In this episode, Michelle talks to French teacher, Beckie Rankin, about the evolution in her grading practices as she transitioned her classroom instruction to one that is focused on proficiency.

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Michelle Olah talks with 2019 ACTFL teacher of the year, Rebecca Aubrey. Rebecca talks about some of the important ideas that she is thinking about as she redesigns her curriculum from scratch - including incorporating trauma informed instruction, being more culturally responsive and ways to make language learning accessible to ALL learners.

Michelle Olah chats with intentional teacher Carmen Scoggins. Carmen reminds us that developing positive relationships with students and “speaking student” is important for not only students' mental and emotional health, but that positive relationships are critical to students' academic achievement as well. As teachers head into classrooms this year, some for the first time, it is more important than ever to intentionally build communities of learners who feel safe and connected to each other as well as the content. 

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