Thursday, April 16, 2026

Josh 1:1 today + Shaping the Narrative workshop. Career trajectory conversation. Cathy data parsing overdue.

Carried Forward from Yesterday

Incomplete Action Items

  • Reply to Josh (Slack DM, Apr 13) — He asked for your top priorities for the week. 3 days unanswered.
  • Reply to Josh (Slack DM, Apr 14) — Asked for a list of workshops over the past 1.5 years. Check reference/workshops_sheet.md or the Google Sheet.
  • Reply to Josh (email) — FW: ISTE “Next steps” — he asked “what do you think? any pros and cons?” about the AI Pavilion space. Respond before the 1:1.
  • Retag meeting notes — Josh’s 3 Google Doc action items (Apr 8)
  • Reply to Monica Chen on Slack — She specifically asked for the data collection/storage document you sent Rachel Wolf
  • Reply to Slack re: workshop promotion ideas
  • Reply to Leon Furze — confirm reschedule
  • Forward Egencia receipts to Moraima — now 2+ weeks overdue (originally asked Mar 31)
  • Reply to Anthony Pollina — review his AI lesson plan
  • Weigh in on Efface/Privacy Office thread
  • Draft CRM survey questions — Josh waiting
  • Follow up with Vanessa Monterosa re: Flash Lab partnership
  • Send Rachel AI + learning-by-creating tool recommendations
  • Cat Nostrand follow-up (no reply since Mar 16)
  • Create Flash Lab inventory document (basic vs deluxe)
  • Download CRISPRkit TestFlight (code: NGEHQB)
  • Check with GSE IT about loaner Android devices / Chromebooks
  • Research Android apps on Chromebooks for CRISPRkit

Resolved / Deferred

  • Reply to Jacob Ramirez — Done. He accepted the catch-up meeting invite.
  • Submit timecard — Was due Apr 15. Hopefully submitted.
  • Cathy’s data parsing — Cathy said don’t worry (Apr 10), but Reuben already promised by Tuesday. Getting this done today.

Open Questions/Blockers

  • Marily/Caitlin: IRB feedback on Health Coach Bot
  • Brooke (OTL): Geoff Cox + YouCubed contract precedent
  • ISTE: Alissa scheduling meeting with Jessica Rami + Isabelle — watch for invite

Today’s Calendar

9:00 AM — AOPA Know.Learn.Fly Webinar (1 hr)

Location: GoToWebinar Context: Personal/aviation. Casual flying proficiency series.

10:00 AM — Josh<>Reuben 1:1 (45 min)

With: Josh Weiss Location: Zoom (pw: 588228) Context: Weekly 1:1. Big agenda today:

Prep topics:

  1. Career trajectory / compensation — Josh opened this door Mar 19 with the five growth dimensions (personal, career, salary, title, network). Dan/Isabelle meeting may create a natural opening. Frame: “Salary growth is real for me. What does the path look like? What do I need to be doing or demonstrating for that to happen?” Direct, not demanding — asking for the path, giving Josh room to tell you what levers exist (reclassification, merit cycle, etc.).
  2. GPS self-narrative — Due end of June. V1 is bullet points (30-min exercise) reflecting on the year (July-July) against SMART goals. Then schedule a full hour with Josh for V2. Ask: should we schedule that hour?
  3. ISTE AI Pavilion pros/cons — Josh forwarded Jessica Garner’s email. The space is a stage with 3-ft drapes, not a closed room. People coming and going. Pros: high-visibility, AI-Ready Graduate branding, 90 min confirmed. Cons: open environment makes interactive Flash Lab harder (noise, distractions, lack of intimacy for hands-on work).
  4. Workshop list — Josh asked for a list of workshops over the past 1.5 years. Reference the workshop tracker Google Sheet or reference/workshops_sheet.md.
  5. Airtable tagging — Update on progress from yesterday’s request (meeting with Dan).
  6. Shaping the Narrative — Workshop today at 12:50pm.
  7. sofIA meeting — Tomorrow at 10:30am with Sergio Arango.

12:50 PM — Shaping the Narrative Workshop (70 min)

With: Josh Weiss, Joe Sherman, Jodi Anderson Jr, Joy Chen, Nicole Henderson, Nancy Waymack Location: Zoom (pw: 819129) Context: Interactive workshop Joe organized — helping educational innovators communicate their work to funders, school leaders, and industry partners. You promoted this to seed grantees (Forssell/Ramirez, Fan, King, DeVeaux). Jacob Ramirez can’t attend but will share with student staff. Ankita Kaulberg also replied (read Apr 13).

Slack Catch-Up

Recent from Josh

  • (Apr 13) Asked for weekly priorities — discussed at 1:1 or replied.
  • (Apr 14) Asked for workshop list over past 1.5 years.

Recent from Others

  • Cathy Chase (Apr 10) — Said don’t worry about parsing, coders behind schedule. But Reuben committed to Tuesday delivery — getting it done today.
  • Monica Chen (Apr 10) — Asked for data collection/storage document sent to Rachel Wolf.
  • Sarah Williams-Habibi (Apr 10) — Stanford AI API key logs question. Multi-DM with Wilson Wang.

FYI

  • Joe Sherman — Marked a comment as done in “Tracking Learning through Creation Seed Grantees” Google Doc. Josh had added [BREAKTHROUGH] tag for “productivity hack.”
  • Joe Sherman / Airtable — Added you as Secondary person on “4th consultation” in Learning Through Creation.

Email Action Items

Needs Response

  • Josh Weiss — FW: Next steps (ISTE). He asked “what do you think? any pros and cons?” about the AI Pavilion open-air space for Flash Lab at ISTE Live. Respond before the 10am 1:1.
  • Moraima DiMare — Flight receipts still overdue (originally asked Mar 31, followed up Apr 14).

FYI

  • Jacob Ramirez — Accepted the “Catch-up: Seed Grant” meeting. Scheduled.
  • Airtable Automations — Reminder that an Airtable task is due.
  • Stanford Report — “Seed grants to advance AI in college education” — potentially relevant article.
  • Lemann Center — Talk by Tova Friedman, April 20, 6-8PM, ANKO Lecture Hall.

Reminders

Personal (Claude list)

  • Ask Chris at Ascendant Aviation re: tax questions
  • Buy echinacea herb for cold
  • Read: OpenAI Prompt Caching 201 cookbook (overdue since Feb 26)
  • Plan something special for Christyl — 24th wedding anniversary (due Jun 1)
  • Book Lake Gregory trip for anniversary — June 8 (due May 25)

Claude-ToDo (mobile capture — same as yesterday)

5 items, mostly personal/meta. No changes.

From Inbox Processing

Inbox empty — nothing to process.

Cadence Checks

  • TIMECARD: Was due yesterday (Apr 15). Confirm it was submitted.
  • sofIA MEETING (Fri Apr 17, 10:30am): Tomorrow. Attendees: Sergio Arango, Josh Weiss, Gabriel Inchausti, Micaela Bonilla, Guillermina Suarez. Consider /meeting-prep sofIA today if time permits.
  • DeepLearning.AI Dev Day (Apr 28-29): 12 days out. Review agenda.
  • ROBOTICS PANEL (Tue Apr 21, 4pm): Next week at GSE. NVIDIA + Toborlife AI. Consider attending.

Today’s Priorities

Thursday — Josh 1:1, workshop, then focused work time.

  1. Josh 1:1 (10am) — Career trajectory/compensation conversation. GPS self-narrative timing. ISTE pavilion pros/cons. Workshop list.
  2. Shaping the Narrative workshop (12:50pm) — Support Joe’s session
  3. Cathy’s data parsing — Promised by Tuesday, overdue. Implement Option B today.
  4. Moraima receipts — Draft reply created (in Drafts). Fill in details + attach receipts. Ask about Oman parking outside 60-day window.
  5. ISTE email to Josh — Pros/cons of AI Pavilion space (can discuss at 1:1 instead)

Session Notes

(Added throughout the day as significant work sessions occur)

Generated: 2026-04-16 ~7:00 AM PDT (Thursday)

Source: daily/2026-04-16.md