Inspired Proficiency

Two Way Dual Language with Serena Keeney Horsch May 12, 2020

Detailed show notes to follow at www.deskfree.wordpress.com Thank you to our guests and sponsors!

A Proficiency Journey with Ashley's former student Araceli Apr 29, 2020

Ashley talks about her struggles with distance learning and interviews a former student, Araceli Schmalz, who shares her proficiency journey. Includes a new game from Sarah Breckley and a calm tip from Julie Speno!

Detailed show notes to follow at www.deskfree.wordppress.com

Season sponsorship brought to you by:

Wayside Publishing #followtheowl

Episode sponsors:

World Language Classroom by Josh Cabral
El Mundo de Pepita resources in Spanish, French, Russian, German and ESL
A.C. Quintero and Jennifer Degenhardt and their classroom readers

Big Experiences for our Learners with Glenda DeHoyos Apr 13, 2020

Play Inspired Trivia with Wayside at https://waysidepublishing.com/inspired

Detailed shownotes availble at https://deskfree.wordpress.com/2020/04/15/season-5-episode-5-big-experiences-for-our-learners-with-glenda-dehoyos/

Resources and links mentioned on the show:

Ashley’s slideshows from Weeks 1 and 2 of Distance Learning.
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb.
Glenda’s slideshow from ACTFL 2019: Big Experiences for Little Learners
book Let the Children Play
Old episode about minimalism
Greatest Hits Music in the Early Language Classroom Presentation
Glenda’s Playlists to share from her Youtube channel
Myfreebingocards.com
bingobaker.com

Julie’s mat’s from her TPT store

Thank you to guests Glenda DeHoyos, Sarah Breckley & Julie Speno!

Classroom Chronicles with Abelardo Almazán-Vázquez Apr 01, 2020

Play Trivia with Wayside at https://waysidepublishing.com/inspired

Detailed show notes will be made available soon at www.deskfree.wordpress.com

Passion, Play & Proficiency with Gale Stafford Mar 26, 2020

Play Inspired Trivia with Wayside here: https://waysidepublishing.com/inspired

Gale Stafford and Ashley discuss their presentation from ACTFL about bringing play and student interests into our teaching.Also includes Sarah Breckley's game segment and Julie's calm tip.

Detailed notes to be published soon at www.deskfree.wordpress.com Presentation slides are here: tinyurl.com/y4wwpou2

Special Edition #Covid19WL Episode Mar 20, 2020

Thank you to our guests! Detailed shownotes will be added within a week at www.deskfree.wordpress.com below are links to resources that have been shared by WL teaching community, compiled by Emily Loughlin.

Thank you to presenting sponsor Wayside Publishing! https://waysidepublishing.com/inspired

List of links for school closures:

Request 2 free weeks of Senor Wooly.com
The Comprehensible Classroom and Martina Bex
- 1o+ days of lessons for Spanish class (and other language activity ideas)
- Instructional video for how to use 9 activities for ANY text in ANY language
- Garbanzo app
Fluency Matters courses free to closed schools
Duolingo mobile app to practice languages
Duolingo podcasts to listen to native speakers and stories in French and Spanish
Practice the lyrics to your favorite songs with Lyrics Training
National Spanish Exam Practice tests and exercises
- Games/ exercises
- Practice tests
Edpuzzle, embed questions into videos or use some that someone else has already made
Nearpod, interactive learning experiences for students
Netflix/ Hulu/ Amazon/ Apple TV, suggest shows for students to watch (maybe even the whole family) or suggest shows that are in English with Target Language audio or subtitles
Loteria Google Doodle Game for Spanish teachers
Flipgrid ideas, video recording communication tool
Newsela resources, news articles in English and Spanish at various reading levels
Fluent Key resources, similar to lyricstraining or edpuzzle
Sutori
Customizable digital graphic organizers
Smile and learn, younger learners wanting to practice Spanish and French
Free Mundo en tus manos downloads
Free access to Basho and friends
Free resources from Marina Rose and her department

2 Free Spanish readers from Jennifer Degenhardt

Thank you to Joshua Cabral or Wlclassroom, El mundo de Pepita, Jennifer Degenhardt and A.C. Quintero for being regular supporters of Inspired Proficiency.

Corrective Oral Feedback with Joshua Cabral Mar 17, 2020

A note from Ashley:

This was recorded before all the schools began closing because of Covid-19. I hope you can still be inspired by what we share, an interview on feedback, a new game and new calm tip! But, I understand if this is something you prefer to listen to later on. I will share this episode again when things are settled down.

I will release a special edition #Covid19wl episode by Friday of this week. Featuring Meredith White, Diego Ojeda, Samara Spielberg and Stephanie Carbaneau. Thank you to everyone who has been sharing in this difficult time. Please let me know if you have other requests for the next few weeks. Best, Ashley

Shownotes:

Play Inspired Trivia: Visit Wayside Publishing to answer the trivia questions and enter the prize drawing! Winners announced on Twitter.

Welcome to Inspired Proficiency and thank you for joining us for episode 5 of season 2. As always, please tweet any takeaways and inspirations to #inspiredproficiency. Don’t forget that Ashley and her podcasts are also on Facebook in the group “Inspired Proficiency Teacher Collaboration” with lots of great ideas for the classroom.

Ashley just returned from an amazing conference where Stephanie Carbonneau was named the Maine Teacher of the Year. Congratulations Stephanie!

The Corona Virus is affecting us all. If you want to share out how it's affecting you, get on Twitter or Facebook and share your story! Stay healthy and try to be positive! Next week Ashley will put out a special Corona Virus Resources episode so stay tuned!

Today’s Interview:

Today Ashley talks with Joshua Cabral of World Language Classroom about Corrective Oral Feedback. Joshua presents at conferences and trains teachers in workshops as well as teaching French and Spanish to grades 1-8 in MA. Joshua is also a huge supporter of the podcast and Ashley is always excited to talk to him. He is doing a lot of traveling and presenting this year. He loves working with teachers and helping them learn and grow! Josh is a big fan of Starbucks, in case you hadn’t heard!

Feedback

Any information you provide to students to show them where they are on their language learning journey
Feedback is supposed to help students move faster along the journey towards proficiency
Grades and correcting are what we think of a lot as feedback but it doesn’t have to be JUST that
THREE TYPES

- Appreciation

- Coaching

- Evaluation

Indication of where they are right now
Summative assessments (sometimes)
Proficiency mindset means it's more about where they started and where they want to go and where they are currently and the student is participating in setting these goals
There’s always room for more goals

How do we choose what to give feedback on?
- Errors are when a student has not acquired this skill yet, they’re guessing
- Mistakes are when they HAVE acquired it, but they have an inaccuracy in the moment
- - Mistakes are more likely to happen in the moment (speaking) but less likely if students have time to think it through properly (writing)
- FOCUS ON FIXING MISTAKES, not errors

Clarification requests
1. Avoid the native language as much as possible, keep it communicative in the target language
2. Take a part of the incorrect sentence and focus on it with a pause or a rephrase to see if they really have acquired it or not to see if they can correct their mistake or if you need to provide more input for their error
1. Similar to clarifying with a question
2. Starting the sentence again for the student to repeat with a new order or new mindset, they might be able to fix their mistake again
3. Changing SOMETHING about it might help them realize they made a mistake and they can have another opportunity
4. Might be as simple as adding a pronoun they weren’t using, or it could be more complex related to tense
5. Keep the communication going, avoid the native language
Elicitation
1. Repeat the sentence back, stress the inaccuracy
2. It's very likely that a student will be higher at reading and listening than they are at speaking and writing so they will hear the mistake themselves and THEN be able to fix their error after hearing it repeated and stressed
Repetition
1. It all goes back to the modes where interpersonally they might be lower in their proficiency level, but interpretively they are higher and can now notice the mistake
1. Recast is saying the correct form for the student
2. Embedded means recasting the correct way but stretching it to add more information to keep the conversation going
3. Very personalized feedback
4. Can be challenging for the ENTIRE class
Embedded recast
1. Maybe do it in stations so you can work with small groups

Tips for teachers
- Take a couple days and listen to EVERYTHING students say and practice in your head to see if you can tell the difference between a mistake and an error. THEN stop correcting the errors and focus on the mistakes.
- Once you’ve had your practice, pick ONE type of feedback to try first. Start small so you’re not overwhelmed and then work your way through all four!

Game Segment with Sarah Breckley: Musical Story Chairs

Calm Segment with Julie Speno: Yoga/ Tai Chi

Resources and links mentioned on the show:

Stephanie Carbonneau On Twitter @MmeCarbonneau, Maine Teacher of the Year
Larsen, Freeman, and Long researchers
Jennifer Gonzalez article “Your Rubric is a Hot Mess; Here’s How to Fix it”
Cult of Pedagogy podcast and blog by Jennifer Gonzalez, Single Point Rubrics

Detailed notes at www.deskfree.wordpress.com

Yoga with Elmo in Spanish
Smile and Learn in Spanish and French

Guests:

Joshua Cabral on Twitter @wlclassroom, on Instagram @wlclassroom, and his website and TPT store
Sarah Breckley on Twitter @SarahBreckley and her blog
Julie Speno on Twitter @MundoDePepita and her blog

Be the Calm Classroom with Julie Speno Mar 10, 2020

Play Inspired Trivia with Wayside at https://waysidepublishing.com/inspired and be entered to win a prize! Thanks to our presenting sponsor Wayside Publishing!

Updates for season 5!

Sarah is back with 10 more games! YAY!
Julie Speno from Mundo de Pepita will talk to us every episode about being calm in the classroom.
Thank you to Joshua Cabral and World Language Classroom for your continued support of the podcast. He’ll be the guest on episode 2 of season 5!

Today’s Interview:

Julie Speno talks to us today about her why and and other information for a calm classroom. You might know Julie from the first EVER episode of Inspired Proficiency where she spoke about target language use in the classroom. Visit www.deskfree.org for detailed show notes on Julie’s interview

Game Segment with Sarah Breckley:

Twisted Symbols

Inspired Trivia:

Visit Wayside Publishing to answer the trivia questions and enter the prize drawing! Winners announced on Twitter.

Resources and links mentioned on the show:

MAFLA Massachusetts Foreign Language Association
ACTFL American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages
FLAME Foreign Language Association of Maine
NECTFL Northeast Conference on the Teacher of Foreign Languages
World Language Classroom by Josh Cabral
Julie’s first interview on the first episode
Julie’s Teachers Pay Teachers shop
NNELL National Network for Early Language Learning
Wayside Publishing Trivia

Guests:

Sarah Breckley on Twitter @SarahBreckley and her blog
Julie Speno on Twitter @MundoDePepita and her blog

Season sponsorship brought to you by:

Wayside Publishing #followtheowl

Episode sponsors:

World Language Classroom by Josh Cabral
El Mundo de Pepita resources in Spanish, French, Russian, German and ESL
A.C. Quintero and Jennifer Degenhardt and their classroom readers

Season 5 Coming March 10th! Feb 24, 2020

Ashley Uyaguari gives you some info about what to expect during the upcoming season of Inspired Proficiency!

Real Talk: #Metoo, Equity and Diversity with Jade Cintron Dec 05, 2019

Featuring an interview with Jade Cintron @erijade, 10th game segment with Sarah Breckley @SarahBreckley. Ashley also shares her gratitude as she wraps up this 4th season. Inspired Proficiency will be back again in March 2020! Detailed show notes available within a week at www.deskfree.wordpress.com

Reaching All Students with Jade Collins and Ebony Thornton Nov 27, 2019

Interviews with Jade Collins @lasecundariajac and Ebony Thornton @EThorntonGHS.

New game with Sarah Breckley @SarahBreckley

Detailed shownotes will be on www.deskfree.wordpress.com within a week! Share takeaways using #inspiredproficiency email Ashley ashley@deskfree.org with any questions.

Cultural Content Panel Nov 12, 2019

Welcome to Inspired Proficiency and thank you for joining us for season 4, episode 8. As always, please tweet any takeaways and inspirations to #inspiredproficiency.

Detailed notes found at www.deskfree.wordpress.com

Today’s Panel on Culture in the Classroom in the Communicative Classroom:

Panelist #1: Kristen Keefe teaches Spanish in New Jersey and has been teaching many levels of high school Spanish for 19 years.

Panelist # 2: Julia Koch has been teaching high school French for the last seven years in New Jersey. She has made many presentations on Intercultural Competence.

Panelist #3: Stephanie Carbonneau has been on the podcast many times and is an avid fan! She teaches middle school French in Maine.

Panelist #4: Melanie Reid Thomas has also been on the podcasts twice before. She currently teaches Spanish in New York and has experience in several levels including middle school and high school.

Another Game Segment with Sarah Breckley: Bread and Butter Game!

Resources and links mentioned on the show found at www.deskfree.wordpress.com

Guests:

Kristine Keefe on Twitter @kkeefe_hassan and her blog and she is also on the board of FLENJ and their 2019 Teacher of the Year! Congrats!
Julia Koch on Twitter @jaybeekay518 and her blog
Stephanie Carbonneau on Twitter @MmeCcarbonneau and her blog
Melanie Reid Thomas on Twitter @senoraMThomas and her blog
Sarah Breckley on Twitter @SarahBreckley

Season sponsorship brought to you by:

Wayside Publishing #followtheowl Check out their Proficiency Talks!

Find detailed notes at www.deskfree.wordpress.com

Planning Hacks Panel Nov 05, 2019

Welcome to Inspired Proficiency and thank you for joining us for season 4, episode 7. As always, please tweet any takeaways and inspirations to #inspiredproficiency. Detailed notes found at www.deskfree.wordpress.com

Season sponsorship brought to you by Wayside Publishing #followtheowl

Guests:

Jessica Haxhi @jhaxhi
Rachel Rodriguez @MaestraOTM
Kia London @MaestraKLondon
Natalia DeLaat @natadel76
Sarah Breckley @SarahBreckley

Detailed notes at www.deskfree.wordpress.com

Formative Assessment with Dr. Mouna Mana Oct 15, 2019

Welcome to Inspired Proficiency and thank you for joining us for the final episode of season 4, episode 6. As always, please tweet any takeaways and inspirations to #inspiredproficiency. Don’t forget that Ashley and her podcasts are also on Facebook in the group “Inspired Proficiency Teacher Collaboration” with lots of great ideas for the classroom.

Our presenting sponsor Wayside Publishing invites you to nominate a world language teacher you know who is making a difference proficiency-driven practices! Nominate them on their website so they can be a featured educator on the blog.

Interview:

Dr. Mana is very excited to share information with us today on the show. She has her PHD in language and literacy with a strong focus on formative assessment and how it helps in the language classroom. She has taught Arabic at the university level and trained Arabic teachers.

Detailed notes at www.deskfree.wordpress.com

Game Segment with Sarah Breckley:

Photo scavenger hunt with a tweak

Resources and links mentioned on the show:

Quizlet
Susan Brookhart’s book Exploring Formative Assessments
Book: Enacting the World of Language Instruction: High Leverage Teaching Practices by Eileen Glisan and Richard Donato
Episode 2, Season 3 Podcast with Rebecca Blouwolff and her ideas for a Target Language Discourse Community with many ideas from the Glisan Donato book mentioned in today’s podcast

Guests:

Dr. Mouna Mana on Twitter @ms_mouna
Sarah Breckley on Twitter @SarahBreckley

Season sponsorship brought to you by:

Wayside Publishing #followtheowl

Episode sponsors:

World Language Classroom by Josh Cabral
Tina Hargaden and CI Liftoff and CI Liftoff Facebook page
A.C. Quintero and Jennifer Degenhardt and their classroom readers: Secretos
El Mundo de Pepita resources in Spanish, French, Russian, German and ESL

Authentic Resources for Interpretive Mode with Elena Spathis Oct 08, 2019

Detailed shownotes will be available soon at www.deskfree.wordpress.com

Assessment Panel Oct 01, 2019

This episode features Ellen Toubman, Beckie Bray Rankin, Ryan Casey, Sharon Stout, and Lisa Goodenough discussing assessment. As well as a new game from Sarah Breckley! Detailed notes will be available soon at www.deskfree.wordpress.com

Building a Strong Community with Claudia Elliott Sep 24, 2019

Detailed notes will be available at www.deskfree.wordpress.com in a week. Thank you for your patience.

Assessment with Rhonda Higgins Sep 17, 2019

Detailed shownotes will be available in one week at www.deskfree.wordpress.com

Music with Allison Wienhold Sep 09, 2019

Detailed shownotes will be available in a week from www.deskfree.wordpress.com sorry for the delay!

Activities for Stories with Carrie Toth May 28, 2019

Welcome to Inspired Proficiency and thank you for joining us for the final episode of season 3. As always, please tweet any takeaways and inspirations to #inspiredproficiency.

Find detailed shownotes at www.deskfree.wordpress.com

Ashley has TONS of awesome opportunities for PD this summer in MA if you’re interested register here! See Ashley at MAFLA and ACTFL this fall.

Interview:

Carrie was nominated by listeners as someone they want to hear from to learn HOW she juggles it all. Carrie teaches levels 2-4 full time in southern IL, authors books for Fluency Matters, and works for Señor Wooly. She is successful in juggling many tasks because she adds new things to do gradually and not all at once. She is working in her 25th year of teaching in the classroom and year 12 of not using a textbook. Carrie is a curriculum developer for Señorwooly.com and is also involved at her local and state level when it comes to foreign language advocacy and instruction.

Activities to share

Quiplash- listening/input based activity
Circle the Wagons- speaking/output based
Discussion Thursday- output based/ speaking activity
Yellow Brick Road- output/speaking activity

Carrie also gives tips for teachers who want to teach with more comprehensible input

Resources and links mentioned on the show:

Class Dojo

Fluency Matters to buy Carrie’s books (and others)

Detailed shownotes found at https://deskfree.wordpress.com/2019/05/28/season-3-episode-10-activities-for-stories-with-carrie-toth/

Guests:

Carrie Toth on Twitter @senoraCMT and her website and Youtube account and on TPT: Somewhere to Share

Episode sponsors:

Wayside Publishing #followtheowl
ACTFL Conference is this November in Washington, DC.
Tina Hargaden and CI Liftoff
El Mundo de Pepita
Puentes books from A.C. Quintero & Jennifer Degenhardt

A Shift to Teaching with Comprehensible Input with Bertha Delgadillo May 21, 2019

Welcome to Inspired Proficiency and thank you for joining us for episode 9 of season 3. As always, please tweet any takeaways and inspirations to #inspiredproficiency.

Today Ashley chats with Bertha Delgadillo and then for the variety segment she will share more from her classroom and interviews for student portfolios. See detailed shownotes at www.deskfree.wordpress.com

Interview:

Bertha Delgadillo is a teacher from Mexico currently teaching in Savannah, GA. She has been teaching for five years and has taught Spanish at all levels of the high school and has some middle school experience. Bertha is here today to share her story of shifting her classroom to using more Comprehensible Input (CI). See detailed shownotes at www.deskfree.wordpress.com

What does CI mean to Bertha?

Delivering messages the students can understand
Her job is to go slow, show pictures, and make sure students are acquiring input
Repeated exposure and compelling material is necessary

Inspirations:

Martina Bex and the Comprehensible Classroom
Mis Clases Locas and Allison Weinhold
Many other blogs and Facebook communities

Resources and links mentioned on the show:

Guests:

Bertha Delgadillo on Twitter @profedelgadillo and her blog here

Other Resources:

Martina Bex and the Comprehensible Classroom
Mis Clases Locas and Allison Weinhold
NTPRS Facebook page
Tina Hargaden blog and youtube
La Maestra Loca blog and youtube
Ashley’s workshops in MA
How to use Google sites for portfolios
How to use Google Drive for portfolios
How to use Youtube for portfolios
Seesaw
Flipgrid

Presenting Sponsor:

Wayside Publishing #followtheowl

Episode Sponsors:

ACTFL Membership

Stand up for all language educators –join today! And if you join online at actfl.org using the code “INSPIRED” by May 31, 2019, we’ll take 20% off your first year’s membership! What are you waiting for?

Boomalang
El Mundo de Pepita
Puentes books from A.C. Quintero & Jennifer Degenhardt

As always, with season 3, see detailed shownotes at www.deskfree.wordpress.com

Whole Class Novels and Building Background Knowledge with Mira Canion May 14, 2019

Welcome to Inspired Proficiency and thank you for joining us for episode 8 of season 3. As always, please tweet any takeaways and inspirations to #inspiredproficiency.

Ashley starts off the podcast talking about this time of year and negativity that can come with it. She mentions some ways to change your mindset and force out the negativity. Detailed notes at www.deskfree.wordpress.com

Ashley chats today with Mira Canion about class novels. There is another giveaway of her novels listen for details!

Interview:

Mira (My-ra) Canion chats with Ashley today about using novels and stories in classrooms. Mira is a teacher, author, and presenter. She has been teaching for 20+ years in Colorado at the middle and high school level. She started learning German when she was in high school and studied as an exchange student. She began as a German teacher and somehow started teaching Spanish with few credits to her background. She traveled to Mexico and lived with a family during the summer and read chapter books to help herself improve. She took intensive classes and watched telenovelas. This hard work inspired her to push students to read more and more to learn a foreign language. She would read books and if they were too hard she couldn’t finish them. She wanted to use that motivation to help students understand and still be motivated to keep reading without giving up.

Read detailed notes at www.deskfree.wordpress.com

Resources and links mentioned on the show:

Guests:

Mira Canion on Twitter @mcanion

Buy her books here.

Season 3 Presenting Sponsor:

Wayside Publishing #followtheowl

This week’s episode 8 sponsors:

ACTFL Membership

Stand up for all language educators –join today! And if you join online at actfl.org using the code “INSPIRED” by May 31, 2019, we’ll take 20% off your first year’s membership! What are you waiting for?

Boomalang
El Mundo de Pepita
World Language Classroom
Puentes books from A.C. Quintero & Jennifer Degenhardt

Promoting equity in the classroom with Kia London May 07, 2019

Welcome to Inspired Proficiency and thank you for joining us for episode 7 of season 3. As always, please tweet any takeaways and inspirations to #inspiredproficiency. See detailed show notes at www.deskfree.wordpress.com

Do you want to contribute a blog post for Wayside Publishing with classroom tips, a fun activity, or a success story in the classroom? Head on over to their website to see what types of contributions they are looking for or email blog@waysidepublishing.com.

Congrats to Caitlin Frantz for winning the last episode giveaway from A.C. Quintero!

This awesome podcast will be coming back in the fall for a fourth season and Wayside Publishing is going to be the presenting sponsor!

On this episode Ashley chats with Kia London. The variety segment offers a few game ideas to add fun at this time of the school year when energy levels from all of us might be low. Ashley is also offering her workshops in Tyngsboro, MA this summer and details are on her website here.

Interview:

Kia London teaches middle school Spanish to grades 6-8 (Novice level) in Northwest Suburb of Chicago, IL. In the past she has also taught high school Spanish grades 9-12 as well as elementary learners.

Kia discusses:

Incorporating Student Interest into Our Classes

Student Culture in the Classroom

Equity in the Classroom

See detailed show notes at www.deskfree.wordpress.com

Variety Segment:

Here are some fun game ideas to help continue to build community within the classroom and lower that affective filter while using language in an authentic way. Ashley is always happy to share these games but it’s so much more fun to share them in person so considering heading to a workshop she’s running this summer. See detailed show notes at www.deskfree.wordpress.com

Resources and links mentioned on the show:

Guests:

Kia London on Twitter @MaestraLondon

Episode sponsors:

Wayside Publishing #followtheowl
ACTFL Membership - If you join online at actfl.org using the code “INSPIRED” by May 31, 2019, we’ll take 20% off your first year’s membership! What are you waiting for?
Tina Hargaden and CI Liftoff
El Mundo de Pepita
World Language Classroom
Puentes books from A.C. Quintero & Jennifer Degenhardt

See detailed show notes at www.deskfree.wordpress.com

Free Voluntary Reading with A.C. Quintero Apr 16, 2019

Welcome to Inspired Proficiency and thank you for joining us for episode 6 of season 3. As always, please tweet any takeaways and inspirations to #inspiredproficiency.

Download the episode here: http://traffic.libsyn.com/inspiredproficiency/IPe6.mp3or listen and subscribe on Apple Podcasts here or find it wherever you listen to podcasts!

On this episode Ashley chats with author A.C. Quintero who is offering a giveaway to Inspired Proficiency listeners! Enter to win a trilogy from author A.C. Quintero by tweeting! Listen for details!

Ashley starts the episode with information about a project in her classroom called Teacher for a Day based on ideas she got from Laura Sexton. Laura was a guest back in season 1 on episode 9. Listen to her episode here.

Teacher for a Day

Students plan, prepare, and lead an entire class period in Spanish. They pick themes, vocabulary words, and activities. Rule of thumb- stick with general words to cover more content and not super specific things. Students can use props and bring their class to life. They hook the other students, do movement, and do a reading and writing activity. The kids come up with awesome material that the teacher can use and play with other classes later on. The content can be anything so the students are really empowered to do a lot with the language and lead really powerful activities. Students might need more help the first year but they quickly realize how much more language they possess year after year and push themselves to be even more creative in the second or third year of the project.

Details and resources can be found at www.deskfree.wordpress.com

Interview:

Alicia Quintero is a Spanish teacher from Chicago. She teaches levels 1 and 4 in an IB school. Some of her readers are available in French but they are all available in Spanish. Alicia has been writing since about 2015 and has been teaching for 14 years. Her writing came from a lot of storytelling in class and she was using this avenue to try to solve problems happening within the classroom.

What does FVR (Free Voluntary Reading) look like your classroom?

It depends on the class and the level of engagement with reading. We as teachers need goals for what we want to accomplish during a reading session. We know that reading bolsters second language acquisition but they can also learn more than that, like a life lesson.

Big Takeaway! Get your students reading and if you have a story to tell, write it! A.C. Quintero is not the only author writing awesome FVR books for World Language classrooms. Go explore all the authors out there and give your students something to be excited about in class!

Continue reading detailed notes at www.deskfree.wordpress.com

Resources and links mentioned on the show:

Guests:

A.C. Quintero

Alicia’s FVR Implementation Strategies
Twitter @klasekastellano
Instagram @a.c.quintero
Website
Video Promo of New Book
Places to buy her books
- Amazon
- Bryce Hedstrom’s website
- Fluency Matters
- Carlex
- Discounted Book Bundles and Resources at Novels and Resources by AC Quintero

Other resources:

Shownotes for Inspired Proficiency Podcast
Visit Profe Ashley here
Laura Sexton (PBL in the TL) on Twitter @sraspanglish
IB schools
El Internado
Bryce Hedstrom

Episode sponsors:

Wayside Publishing #followtheowl
ACTFL Mentoring Program
Tina Hargaden
El Mundo de Pepita
Puentes books from A.C. Quintero & Jennifer Degenhardt

Games & Movement with Sarah Breckley Apr 09, 2019

Welcome to Inspired Proficiency and thank you for joining us for episode 4 of season 3. As always, please tweet any takeaways and inspirations to #inspiredproficiency. As always, find detailed notes from Season 3 at www.deskfree.wordpress.com

Ashley is offering workshops this summer from August 14-16, 2019. You can find more information here on her website, deskfree.org

On this episode Ashley chats with the hilarious Sarah Breckley who lives and breathes adding fun and laughter to everyday teaching. Then Ashley herself walks us through a big reset she did with one of her classes that was struggling to not use English in class.

Interview:

Sarah Breckley teaches Spanish 2 to high schoolers in rural Reedsburg, WI. You may know Sarah as Fiona from Señor Wooly’s video Feo. She travels with her students and does homestays and does a lot of communicative activities in her classroom. She films a lot of her classes to share with other teachers on Youtube and Vlog. Sarah is a huge advocate for teachers to find the courage to post a video of yourself teaching and sharing videos of the amazing things we’re all doing in our classrooms. She wants us to know that she watched many videos of other educators before making her own so she may be a huge proponent of sharing your awesomeness in the classroom through video but she was not the first one to be so brave.

Sarah had A LOT of amazing information to share with us about movement and games. For those detailed notes, visit www.deskfree.wordpress.com

Variety:

Ashley walks us through a reset with a struggling class this year. Ashley and the class had been struggling along all year and most of her regular techniques to help struggling classes had not been working. They stopped everything they were doing towards language acquisition and got together as a group to problem solve and get back on track.

The problem: Students would come in and not quite know what to do. They’re supposed to come in, stand in a circle, and we start chatting and moving into a game. They were not understanding this process and were still using English when they weren’t supposed to. They were not committed to all target language use. They would argue when they didn’t understand or weren’t being understood and wouldn’t take the time to stay in the TL and revert to English.

For the solution and resources she mentioned as well as detailed notes, visit www.deskfree.wordpress.com

Resources and links mentioned on the show:

Guests:

Sarah Breckley on Twitter @SarahBreckley

Ashley Uyaguari on Twitter @profeashley

Other resources:

Visit Profe Ashley here
Sarah Breckley’s vlog
Tina Hargaden YouTube
Alina Filipescu YouTube
MovieTalk
PictureTalk
FVR (Free Voluntary Reading)
GymVirtual YouTube
TPR Total Physical Response
Developmental Designs

Episode sponsors:

Wayside Publishing #followtheowl
ACTFL Mentoring Program
Boomalang
El Mundo de Pepita
World Language Classroom
Puentes books from A.C. Quintero & Jennifer Degenhardt

For detailed notes on both segments, visit www.deskfree.wordpress.com

Wooly Inspiration Apr 02, 2019

Welcome to Inspired Proficiency and thank you for joining us for episode 4 of season 3. As always, please tweet any takeaways and inspirations to #inspiredproficiency.

On this episode Ashley chats with Jim Wooldridge, aka Señor Wooly. In the variety segment Ashley talks to Audrey O’Clair from soundtrap: an audio recording platform that’s like a robust combination of google drive and garage band.

Interview:

Ashley and Jim begin their chat talking about Wooly Week. Jim and his team released a new original song for Wooly Week in February. Wooly Week is a celebration of all things Señor Wooly. They currently have many materials for Spanish of all levels and have just started adding some French materials to their repertoire. They also released integrated professional development within the resources for the new song. Instead of just releasing a song to enjoy and click play in the classroom, Jim and his team worked really hard to make sure that Wooly Week 2019 was full of ALL the possible ideas teachers could do with the songs and stories on the site to make them comprehensible for their students. Teachers were challenged to try new activities while participating and earning raffle tickets to enter the contest for Wooly Week.

Teachers who use SeñorWooly.com can join the Woology Facebook group to collaborate and share ideas. Jim talked about how amazing the teachers who participated in Wooly Week were because they really stepped up to the challenge to connect with each other through Facebook and push their students to higher proficiency levels. Jim is excited for Wooly Week 2020 and has lots of new ideas to share from what he has learned from the first three Wooly Week experiences. Read more detailed notes at www.deskfree.wordpress.com

Variety:

Ashley chats with Audrey O’Claire from Maine who works with Soundtrap, an online recording studio that is user friendly. It is a way to collaborate digitally on voice and music creations. Audrey mentions Noah Geisel and how they worked together to Flashbuild some music programs through Soundtrap at CCFLT in Denver.

Resources and links mentioned on the show:

Guests:

Jim Wooldridge on Twitter @senorwooly

Audrey O’Clair on Twitter @audreyoclair, audrey.oclair@sountrap.com

Other resources:

Señorwooly.com
Facebook group: Woology
Soundtrap
Noah Geisel on Twitter @SenorG
Flasbuilding sunglasses app at Nordstrom
Ela Ben-Ur creator of the Innovator’s Compass
Using the Innovator’s Compass
Michael Cohen The Tech Rabbi
Lots of ideas how to use Soundtrap in ANY classroom

Episode sponsors:

Wayside Publishing #followtheowl
ACTFL Center for Assessment, Research, and Development (CARD)
Comprehensifying and Extending Authentic Resources
Voces Digital: Nuestra Historia
El Mundo de Pepita
Puentes books from A.C. Quintero & Jennifer Degenhardt

Read more detailed notes at www.deskfree.wordpress.com

Proficiency Driven Curriculum with Ashley Uyaguari & guest interviewer Wendy Farabaugh Mar 26, 2019

Welcome to Inspired Proficiency and thank you for joining us for episode 3 of season 3. As always, please tweet any takeaways and inspirations to #inspiredproficiency.

The third episode of season three is a first for Inspired Proficiency. Host, Ashley Uyaguari is interviewed by Wendy Farabaugh about how she makes her classroom student centered. The variety segment interviews Haydee Arnold Taylor and how she brings STEM into the world language classroom.

Wendy Farabaugh teachers French 1 and AP French in Ohio. She participates in #langchat as a moderator on Twitter working behind the scenes to figure out which topics are most interesting to participants. Wendy credits #langchat to helping her stay in the teacher profession and help her find like minded people to connect with.

Resources and links mentioned on the show:

Guests:

Ashley Uyaguari on Twitter @profeashley

Wendy Farabaugh on Twitter @MmeFarab

Haydee Arnold Taylor on Twitter @Sra_Arnold

Other resources:

Season 1 Inspired Proficiency Episode 3 with Kristopher Morehead

Visit Profe Ashley

#langchat on Twitter

ACTL proficiency guidelines

OPI (Oral Proficiency Interview) interview

YouTube

La Maestra Loca

Sarah Breckley

STEM

21st century skills

Episode sponsors:

Wayside Publishing #followtheowl
ACTFL Center for Assessment, Research, and Development (CARD)
Tina Hargaden join her mailing list for weekly updates
Voces Digital: Nuestra Historia
El Mundo de Pepita
World Language Classroom
Puentes books from A.C. Quintero & Jennifer Degenhardt

Read detailed notes at www.deskfree.wordpress.com

Building a Target Language Discourse Community with Rebecca Blouwolff Mar 19, 2019

Welcome to Inspired Proficiency and thank you for joining us for episode 2 of season 3. As always, please tweet any takeaways and inspirations to #inspiredproficiency.

On the second episode Ashley continues her conversation with Rebecca Blouwolff, the NECTFL 2019 teacher of the year, about high leverage teaching practices. Rebecca teaches 7th and 8th grade French at Wellesley Middle School, a suburb of Boston, MA. Ashley also chats with Jennifer Bilby about her fame among Spanish teachers who use Señor Wooly.

Ashley is offering her 3rd annual 3 day workshop this summer 2019 in Tyngsboro, MA.

8/14 Proficiency and Target Language Strategies

8/15 Assessment and Feedback Practices Through Proficiency Portfolios

8/16 Community Building Themes and Team Challenges in the Target Language

Episode:

Rebecca has already shared with us about Facilitating Target Language Comprehensibility and today she continues today with Building a Target Language Discourse Community. All her ideas come from reading the book Enacting the Work of Language Instruction: High Leverage Teaching Practices by Glisan & Donato.

Building a Target Language Discourse Community describes talking to your students and getting them to speak to you in the target language. Several strategies involving visual assists to hold kids accountable are discussed to promote target language use. It is a culture that needs to be built and cultivated within the classroom and that takes time. See more details at www.deskfree.wordpress.com

Variety Segment:

Ashley also interviews Jennifer Bilby and her new found fame after being in the new song released for Wooly Week. She teaches Spanish at Pequea Valley High School in Lancaster, PA. Jennifer Bilby won Wooly Week 2017 two years ago and has been patiently awaiting her original song written by the genius himself, Señor Wooly. He shared the song with all of those participating in Wooly Week for an engaging week (or two) filled with excitement for students and professional development for teachers. Her favorite part of her original song is the dancing in the limousine.

She also answers some listener questions from Facebook to talk about how her life has changed since the song debuted. Señor Wooly is a great to bring joy and fun to the learning of Spanish with great music and stories. Jennifer also mentions how great Wooly Week was for teachers and even though not everyone could complete all of the activities, they work with ALL stories and you just modify the activities to work with what you are doing. The activities shared during Wooly Week help teachers to pull out all the elements of language from the song and story.

Resources and links mentioned on the show:

Guests:

Rebecca Blouwolff on Twitter @MmeBlouwolff and her blog https://mmeblouwolff.weebly.com

Jennifer Bilby

Books:

Enacting the Work of Language Instruction: High Leverage Teaching Practices by Glisan & Donato

While We’re on the Topic by Bill Van Patten (BVP)

Other resources:

Rebecca’s blog post on her 6 hour session on High Leverage Teaching Practices with Dr. Catherine Ritz (on Twitter @ritzforeignlang) and their slides

#langchat on Twitter (What is LangChat?)

TALK rubric

Episode sponsors:

Wayside Publishing
ACTFL Center for Assessment, Research, and Development (CARD)
Voces Digital: Nuestra Historia
Señor Wooly
El Mundo de Pepita
Tina Hargaden
Puentes books from A.C. Quintero & Jennifer Degenhardt

Target Language Comprehensibility with Rebecca Blouwolff Mar 12, 2019

Welcome back to Inspired Proficiency and thank you for joining us on our journey into season 3. As always, please tweet any takeaways and inspirations to #inspiredproficiency.

On the first episode Ashley talks about high leverage teaching practices with Rebecca Blouwolff, the NECTFL 2019 teacher of the year. Rebecca teaches 7th and 8th grade French at Wellesley Middle School, a suburb of Boston, MA.

Rebecca walks Ashley through one of two high leverage teaching practices she recently presented at the NECTFL conference in New York City. These practices talk more about how to teach and not what to teach. Her ideas come from reading the book Enacting the Work of Language Instruction: High Leverage Teaching Practices by Glisan & Donato. Rebecca describes the importance of watching, doing, and experiencing training to get better at what you’re doing and how it important is for teachers to participate when trying new teaching practices.

Big takeaway from the first high leverage teaching practice: Using the Target Language (TL) in class with the kids is the most important thing you can do. We are privileged to be able to provide that environment for our students and get to know them through the language.

For the variety segment, Profe Ashley also plays a fun trivia game with Pamela Russell (@pammycakes_87) and Melanie Thomas (@senoraMThomas). She asks questions about the first two seasons of Inspired Proficiency. Thanks to Pamela and Melanie for playing and thanks to everyone who helped support this podcast into its third season!

Resources and links mentioned on the show:

Guests:

Rebecca Blouwolff
- Twitter @MmeBlouwolff
- Blog https://mmeblouwolff.weebly.com

Books:

Enacting the Work of Language Instruction: High Leverage Teaching Practices by Glisan & Donato
Total Participation Techniques by Himmele & Himmele

Other resources:

Rebecca’s blog post on her 6 hour session on High Leverage Teaching Practices with Dr. Catherine Ritz (on Twitter @ritzforeignlang)
- Their slides
Greg Duncan’s TELL project article “Engaging Language Learners” with references to Total Participation Techniques book
Shelby County Public Schools
Total Participation Techniques Resources from Shelby County Public Schools
Language Specific Hold Ups in many languages from Shelby County Public Schools

Episode sponsors:

Wayside Publishing
ACTFL Center for Assessment, Research, and Development
Comprehensifying and Extending Authentic Resources
Señor Wooly
El Mundo de Pepita
World Language Classroom
Voces Digital
Puentes books from A.C. Quintero & Jennifer Degenhardt

For detailed notes on the interview visit: www.deskfree.wordpress.com after 3pm on the day it's released.

Season 2 Finale: The Big Teacher Share Dec 12, 2018

Our final episode of this season was inspired by Alison Moran. She suggested it’d be a great idea to host a large “teacher share” to end the year. As always, please tweet out any takeaways to #inspiredproficiency and share what inspires you!

Inga Paterson-Zuniga: Montclair, New Jersey, 7th Grade Spanish, Twitter feed: @IngalaG2, Blog: joyofci.com

Ryan Casey: Lexington High School (Lexington, MA), Spanish teacher; Twitter: @rcaseyLHS

Cherish Reale: Woodbridge, VA Spanish Twitter and Instagram handle is @VTBandera School St Thomas Aquinas Regional School

Angela Williams, Savannah, GA, Spanish teacher, Twitter handle: @AngelaWEducator

Alison Moran, French FLES, Atlanta. Twitter Madame Moran @AlisonM1936595

Stephanie Carbonneau, French, York, ME

In this episode, we talk about…

Suggestions for “Star of the Day”
Using authentic games from a target culture
Tips for using puppets to create dialogue and comprehensible input
Ways to maximize class time using independent reading
Ideas for using images for language acquisition, diversity, social issues
Tapping into resources at your school and on social media
How to use the “UnLucky Reading Game”

Resources and Links mentioned on the show:

Bryce Hedstrom

Tina Hargaden

Brandon Brown Wants a Dog

Capibara Con Botas

Juego de la Oca

Alice Ayel

Inga Paterson-Zuniga Blog

Duolingo

Dollar Street

Peter Menzel

Takeaways from ACTFL18: Inspiration & Validation Dec 04, 2018

Today’s episode is a recap of the biggest takeaways from the Annual Convention and World Languages Expo held in New Orleans this past November. Four different teachers share their perspectives and experiences at ACTFL18 in hopes of inspiring you to consider attending ACTFL or similar conferences to continue your own personal and professional development.

Remember that as you learn and grow, you’re going to come across so many different inspirational ideas, but it’s important to not get overwhelmed and feel like you have to accomplish everything immediately. This podcast is about connecting with others and sharing ideas that you can come back to when it’s convenient for you!

In this episode, we talk about…

C.I. Posse’s mission at ACTFL and different ways to provide C.I.
How to build compelling input and context
Why teachers should record themselves teaching
The importance of presenting a real-world representation of a language’s culture
Suggestions for how to represent students in your classroom
Ways to gather information about your students to help build inclusivity
Importance of validation for what you’re already doing in the classroom
The benefits of attending conferences and professional development sessions
Understanding how culture impacts curriculum
Ways to help students see themselves in your curriculum
Value of marginalized speakers and community resources for LGBTQ students
Setting a learning goal for conferences
Suggestions for instilling confidence in students for language acquisition
Importance of creating meaningful tasks for students
Reminder that learning is a process and to be patient with yourself

Resources and Links mentioned on the show:

Ben Fisher’s Website

@SenorFisherDice

C.I.Posse

Jenny Delfini @JL_Delf

Inspired Proficiency: Summer of Takeaways

Inspired Proficiency: Bestie Battles

Estelle Stokes Bowden

GLSEN K-12 Network

Gary DiBianca

Jessica Gillespie’s Blog

@MmeJGillespie

Engaging Activities for Songs & Stories with Kara Jacobs Nov 27, 2018

Welcome to episode 13 of the Inspired Proficiency podcast with your host- Ashley Uyaguari! Inspired Proficiency is podcast that explores the world of language teachers, and the tricks, tips, games, resources and inspiration they recommend using in your classroom.

In this episode Ashley is joined by Kara Jacobs, a teacher from New Hampshire with 20 years’ experience under her belt. Kara used to rely on teaching out of a textbook, but has transitioned to a more comprehensible input and language acquisition style of teaching. In this episode Ashley and Kara talk about using a song or music video as a story in the classroom, and how to leverage that music video as a content rich teaching resource.

Listen as Kara and Ashley discuss:

Seeing through both the teacher’s lens and the student’s lens in the classroom
Thinking about songs as stories
Tricking and sneaking words from the target language into the classroom
Utilizing images and photos as much as possible
Transitioning from textbook teaching to language acquisition
Interpretive listening activities such as ‘The Marker Game’
The activities you can take advantage of day to day by using the song as content
Celebrating the last day of the project by singing and dancing as a class

As always, you can find Ashley on Twitter @profeashley, and be sure to use the hashtag, #InspiredProficiency. If you have any questions or would like to reach out to Ashley, she would love to hear from you via email at Ashley@deskfree.org.

Ashley is also hosting a workshop on January 29 in Tyngsborough Massachusetts. Followed up with a workshop on January 30 in Nashua New Hampshire. On the first day you will be able to sit in on four classes. You’ll see how Ashley uses different methods, and speak with her students about their experience and proficiency progress. On the second day Ashley will go into how she did the planning and assessment for the day of classes. For more information and to register, visit: Deskfree.org

RESOURCES:

Teacherspayteachers.com

You can find Kara on Twitter @KaraCJacobs

Cuentos y Canciones de la Semana:

Lecturas y actividades creadas por

Kara Jacobs ~ ceauthres.com

If you would like to support my site and my work, click here.

El Mismo Sol - Álvaro Soler
- Story, textivate, cloze activity, and lots of other links
To' my love - Bomba Estéreo
- Story, textivate, and cloze activity for song
#Idiota - Juan Magan
- Entire unit for late level 1+ (free)
No soy como tú crees - Ana Mena
- Story, textivate, and cloze activity for song
- Upper level story
Ella - Álvaro Soler
- Story, textivate, and cloze activity for song
Mañana - Carlos Vives
- Story, textivate links, and cloze for song
- Entire pre-AP / AP unit (free)
Vendo pan - Monoloco
- Story, textivate, and cloze activity for song
Vaina loca - Ozuna
- This story is for Spanish 3+ Story and slideshow

Games & Brain Breaks! Nov 20, 2018

Welcome to episode number 12 of the Inspired Proficiency podcast with your host- Ashley Uyaguari! Inspired Proficiency is podcast that explores the world of language teachers, and the tricks, tips, games, resources and inspiration they recommend using in your classroom.

In this episode Ashley has a variety of guests join her to share a few ideas for games and brain breaks to use in the classroom. Ashley is passionate about play in the classroom, and this episode is chocked full ideas for both high energy and calming fun. These games will inspire you to utilize activities and brain breaks as often as possible in your classroom.

Ashley and her guests share games and resources you can use in your classroom such as:

Arm Hockey
Yoga poses & Mantras
Free Stance
Color Chart Games
GoNoodle
Ay Caramba
Eleven
Count Without Your Eyes
Achi Pachi & Schmiel Bleak
Tingo Tingo Tango
Tekhnologic
Dice & Card Games

Ashley also shares her three steps for using games in the classroom, and how to leverage each one to get the most out of your activities. She encourages you to think about how you’re going to explain your activity, what you can do during the game to get the most out of it, and how you can leverage the debrief to use the target language even more.

As always, you can find Ashley on Twitter @profeashley, and be sure to use the hashtag, #InspiredProficiency. If you have any questions or would like to reach out to Ashley, she would love to hear from you via email at Ashley@deskfree.org.

Support Season 3: www.paypal.me/inspiredproficiency

Guest info:

Emily Loughlin Holden, MA but I teach in Princeton, MA at Thomas Prince K-8 school in the Wachusett District, Spanish and I am @laprofepina on Twitter and Instagram

Angela Williams, Savannah, GA, Spanish, Twitter handle: AngelaWEducator

Michelle Walpole, Naples, NY, Spanish, twitter and Instagram @SrtaWalpole

Stephanie Carbonneau, Middle School French, York, Maine @MmeCarbonneau

Lisa Urrso @mllesrtaurso French & Spanish Deep River, CT

Link to Stephanie’s info: http

Creating Inclusive Curriculum with María Datel Nov 13, 2018

Welcome to the eleventh episode of Season Two of Inspired Proficiency - with Ashley Uyaguari! Inspired Proficiency is a podcast for language teachers created by language teachers - featuring interviews, tricks, resources, and tons of inspiration for your classroom! In this episode Ashley talks about the following:

Interview with María Datel on creating an inclusive curriculum for your classroom
Methods on making the classroom a more personal environment
Ashley shares a variety segment

Ashley sits down with María Datel to discuss making the classroom more inclusive. María is a professor at Boston University and brings a wide variety of knowledge and experience on the topic to the table.

Both of these teachers share a wealth of information and techniques they have acquired throughout their teaching careers. In this episode, Ashley talks to Caleb Howard on how he keeps students engaged and interacting in the classroom. Get ready for these discussions and more in the eleventh episode of Season Two, and be sure to Tweet your own experiences using #InspiredProficiency to @profeashley

If you would like to be on the show for the nugget section, please email Ashley@deskfree.org

Things We Mention In This Episode:

The artwork for Inspired Proficiency was created by Julie Speno with music by Cody Crabb

Reaching Gen Z with Joshua Cabral Nov 06, 2018

Welcome to the tenth episode of season two of Inspired Proficiency hosted by Ashley Uyaguari! Inspired Proficiency is podcast that explores the world of language teachers, and the tricks, tips, games, resources and inspiration they recommend using in your classroom as the new teaching year starts up. In this episode Ashley is joined by Joshua Cabral from World Language Classroom to talk about:

Understanding Gen Z
Look at generational patterns with strengths and weaknesses
Discuss how we can target our students strengths
Adapting the classroom to fit the lifestyle of our Gen Z students

Ashley and Joshua focus on how things have changed since they and their parents were in school and look at the current state of “Gen Z” students in the classroom. A variety of techniques are discussed in better facilitating these students and their ever-evolving brains.

Be sure to Tweet your own experiences to Ashley at @profeashley, and be sure to use the hashtag #InspiredProficiency.

Things We Mention In This Episode:

www.DeskFree.org

www.DeskFree.wordpress.com

Handout from Joshua

World Language Classroom

What is CI with Tina Hargaden Oct 23, 2018

Welcome to the ninth episode of Season Two of Inspired Proficiency - with Ashley Uyaguari! Inspired Proficiency is a podcast for language teachers created by language teachers - featuring interviews, tricks, resources, and tons of inspiration for your classroom! In this episode Ashley talks about the following:

Interview with Tina Hargaden about using CI in the classroom!
Ashley and Tina discuss using CI in the classroom and techniques to get started using it, as well as resources to do so as well!

Ashley sits down with Tina Hargaden to discuss the use of CI in the classroom, and balancing the use of CI and traditional techniques. Tina also sheds light on an extensive amount of CI resources!

Both of these teachers share a wealth of information and techniques they have acquired throughout their teaching careers. In this episode, Ashley talks to Tina on the use of CI in the classroom. Get ready for these discussions and more in the ninth episode of Season Two, and be sure to Tweet your own experiences using #InspiredProficiency to @profeashley

Guest Bio:

Tina Hargaden just transitioned to high school English Language Development, teaching Emerging Multilingual Students at Madison High School, in Portland Public Schools in Oregon. She has taught in the K-12 and university setting for 16 years as a French, Spanish, Language Arts, Reading, and Social Studies teacher. She has pursued extensive training in literacy education through Teachers College Reading and Writing Project and extensive training in teaching languages using Comprehensible Input. Tina is on a mission to spread the literacy education mojo throughout the land! To that end, she leads a Facebook group, CI Liftoff, posts videos on her YouTube channel, CI Liftoff, and offers training manuals and online video training courses through her online school at ci-liftoff.teachable.com. Find her on Twitter and Instagram at @ciliftoff.

Things We Mention In This Episode:

More Resources from Tina!

CI Liftoff "dip into" CI

Videos on Picture Talk