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To Rubric or not to Rubric - Part 1
Proficiency, Interpersonal Speaking
To Rubric or not to Rubric - Part 1
Proficiency, Interpersonal Speaking

Like most teachers, I have a love/hate relationship with rubrics…..

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Proficiency, Interpersonal Speaking
Metrics for Interpersonal Speaking Rubrics
Proficiency, Assessment
Metrics for Interpersonal Speaking Rubrics
Proficiency, Assessment

Survey of the metrics in the rubrics published by our professional organization. Now we need your expertise to evaluate the metrics based on your classroom experience.

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Proficiency, Assessment
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Interactive Understanding Hack-a-thon
Aug 16
Interactive Understanding Hack-a-thon

WAFLT Sponsored Workshop on Interactive Understanding.

Interactive Understanding Hack-a-thon
Sep 18
Interactive Understanding Hack-a-thon

Co-sponsored by WAFLT and the Bellevue School District this workshop on Interactive Understanding takes you from concept to classroom in one day.

Proficency and Spontaneous Speaking
Nov 27
Proficency and Spontaneous Speaking

Calibrate performances against proficiency levels and collaborate to create a bank of routines for Spontaneous Speaking

Featured
To Rubric or not to Rubric - Part 1
Proficiency, Interpersonal Speaking
To Rubric or not to Rubric - Part 1
Proficiency, Interpersonal Speaking

Like most teachers, I have a love/hate relationship with rubrics…..

Proficiency, Interpersonal Speaking
Metrics for Interpersonal Speaking Rubrics
Proficiency, Assessment
Metrics for Interpersonal Speaking Rubrics
Proficiency, Assessment

Survey of the metrics in the rubrics published by our professional organization. Now we need your expertise to evaluate the metrics based on your classroom experience.

Proficiency, Assessment
Capturing Performance - Design Constraints
Profi
Capturing Performance - Design Constraints
Profi

Day one of our crowd-sourcing we focus on the constraints and challenges of even trying to measure performance.

Profi
Capturing Performance – Building a Better Rubric
Proficiency
Capturing Performance – Building a Better Rubric
Proficiency

This summer, I invite us to crowd-source an interpersonal speaking rubric that interconnects science, statistics and our lived-experience as classroom teachers.

Proficiency
Krashen in 6 Minutes
Comprehensible Input, Second Language Acquisition
Krashen in 6 Minutes
Comprehensible Input, Second Language Acquisition

Dr. Stephen Krashen explains second language acquisition in under 7 minutes with a little editing on my part.

Comprehensible Input, Second Language Acquisition
Language Acquisition Explained to Students
Second Language Acquisition
Language Acquisition Explained to Students
Second Language Acquisition

A 2 Minute Video to Explain to Students what Language Acquisition Feels Like.

Second Language Acquisition
Culturally Responsive Teaching - Rigor
Culturally responsive teaching, Proficiency
Culturally Responsive Teaching - Rigor
Culturally responsive teaching, Proficiency

The Rigor portion of our presentation at ACTFL 2017. Watch the brief presentation and then contribute to the conversation in a poll or comment.

Culturally responsive teaching, Proficiency
Culturally Responsive Teaching - Relationships
Culturally responsive teaching
Culturally Responsive Teaching - Relationships
Culturally responsive teaching

One element of Culturally Responsive Teaching and Learning is relationships. Relationships play a key role in world language classrooms. 7 minute recording of the presentation and an online poll.

Culturally responsive teaching
Overview - Culturally Responsive Teaching and World Language
Culturally responsive teaching
Overview - Culturally Responsive Teaching and World Language
Culturally responsive teaching

The Overview of the rationale and framework of Culturally Responsive Teaching in World Language

Culturally responsive teaching
Valuing Interpersonal Speaking in the Grade
Interpersonal Speaking, Grading
Valuing Interpersonal Speaking in the Grade
Interpersonal Speaking, Grading

Ideas about how to integrate interpersonal speaking and target language use into the grade. One teacher's process with an invitation to dialog.

Interpersonal Speaking, Grading