Inspired Proficiency

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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

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! 

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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 

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. 

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 Avoid the native language as much as possible, keep it communicative in the target language 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 Similar to clarifying with a question 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 Changing SOMETHING about it might help them realize they made a mistake and they can have another opportunity Might be as simple as adding a pronoun they weren’t using, or it could be more complex related to tense Keep the communication going, avoid the native language Elicitation Repeat the sentence back, stress the inaccuracy 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 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 Recast is saying the correct form for the student Embedded means recasting the correct way but stretching it to add more information to keep the conversation going Very personalized feedback  Can be challenging for the ENTIRE class Embedded recast 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

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

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

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 

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. 

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 

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 

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

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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 

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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

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 

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

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  

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

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 

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

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

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

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. 

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

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

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: Gimkit Quizlet Textivate Boomalang WLClassroom.com Teacherspayteachers.com You can find Kara on Twitter @KaraCJacobs Cuentos y Canciones de la Semana: Lecturas y actividades creadas por Kara Jacobs ~ ceauthres.com   Stories © Copyright 2018 Kara Jacobs 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

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

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: CI Liftoff Boomalang WLClassroom.com/ La Maestra Loca Blog CI Posse ACTFL Convention!   El Mundo De Pepita Improv Encyclopedia     The artwork for Inspired Proficiency was created by Julie Speno with music by Cody Crabb

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 Boomalang! Wayside Publishing Mundo De Pepita CI Liftoff CI Posse        

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: CI Liftoff Boomalang WLClassroom.com/ Wayside Publishing CI Posse ACTFL Convention!   Resources from Tina! More Resources from Tina! CI Liftoff "dip into" CI Videos on Picture Talk More Videos on Picture Talk Academic Card Talk Write and Discuss Videos More Write and Discuss Videos Rubrics COFLT Presentation Assessment Chapter on Assessment from A Natural Approach to the Year Video of Speaking Assessment: Setting Up Writing Listening Assessment Reading Assessment   The artwork for Inspired Proficiency was created by Julie Speno with music by Cody Crabb

Welcome to episode number 8 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 the classroom. In this episode Ashley is joined by 2017 NECTFL Teacher of the Year – Caleb Howard.  Caleb has been teaching elementary Spanish class in New Jersey for the past 15 years.  Ashley and Caleb discuss the different ways to keep your students comfortable, active, and engaged.  The strategies he uses while teaching his K-5th grade classes will translate to teachers of all levels.      In this episode Ashley and Caleb speak about: Not making your students talk, but inspiring them to The different ways of keeping your classroom an organic feeling environment The benefits of not using an averse voice Showing your students they can successful in your classroom without using language Making your room a place where they want to be Leading your students forward with fascination Deciding on your teaching objectives The keys to unlocking diversity’s treasure The importance of connecting and sharing as teachers   Are you giving your students the gift of something excellent? Be sure to follow Caleb’s blog, Tuesday’s Tips for Staying in the Target Language at: www.SeñorHoward.com/blog or follow him on Twitter @HolaSrHoward 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.

Welcome to the seventh 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 six different teachers on their take on homework! Ashley talks to a panel of teachers from all over on their stance on homework, and how they are or are not implementing it in the classroom. Each teacher shares a slightly different approach that all individually have their own great take away. All of these teachers share a wealth of information and techniques they have acquired throughout their teaching careers. In this episode, Ashley talks to six different teachers about homework and how they feel about it. Get ready for these discussions and more in the seventh episode of Season Two, and be sure to Tweet your own experiences using #InspiredProficiency to @profeashley  Things We Mention In This Episode: CI Liftoff Boomalang WLClassroom.com/ Wayside Publishing El Mundo de Pepita CI Posse ACTFL Convention!    Rich on Twitter! Melanie on Twitter! Emily on Twitter! Dawn on Twitter! Pamela on Twitter! Noah on Twitter!    The artwork for Inspired Proficiency was created by Julie Speno with music by Cody Crabb

Welcome to the sixth 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 Martina Bex about authentic resources in the classroom In depth discussion on how to make authentic resources more useful to students. Ashely shares a brain break/game to get your students up and moving!   Ashley talks to Martina about her use of authentic resources in the classroom and what methods she is using to make them more nourishing to her students. Later Ashley shares a version of rock paper scissors to get your students moving around the classroom while learning!  All of these teachers share a wealth of information and techniques they have acquired throughout their teaching careers. In this episode, Ashley talks to Martina Bex about techniques to incorporate authentic resources. After, Ashley shares one of her favorite brain breaks. Get ready for these discussions and more in the sixth episode of Season Two, and be sure to Tweet your own experiences using #InspiredProficiency to @profeashley  Things We Mention In This Episode: CI Liftoff Boomalang WLClassroom.com/ Wayside Publishing Samara Spielberg on Twitter! Courtney Johnson on Twitter! Courtney Johnson's Blog! Martina Bex's Website Mundo de Pepita Sara-E. Cottrell on Twitter! Maris Hawkins on Twitter!     The artwork for Inspired Proficiency was created by Julie Speno with music by Cody Crabb  

Welcome to the fifth 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 Samara Spielberg about teaching empathy and perspective in the classroom Interview with Courtney Johnson about Kagan structures and encouraging the entire class Ashley Talks to Samara about how she is teaching her students empathy and perspective through her foreign language class. Later Ashley speaks with Courtney Johnson about Kagan structures and her favorite resources for her classroom. All of these teachers share a wealth of information and techniques they have acquired throughout their teaching careers. In this episode, Ashley talks to two different teachers about  techniques to connect and engage your students. Get ready for these discussions and more in the fifth episode of Season Two, and be sure to Tweet your own experiences using #InspiredProficiency to @profeashley  Things We Mention In This Episode: CI Liftoff Boomalang WLClassroom.com/ Wayside Publishing Samara Spielberg on Twitter! Courtney Johnson on Twitter! Courtney Johnson's Blog!   The artwork for Inspired Proficiency was created by Julie Speno with music by Cody Crabb  

Welcome to the fourth 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 Catherine Ousselin Different technologies and services available to the classroom Choosing and deciding what technology is best for you.    Ashley Talks to Catherine Ousselin about different technology for the classroom as well as what she is doing in her foreign language classes. They speak on a wide variety of technology available as well as what different people are using. Both of these teachers share a wealth of information and techniques they have acquired throughout their teaching careers. In this episode, available technologies and patterns in technology are discussed! Get ready for these discussions and more in the fourth episode of Season Two, and be sure to Tweet your own experiences using #InspiredProficiency to @profeashley  Things We Mention In This Episode: CI Liftoff Boomalang Catherine Ousselin's Website! Catherine Ousselin on Twitter! WLClassroom.com/ CI Posse Deskfree.org Mundo De Pepita on Teachers Pay Teachers! The artwork for Inspired Proficiency was created by Julie Speno with music by Cody Crabb  

Welcome to the third episode 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 Jennifer Degenhardt about teaching with stories Interview with Jenny Delfini about honoring student growth   Ashley talks to Jennifer Degenhardt about the use of stories in her foreign language classrooms, as well as her own set of novels. Later on in the episode Ashley gets a chance to talk with Jenny Delfini about focusing on the positives in teaching. Both of these teachers share a wealth of information and techniques they have acquired throughout their teaching careers. Topics such as listening to your student’s feedback and focusing on your student’s positive efforts are discussed to bring new ideas into the classroom for the new year! Tune in to hear these discussions and more in the third episode of Season Two, and be sure to Tweet your own experiences to @profeashley Things We Mention In This Episode: CI Liftoff Boomalang Puentes Language Jennifer Degenhardt's Books on Amazon! CI Posse Deskfree.org Mundo De Pepita on Teachers Pay Teachers! The artwork for Inspired Proficiency was created by Julie Speno with music by Cody Crabb

Welcome to the second 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 fellow Spanish teacher, Dorie Conlon Perugini, to talk about how minimalism can be beneficial to: Focusing on the essentials Reducing clutter, inside and outside the classroom Embracing a mindset that spotlights your passions, not your material items Being present and focused on your students while in class Being intentional with grading and lesson planning   Ashley and Dorie focus on how leveraging minimalism in the classroom has made drastic changes to their teaching habits.  From their wardrobe and teaching tools to lesson planning and organizing, reducing clutter has made it easier for both them and their students to focus on what is essential. Be sure to Tweet your own experiences with minimalism and how you use it in the classroom to Ashely at @profeashley, and be sure to use the hashtag #InspiredProficiency.  To reach Dorie, you can find her on Twitter @DorieCP or with the hashtag #Teach4IC     Things We Mention In This Episode: Project 333 Teaching for Intercultural Competence The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up Minimalism Documentary ­­on Netflix. www.DeskFree.org www.DeskFree.wordpress.com We Teach Languages Podcast Event Details: Classroom Visit + Student Panel:  September 21, 2018 Workshop: September 22, 2018 Pricing:  $150 – Scholarships available For more info and to register:  www.deskfree.org The artwork for Inspired Proficiency was created by Julie Speno with music by Cody Crabb

Welcome to the premiere episode 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: Co-hosted introduction with Stephanie from last season Rally up for the upcoming season and school year Summer recap interviews with 4 teachers and their biggest takeaways Ashley and Stephanie discuss Inspired Proficiency first season, how it has been a beneficial resource, and introduce the second season with a discussion on balancing personal health and professional development over summer.   A handful of teachers have exciting topics to share regarding their professional development experiences and how the last few months will reflect in their classrooms. From traveling, to conferences and more, this group of teachers is here to discuss resources and inspire new energy for the upcoming year!  Listen along to this exciting first episode of the new season for all of this and more, and be sure to Tweet your own experiences to @profeashley     Things We Mention In This Episode: National Network for Early Language Learning NNELL Summer Institute Foreign Language Educators of New Jersey The Leadership Initiative for Language Learning New York Association of Foreign Language Teachers NYSAFLT Summer Institute Teaching Spanish to Children Facebook Page Modified Oral Proficiency (MOPI) Workshop   The artwork for Inspired Proficiency was created by Julie Speno with music by Cody Crabb  

It’s Episode 10 of Inspired Proficiency! The last episode of season 1! Ashley interviews Mandy Levine and Jeannie LaPlatney all about reading!   Episode Guest: Mandy Levine Jeannie LaPlatney   Thank you to our Sponsors: ACTFL Membership World Language Classroom Boomalang National Teachers’ Collaborative La Maestra Loca National Network for Early Language Learning CI Lift Off CI Posse World Language Proficiency Project Summer Institutes   Contact Ashley Ashley’s Twitter #inspiredproficiency Inspired Proficiency Facebook Page Ashley’s August Workshops Ashley’s Day of Conversations and Collaboration   The artwork for Inspired Proficiency was created by Julie Speno with music by Cody Crabb. Podcast editing done via Podcast Buddy

It’s Episode 9 of Inspired Proficiency! Laura Sexton talks about Project Based Learning in the Target Language. Ashley shares her favorite end of the year project and teachers share their highlights from the year of teaching.   Episode Guest: Laura Sexton   Things mentioned in this episode: PBL in the TL, Laura’s Blog   Thank you to our Sponsors: ACTFL Summer Workshops World Language Classroom Boomalang National Teachers’ Collaborative La Maestra Loca El Mundo de Pepita National Network for Early Language Learning CI Lift Off CI Posse World Language Proficiency Project Summer Institutes   Contact Ashley Ashley’s Twitter #inspiredproficiency Inspired Proficiency Facebook Page Ashley’s August Workshops Ashley’s Day of Conversations and Collaboration   The artwork for Inspired Proficiency was created by Julie Speno with music by Cody Crabb. Podcast editing done via Podcast Buddy

It’s Episode 8 of Inspired Proficiency! Diego Ojeda discusses Motivation. And Stephanie Carbonneau shares inspiring end of the year activities!   Episode Guests: Diego Ojeda Stephanie Carbonneau Student Panel: Claire, Elena & Sophie   Things mentioned in this episode: Ben Slavic Diego’s Blog Teach Like A Pirate Maris Hawkins and Goosechase App Stephanie’s Blog   Thank you to our Sponsors: World Language Classroom Boomalang National Teachers’ Collaborative La Maestra Loca National Network for Early Language Learning CI Lift Off CI Posse   Contact Ashley Ashley’s Twitter #inspiredproficiency Inspired Proficiency Facebook Page Ashley’s August Workshops Ashley’s Day of Conversations and Collaboration   The artwork for Inspired Proficiency was created by Julie Speno with music by Cody Crabb. Podcast editing done via Podcast Buddy

It’s Episode 7 of Inspired Proficiency! Ruth Whalen Crockett discusses “Subversives, Supervisors, and Don’t Forget the Marigolds”. And Meredith White shares her shift to proficiency.   Episode Guests: Ruth Whalen Crockett Meredith White   Things mentioned in this episode: New Teachers Collaborative Marigold Article by Jennifer Gonsalez Tell Collab   Thank you to our Sponsors: Presenting Sponsor: World Language Proficiency Project ACTFL’s Mentoring Program World Language Classroom Boomalang La Maestra Loca National Network for Early Language Learning CI Lift Off CI Posse   Contact Ashley Ashley’s Twitter #inspiredproficiency Inspired Proficiency Facebook Page Ashley’s August Workshops Ashley’s Day of Conversations and Collaboration   The artwork for Inspired Proficiency was created by Julie Speno with music by Cody Crabb. Podcast editing done via Podcast Buddy

It’s Episode 6 with ACTFL 2018 Teacher Of the Year, Ying Jin! 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:   Interpersonal Activities with Ying Jin, ACTFL TOY 2018 Strategies for Starting Class with 5 Passionate World Language Teachers!   Episode Guests: (Follow them on Twitter!) Ying Jin Marissa Coulehan Maris Hawkins Alexandra Mylonas Richard Smith Colin Oriard   Things mentioned in this episode: Mentioned by Ying Jin: ACTFL Core Practices Today’s Meet Padlet Stanford World Language Project Pechaflickr   Mentioned by Panel: Maris’ Blog Musicuentos No Bellringers 1 No Bellringers 2 Alexandra’s Site Colin’s Poem     Ashley’s Twitter #inspiredproficiency Inspired Proficiency Facebook Page Ashley’s August Workshops Ashley’s Day of Conversations and Collaboration   Thank you to our Sponsors: Presenting Sponsor: World Language Proficiency Project ACTFL Convention and Expo World Language Classroom Boomalang New Teachers Collaborative La Maestra Loca National Network for Early Language Learning CI Lift Off CI Posse   The artwork for Inspired Proficiency was created by Julie Speno with music by Cody Crabb. Podcast editing done via Podcast Buddy    

Welcome to our 5th Episode! 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: Ingredients for Establishing a Target Language Only Environment 2 New Game Ideas with Kristine Keefe Guess What? Gameshow part one with Gale Stafford and Estela Schmalz Ashley shares a little bit about her classroom and 7 ingredients she includes in her classes to establish a target language only environment for her Novice-Lows.   Kristine’s games focus on Breakout Edu and a Twitter inspired game. See links below for resources! Finally, Estela Schmalz & Gale Stafford team up for a circumlocution inspired game called “Guess What?!” See how well they can do and we’ll see if they are victorious in part 2. Episode Guests: Kristine Keefe Estela Schmalz Gale Stafford   Things mentioned in this episode: Ashley’s Blog with post about the ingredients Ashley’s class website with behaviors for Novice-Low inferring, expressing and extending Hashtag Game Breakout Game 1 Breakout Game 2 Inspired Proficiency Facebook Page Ashley’s Workshops   Thank you to our Sponsors: Presenting Sponsor: World Language Proficiency Project World Language Classroom Boomalang El mundo de Pepita La Maestra Loca National Network for Early Language Learning CI Lift Off CI Posse   The artwork for Inspired Proficiency was created by Julie Speno with music by Cody Crabb. Podcast editing done via Podcast Buddy  

It’s the 4th episode 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: Brain Breaks with Annabelle Allen A Games Panel with Courtney Miller and Amelia Eastin Ashley and Annabelle chat about Annabelle’s tool box of Brain Breaks! Annabelle is well known for using these throughout her classes and workshops. She shares her expertise including brain break ideas, why, when and how! You’ll be inspired to get your students moving.   The desk-free panel features 2 teachers sharing games! Amelia and Courtney teach at Midview High School in Northeast Ohio. Courtney teaches and Amelia teaches Spanish. These students are very lucky! They share games for fun community building and language production.   Episode Guests: Annabelle Allen Amelia Eastin Courtney Miller   Things mentioned in this episode by Annabelle: Research Selfies and Mannequin Challenge: Breathing Rock Paper Scissors/ Serpent/ Evolution: Parts of the body Her Website Her Blog Upcoming Conferences YouTube Channel and hundreds of videos of classroom activities and Brain breaks   Mentioned in Games Panel: Camp Resources Improv Encyclopedia   Links to resources: World Language Classroom Boomalang La Maestra Loca National Network for Early Language Learning CI Lift Off CI Posse Inspired Proficiency Facebook Page Ashley’s Workshops    The artwork for Inspired Proficiency was created by Julie Speno with music by Cody Crabb. Podcast editing done via Podcast Buddy