Inspired Proficiency (Ashley Uyaguari)
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| 07 May 2019 | Promoting equity in the classroom with Kia London | 00:50:00 | |
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:
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:
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| 04 Dec 2018 | Takeaways from ACTFL18: Inspiration & Validation | 01:05:19 | |
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…
Resources and Links mentioned on the show: Inspired Proficiency: Summer of Takeaways | |||
| 18 Jun 2018 | EP10 Reading! | 00:58:38 | |
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: National Teachers’ Collaborative National Network for Early Language Learning World Language Proficiency Project Summer Institutes
Contact Ashley Ashley’s Twitter #inspiredproficiency Inspired Proficiency Facebook Page 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 | |||
| 12 May 2020 | Two Way Dual Language with Serena Keeney Horsch | 00:36:45 | |
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| 16 Apr 2019 | Free Voluntary Reading with A.C. Quintero | 00:58:24 | |
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
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| 29 Apr 2020 | A Proficiency Journey with Ashley's former student Araceli | 00:42:11 | |
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:
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| 20 Mar 2020 | Special Edition #Covid19WL Episode | 01:25:10 | |
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:
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. | |||
| 05 Dec 2019 | Real Talk: #Metoo, Equity and Diversity with Jade Cintron | 01:03:07 | |
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 | |||
| 30 Apr 2018 | EP07 Subversives, Supervisors, and Don't Forget the Marigolds with Ruth Whalen Crockett | 00:57:09 | |
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.
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Things mentioned in this episode: Marigold Article by Jennifer Gonsalez
Thank you to our Sponsors: Presenting Sponsor: World Language Proficiency Project National Network for Early Language Learning
Contact Ashley Ashley’s Twitter #inspiredproficiency Inspired Proficiency Facebook Page 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 | |||
| 20 Nov 2018 | Games & Brain Breaks! | 00:46:51 | |
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:
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
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| 03 Apr 2018 | Tips for Establishing a Target Language Only Environment | 00:46:05 | |
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:
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:
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 Inspired Proficiency Facebook Page Ashley’s Workshops
Thank you to our Sponsors: Presenting Sponsor: World Language Proficiency Project National Network for Early Language Learning
The artwork for Inspired Proficiency was created by Julie Speno with music by Cody Crabb. Podcast editing done via Podcast Buddy
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| 26 Mar 2020 | Passion, Play & Proficiency with Gale Stafford | 00:58:21 | |
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 | |||
| 02 Apr 2019 | Wooly Inspiration | 01:01:22 | |
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
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| 27 Nov 2019 | Reaching All Students with Jade Collins and Ebony Thornton | 00:41:26 | |
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. | |||
| 01 Apr 2020 | Classroom Chronicles with Abelardo Almazán-Vázquez | 00:44:44 | |
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| 25 Sep 2018 | Empathy in the Classroom with Samara Spielberg | 00:50:44 | |
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:
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: The artwork for Inspired Proficiency was created by Julie Speno with music by Cody Crabb
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| 17 Mar 2020 | Corrective Oral Feedback with Joshua Cabral | 00:44:33 | |
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
Game Segment with Sarah Breckley: Musical Story Chairs Calm Segment with Julie Speno: Yoga/ Tai Chi Resources and links mentioned on the show:
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| 20 Feb 2018 | EP01: 90% Target Language with Julie | 00:54:05 | |
Welcome to the premiere 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:
Ashley and Julie discuss new ways to be inspired in your classrooms. Julie gives her top three areas of focus for reaching proficiency levels with your students, and they both offer tips on keeping things fun. “Survey Says” puts Marissa Coulehan in the ring against Laura Sexton - in a Family Feud style game show where they try to guess the most popular answer among teachers for a variety of questions. Dawn Carney keeps the score in this all out battle royale! Where would you place? Play along and find out!
Things We Mention In This Episode: Mundo De Pepita - Julie's Website Mundo De Pepita - Julie's Facebook Page PBL in the TL - Laura's Website Links to resources: National Network for Early Language Learning The artwork for Inspired Proficiency was created by Julie Speno with music by Cody Crabb | |||
| 12 Dec 2018 | Season 2 Finale: The Big Teacher Share | 00:54:23 | |
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…
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| 28 Aug 2018 | Summer Takeaways | 00:56:39 | |
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:
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 Foreign Language Educators of New Jersey The Leadership Initiative for Language Learning New York Association of Foreign Language Teachers 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
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| 27 Feb 2018 | EP02: Are Students Practicing or Communicating? With Joshua Cabral | 00:44:39 | |
Welcome to the 2nd 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:
Ashley and Joshua discuss whether students are practicing or communicating. Joshua defines both concepts, and give examples of exercises and tasks. Joshua’s tips for creating tasks will get your students communicating at any proficiency level! “Bestie Battles” features Nathan Lutz & Amanda Seewald vs. Jenny Delfini & Beth Slocum - in a Newlywed style game show where they try to guess their colleague’s answers for a variety of questions. Which team will be victorious? Be sure to play along! Things We Mention In This Episode: Joshua’s Blog World Language Classroom Joshua’s Communicative Activities Joshua’s Exercises and Tasks Joshua’s Feedback
Links to resources: National Network for Early Language Learning Inspired Proficiency Facebook Page
The artwork for Inspired Proficiency was created by Julie Speno with music by Cody Crabb | |||
| 09 Sep 2018 | Minimalism with Dorie Conlon Perugini | 00:44:39 | |
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:
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: Teaching for Intercultural Competence The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up Minimalism Documentary on Netflix. 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 | |||
| 17 Sep 2019 | Assessment with Rhonda Higgins | 00:52:17 | |
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| 09 Apr 2019 | Games & Movement with Sarah Breckley | 00:58:12 | |
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:
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| 21 May 2019 | A Shift to Teaching with Comprehensible Input with Bertha Delgadillo | 00:47:50 | |
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?
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Resources and links mentioned on the show: Guests: Bertha Delgadillo on Twitter @profedelgadillo and her blog here Other Resources:
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| 24 Feb 2020 | Season 5 Coming March 10th! | 00:02:56 | |
Ashley Uyaguari gives you some info about what to expect during the upcoming season of Inspired Proficiency! | |||
| 19 Mar 2019 | Building a Target Language Discourse Community with Rebecca Blouwolff | 00:56:45 | |
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: | |||
| 08 Feb 2018 | Inspired Proficiency is Coming Soon! | 00:01:20 | |
Ashley shares what's planned for the first two episodes and who our sponsors are! | |||
| 08 Oct 2019 | Authentic Resources for Interpretive Mode with Elena Spathis | 00:38:16 | |
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| 28 May 2019 | Activities for Stories with Carrie Toth | 00:49:15 | |
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
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: | |||
| 26 Mar 2019 | Proficiency Driven Curriculum with Ashley Uyaguari & guest interviewer Wendy Farabaugh | 01:06:56 | |
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 21st century skills
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| 15 Oct 2019 | Formative Assessment with Dr. Mouna Mana | 00:36:36 | |
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:
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| 23 Oct 2018 | What is CI with Tina Hargaden | 00:41:28 | |
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:
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: Chapter on Assessment from A Natural Approach to the Year
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| 13 Apr 2020 | Big Experiences for our Learners with Glenda DeHoyos | 01:13:29 | |
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:
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| 21 May 2018 | EP08: Student Motivation and Community with Diego Ojeda | 01:03:01 | |
It’s Episode 8 of Inspired Proficiency! Diego Ojeda discusses Motivation. And Stephanie Carbonneau shares inspiring end of the year activities!
Episode Guests: Student Panel: Claire, Elena & Sophie
Things mentioned in this episode: Diego’s Blog Maris Hawkins and Goosechase App Stephanie’s Blog
Thank you to our Sponsors: National Teachers’ Collaborative National Network for Early Language Learning
Contact Ashley Ashley’s Twitter #inspiredproficiency Inspired Proficiency Facebook Page Ashley’s Day of Conversations and Collaboration
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| 09 Oct 2018 | Homework Panel | 01:03:53 | |
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:
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: The artwork for Inspired Proficiency was created by Julie Speno with music by Cody Crabb | |||
| 13 Nov 2018 | Creating Inclusive Curriculum with María Datel | 00:34:33 | |
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:
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
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| 06 Nov 2018 | Reaching Gen Z with Joshua Cabral | 00:54:28 | |
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:
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.
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| 09 Sep 2019 | Music with Allison Wienhold | 00:47:08 | |
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| 06 Mar 2018 | EP03: How to Avoid Teacher Burnout with Kristopher Morehead | 00:59:52 | |
It’s the 3rd 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:
Ashley and Kristopher discuss his 9 tips to avoid teacher burnout and achieve a good work/life balance. After listening be sure to tweet or post your “Victory Lap”! The desk-free panel features 4 passionate teachers who have taken a leap to transform their classrooms physically by removing all their desks. They each share their reasons for this change as well as tips for teachers considering a desk-free class. Episode Guests: Links to resources: National Network for Early Language Learning Inspired Proficiency Facebook Page The artwork for Inspired Proficiency was created by Julie Speno with music by Cody Crabb. Podcast editing done via Podcast Buddy | |||
| 18 Sep 2018 | Thoughtful Technology Integration with Catherine Ousselin | 00:38:55 | |
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:
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: Catherine Ousselin on Twitter! Mundo De Pepita on Teachers Pay Teachers! The artwork for Inspired Proficiency was created by Julie Speno with music by Cody Crabb
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| 16 Apr 2018 | EP06: Interpersonal Activities with Ying Jin, ACTFL 2018 TOY | 01:13:59 | |
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:
Episode Guests: (Follow them on Twitter!)
Things mentioned in this episode: Mentioned by Ying Jin: ACTFL Core Practices Stanford World Language Project
Mentioned by Panel:
Ashley’s Twitter #inspiredproficiency Inspired Proficiency Facebook Page Ashley’s Day of Conversations and Collaboration
Thank you to our Sponsors: Presenting Sponsor: World Language Proficiency Project National Network for Early Language Learning
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| 27 Nov 2018 | Engaging Activities for Songs & Stories with Kara Jacobs | 00:52:36 | |
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:
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: 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.
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| 16 Oct 2018 | Target Language Discourse Community with Caleb Howard | 00:50:02 | |
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:
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. | |||
| 24 Sep 2019 | Building a Strong Community with Claudia Elliott | 01:02:07 | |
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| 02 Oct 2018 | Teaching with Authentic Resources with Martina Bex | 00:48:33 | |
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:
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: The artwork for Inspired Proficiency was created by Julie Speno with music by Cody Crabb
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| 05 Nov 2019 | Planning Hacks Panel | 00:58:06 | |
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:
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| 20 Mar 2018 | EP 04: Brain Breaks with Annabelle Allen | 01:07:11 | |
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:
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: Amelia Eastin Courtney Miller
Things mentioned in this episode by Annabelle: Selfies and Mannequin Challenge: Rock Paper Scissors/ Serpent/ Evolution: YouTube Channel and hundreds of videos of classroom activities and Brain breaks
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Links to resources: National Network for Early Language Learning 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
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| 10 Mar 2020 | Be the Calm Classroom with Julie Speno | 00:31:57 | |
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!
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:
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| 05 Jun 2018 | EP09: Project Based Learning in the TL with Laura Sexton | 00:48:19 | |
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.
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Things mentioned in this episode: PBL in the TL, Laura’s Blog
Thank you to our Sponsors: National Teachers’ Collaborative National Network for Early Language Learning World Language Proficiency Project Summer Institutes
Contact Ashley Ashley’s Twitter #inspiredproficiency Inspired Proficiency Facebook Page Ashley’s Day of Conversations and Collaboration
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| 11 Sep 2018 | Teaching with Stories with Jennifer Degenhardt | 00:49:59 | |
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:
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: Jennifer Degenhardt's Books on Amazon! Mundo De Pepita on Teachers Pay Teachers! The artwork for Inspired Proficiency was created by Julie Speno with music by Cody Crabb | |||
| 12 Nov 2019 | Cultural Content Panel | 01:14:37 | |
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:
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| 14 May 2019 | Whole Class Novels and Building Background Knowledge with Mira Canion | 00:55:31 | |
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:
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| 01 Oct 2019 | Assessment Panel | 00:52:25 | |
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 | |||
| 12 Mar 2019 | Target Language Comprehensibility with Rebecca Blouwolff | 00:55:50 | |
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:
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