Episodes
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Published 05/12/20
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. ...
Published 04/29/20
Published 04/29/20
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...
Published 04/13/20
Play Trivia with Wayside at https://waysidepublishing.com/inspired Detailed show notes will be made available soon at www.deskfree.wordpress.com 
Published 04/01/20
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 
Published 03/26/20
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...
Published 03/20/20
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....
Published 03/17/20
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...
Published 03/10/20
Ashley Uyaguari gives you some info about what to expect during the upcoming season of Inspired Proficiency! 
Published 02/24/20
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 
Published 12/05/19
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 [email protected] with any questions. 
Published 11/27/19
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...
Published 11/12/19
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 
Published 11/05/19
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...
Published 10/15/19
Detailed shownotes will be available soon at www.deskfree.wordpress.com 
Published 10/08/19
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 
Published 10/01/19
Detailed notes will be available at www.deskfree.wordpress.com in a week. Thank you for your patience.  
Published 09/24/19
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Published 09/17/19
Detailed shownotes will be available in a week from www.deskfree.wordpress.com sorry for the delay! 
Published 09/09/19
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...
Published 05/28/19
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...
Published 05/21/19
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...
Published 05/14/19
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 [email protected]. Congrats to...
Published 05/07/19
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...
Published 04/16/19