Inspired Proficiency

Inspired Proficiency episodes:

• 05.12.2020

  Two Way Dual Language with Serena Keeney Horsch

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

  
• 04.29.2020

  A Proficiency Journey with Ashley's former student Araceli

  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...

  
• 04.13.2020

  Big Experiences for our Learners with Glenda DeHoyos

  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...

  
• 04.01.2020

  Classroom Chronicles with Abelardo Almazán-Vázquez

  Play Trivia with Wayside at https://waysidepublishing.com/inspired Detailed show notes will be made available soon at www.deskfree.wordpress.com 

  
• 03.26.2020

  Passion, Play & Proficiency with Gale Stafford

  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...

  
• 03.20.2020

  Special Edition #Covid19WL Episode

  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...

  
• 03.17.2020

  Corrective Oral Feedback with Joshua Cabral

  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 ...

  
• 03.10.2020

  Be the Calm Classroom with Julie Speno

  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...

  
• 02.24.2020

  Season 5 Coming March 10th!

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

  
• 12.05.2019

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

  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...

  
• 11.27.2019

  Reaching All Students with Jade Collins and Ebony Thornton

  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. 

  
• 11.12.2019

  Cultural Content Panel

  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...

  
• 11.05.2019

  Planning Hacks Panel

  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:...

  
• 10.15.2019

  Formative Assessment with Dr. Mouna Mana

  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...

  
• 10.08.2019

  Authentic Resources for Interpretive Mode with Elena Spathis

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

  
• 10.01.2019

  Assessment Panel

  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 

  
• 09.24.2019

  Building a Strong Community with Claudia Elliott

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

  
• 09.17.2019

  Assessment with Rhonda Higgins

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

  
• 09.09.2019

  Music with Allison Wienhold

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

  
• 05.28.2019

  Activities for Stories with Carrie Toth

  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...

  
• 05.21.2019

  A Shift to Teaching with Comprehensible Input with Bertha Delgadillo

  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...

  
• 05.14.2019

  Whole Class Novels and Building Background Knowledge with Mira Canion

  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...

  
• 05.07.2019

  Promoting equity in the classroom with Kia London

  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...

  
• 04.16.2019

  Free Voluntary Reading with A.C. Quintero

  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...

  
• 04.09.2019

  Games & Movement with Sarah Breckley

  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...

  
• 04.02.2019

  Wooly Inspiration

  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...

  
• 03.26.2019

  Proficiency Driven Curriculum with Ashley Uyaguari & guest interviewer Wendy Farabaugh

  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...

  
• 03.19.2019

  Building a Target Language Discourse Community with Rebecca Blouwolff

  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...

  
• 03.12.2019

  Target Language Comprehensibility with Rebecca Blouwolff

  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...

  
• 12.12.2018

  Season 2 Finale: The Big Teacher Share

  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...

  
• 12.04.2018

  Takeaways from ACTFL18: Inspiration & Validation

  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...

  
• 11.27.2018

  Engaging Activities for Songs & Stories with Kara Jacobs

  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...

  
• 11.20.2018

  Games & Brain Breaks!

  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....

  
• 11.13.2018

  Creating Inclusive Curriculum with María Datel

  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...

  
• 11.06.2018

  Reaching Gen Z with Joshua Cabral

  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...

  
• 10.23.2018

  What is CI with Tina Hargaden

  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...

  
• 10.16.2018

  Target Language Discourse Community with Caleb Howard

  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....

  
• 10.09.2018

  Homework Panel

  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...

  
• 10.02.2018

  Teaching with Authentic Resources with Martina Bex

  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...

  
• 09.25.2018

  Empathy in the Classroom with Samara Spielberg

  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...

  
• 09.18.2018

  Thoughtful Technology Integration with Catherine Ousselin

  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...

  
• 09.11.2018

  Teaching with Stories with Jennifer Degenhardt

  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...

  
• 09.09.2018

  Minimalism with Dorie Conlon Perugini

  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...

  
• 08.28.2018

  Summer Takeaways

  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...

  
• 06.18.2018

  EP10 Reading!

  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...

  
• 06.05.2018

  EP09: Project Based Learning in the TL with Laura Sexton

  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...

  
• 05.21.2018

  EP08: Student Motivation and Community with Diego Ojeda

  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...

  
• 04.30.2018

  EP07 Subversives, Supervisors, and Don't Forget the Marigolds with Ruth Whalen Crockett

  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...

  
• 04.16.2018

  EP06: Interpersonal Activities with Ying Jin, ACTFL 2018 TOY

  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...

  
• 04.03.2018

  Tips for Establishing a Target Language Only Environment

  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...