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In the last episode of our series on Minimalism in Teaching, Michelle Olah talks with Thomas Sauer about decluttering our curriculum and initiatives by examining our teaching practices and questioning if those practices are serving us or our students. He also gives us a preview into the redesigned TELL Project (Teacher Effectiveness for Language Learning) Framework that will be coming out soon. 

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Show Notes:

Thomas bio: https://nflc.umd.edu/people/thomas-sauer 

Related episodes:

Language Lounge Podcast # 21 The Minimalist Teacher with authors Tammy Musiowsky Bornemon and Chrisine Arnold

Language Lounge Podcast #22 Teacher Minimalism in Practice with Lisa McHargue

Learn more!

• PEARLL (Professionals in education advancing research and language learning): https://pearll.nflc.umd.edu/ 

• TELL Project: https://nflc.umd.edu/projects/tell

In the second episode of a three-part series on minimalist in teaching, Michelle talks with minimalist Spanish teacher, Lisa McHargue, about how and why she applied minimalist principles to her teaching practice. Lisa offers tips and advice for world language teachers who want to declutter their physical and digital environments, so that they can determine what things and ideas serve them best and rediscover the energy and joy to focus on what matters to them.

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Lisa’s blog at https://lamaestramch.com/

Minimalist Teacher book by Christine Arnold and Tammy Musiowsky-Borneman

In this episode Michelle Olah talks with the authors of The Minimalist Teacher, Tammy Musiowsky Bornemon and Christine Arnold about how teachers can renew their joy of teaching, avoid burnout, and get back to their “why” by decluttering classroom spaces, curriculum, and initiatives in order to focus on what really matters in teaching and learning. 

This is the first of a three-part series.

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Show Notes:

The Minimalist Teacher Episode #1 

Visit The Minimalist Teacher website to order the book and study guide and take the quiz for suggestions on how you can take the first steps to sorting out your priorities so you can create more calm in your teaching life. https://www.minimalistteacherbook.com

Read the ASCD blog post “How to Be a Minimalist Teacher” by Tammy and Christine at https://www.ascd.org/blogs/how-to-be-a-minimalist-teacher

Stay tuned next week for Part 2 of our series on Being a Minimalist Teacher when Michelle talks to Lisa McHargue, on her journey as a minimalist world language teacher.

Michelle Olah talks with Tim Eagan about high leverage teaching practices and mindsets that positively effect student learning outcomes including providing manageable and actionable feedback to learners, using backward design to build effective lessons, units, curricula, and programs, and setting high expectations for all learners.

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International Francophonie Day is observed within the International Organization of La Francophonie's 77 member states every March 20 to celebrate the French language and Francophone culture. There are over 369 million French speakers on Earth. On this episode Terri Hammatt talks with French teacher Christine Renaud Merchant, who shares experiences and ideas on teaching French for over 40 years to a wide range of students. 

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In this episode of the Language Lounge, Michelle Olah talks with Tennessee Spanish teacher Paul Jennemann about how he connects language learning with important “21st Century Skills” like creativity, collaboration, and critical thinking to engage and motivate students. 

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In this episode of the Language Lounge, Michelle Olah and Linda Markley talk about what it means to “advocate” for languages not only during the annual JNCL-NCLIS Language Advocacy Days, but all year. Everyone is an advocate for languages, whether it is in your classroom with your students, in your school, in your community or on the State or National level.  

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In this episode, Michelle talks with educator Maureen Lamb about how she is using blended and hybrid learning techniques to navigate the current teaching reality of many educators - high student absentee rates, substitutes shortages, and rapid shifts from face to face to virtual instruction. Maureen shares some tools and strategies that are helping her and her students cope in this ever-changing educational landscape.

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In this episode, Michelle and 2021 Embassy of Spain's Teacher of the Year, Iván Sabau Torrelo, talks about how he makes learning fun in his Spanish immersion classroom by using interdisciplinary, inquiry-based projects and gaming. Iván shares some innovative ways that he connects with students and gets them excited about the content they are learning.

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In this episode of the Language Lounge Michelle talks with UK Independent modern foreign languages & technology consultant, Joe Dale. Michelle and Joe talk about some of the ways that world language educators around the world have come together to share best teaching practices and support each other since the start of the pandemic and Joe shares some powerful technology tools that can positively impact language instruction whether you are teaching virtually or in person. 

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