Language Lounge Wayside Publishing
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One of the most diverse World Language podcasts, Language Lounge is dedicated to you, the intentional World Language educator
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83. Building Excitement Through Advocacy with Amy Rill
If advocacy is building excitement, then Amy Rill is an advocate non-pareil. Listen as she and host, Michelle Olah, discuss the little and big ways to advocate for your program, whether it's in your classroom, your school, or your community. Listen and get some ideas for ways to build excitement and get that energy about learning languages out of your classroom and into the world.
Bio
Amy Rill spent 23 years as a German and Spanish teacher. She is enthusiastic about having fun while learning a language, immersing in the culture through music and art, and focusing on communication in authentic ways. As an Instructional Technologist with Wayside Publishing, Amy shares her love of enhancing learning language with technology and discovering innovative strategies for using technology in today's classroom.
Producer's Notes
Visit the Language Lounge on Twitter - https://twitter.com/langloungepod
Connect with Michelle - https://twitter.com/michelleolah
Have a comment or question? Leave a voicemail at (207) 888-9819 or email podcast@waysidepublishing.com
Produced by Wayside Publishing - https://waysidepublishing.com
Amy's Social Media
https://www.instagram.com/amyrillwayside/
https://x.com/amyrillwayside/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/amy-rill/
Mentions
JNCL- Joint National Committee for Languages https://www.languagepolicy.org/ -
82. Spark Joy with Amanda Minnillo
Does your curriculum bring you joy? Does it spark joy in your students? If your answer is no, then it might be time to think about SPARKing some joy in your classes. Amanda Minnillo has some great practical advice for creating a Safe, Purposeful, Attention getting, Reflective, environment to Keep student engagement high.
Bio
Dr. Amanda Hajji Minnillo is the President-Elect of SCOLT and a Professional Learning Specialist consulting with districts across the country to support their language program needs. Before working at Avant Assessment, Amanda served as the K-12 World Language and Dual Language Immersion Teacher Support Specialist and instructional coach in Lexington, South Carolina where she started her career as a high school French teacher. Considering herself a language fun-doer, Amanda presents at state-, regional-, national-, and international conferences with a heart for topics involving the joy of language and cultivating language proficiency in the modes of communication. The daughter of a Lebanese immigrant and South Carolina native, her research surrounds building leaders’ and districts’ cross-cultural capacity to support teachers new to the country and leveraging multicultural teachers' expertise for district growth.
https://x.com/amandaminnillo
Producer's Notes
Visit the Language Lounge on Twitter - https://twitter.com/langloungepod
Connect with Michelle - https://twitter.com/michelleolah
Have a comment or question? Leave a voicemail at (207) 888-9819 or email podcast@waysidepublishing.com
Produced by Wayside Publishing - https://waysidepublishing.com -
81. ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines Revised with Meg Malone
The ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines have been revised. How are they same? How are they different? Language Lounge host, Michelle Olah and Dr. Meg Malone, Director of Assessment and Research at ACTFL discuss the changes.
Bio
Margaret E. (Meg) Malone (Ph.D., Georgetown University) is Director of Assessment and Research at ACTFL. She has published extensively on language assessment, standards and language assessment literacy. Her current research focuses on language assessment literacy, language program evaluation, oral proficiency assessment, the influences of the Seal of Biliteracy on language teaching and learning, and the development of short-cut measures of proficiency.
Producer's Notes
Visit the Language Lounge on Twitter - https://twitter.com/langloungepod
Connect with Michelle - https://twitter.com/michelleolah
Have a comment or question? Leave a voicemail at (207) 888-9819 or email podcast@waysidepublishing.com
Produced by Wayside Publishing - https://waysidepublishing.com
Watch this episode on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/wayside
Social Media https://twitter.com/mmaloactfl
Mentions
Timothy Boals https://wida.wisc.edu/about/teams/staff/timothy-boals
ACTFL OPI https://www.actfl.org/assessments/postsecondary-assessments/opi
Interagency Language Roundtable https://www.govtilr.org/
APPLE https://www.actfl.org/assessments/k-12-assessments/aappl
NCSSFL https://ncssfl.org/
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80. Mastering Classroom Management with Jon Cowart
Classroom management. It's tough. Enter Jon Cowart. He's an expert in classroom management and can help you develop the skill set that you need to succeed no matter your teaching style. It's not magic, it's a skill and you can develop and hone it so that your classes run the way you always wished they could.
Bio
Jon taught high school and middle school Spanish for 10 years in Memphis, TN, before stepping into leadership roles. He has been a high school AP, Director of Multilingual Learners, and most recently is a full time education consultant. He is passionate marrying the world of acquisition-driven instruction to strong K-12 practices.
Producer's Notes
Visit the Language Lounge on Twitter - https://twitter.com/langloungepod
Connect with Michelle - https://twitter.com/michelleolah
Have a comment or question? Leave a voicemail at (207) 888-9819 or email podcast@waysidepublishing.com
Produced by Wayside Publishing - https://waysidepublishing.com
Social Media - joncowartteaching.com
Mentions
Stephen Krashen @skrashen
BVP, Bill Van Patten https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_VanPatten
James Asher https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_physical_response
ACTFL, American Association of Teachers of Foreign Languages https://www.actfl.org/
Dead Poet Society https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097165/
Bryce Hedstrom https://www.brycehedstrom.com/
Jon Cowart web site https://joncowartteaching.com/Jon
What Students Saw https://joncowartteaching.com/2023/01/07/what-the-students-saw/ -
79. Conference Presentation Hacks with Albert Fernandez
Have you ever thought about presenting at a conference but just don't know how to get started? It's conference proposal submission season and your state and regional organizations want to hear from you. No really, they do. Guest Albert Fernandez and host Michelle Olah discuss everything you need to know about presenting from soup to nuts. Listen, get inspired and get cracking on YOUR presentation.
Bio
Albert is an elementary and middle school Spanish teacher in Orlando, FL.
Producer's Notes
Visit the Language Lounge on Twitter - https://twitter.com/langloungepod
Connect with Michelle - https://twitter.com/michelleolah
Have a comment or question? Leave a voicemail at (207) 888-9819 or email podcast@waysidepublishing.com
Produced by Wayside Publishing - https://waysidepublishing.com
Social Media
@mr_fernie on Twitter
Mentions
SCOLT https://www.scolt.org/
ACTFL https://www.actfl.org/
FFLA https://www.ffla.us/
TPRS https://www.tprsbooks.com/what-is-tprs/
Thomas Sauer https://nflc.umd.edu/people/thomas-sauer
Greta Lundgaard https://www.linkedin.com/in/greta-lundgaard-tx/
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78. Roadmap for Growth with Thomas Sauer
Whether you've been following the work of Thomas Sauer for most of the past 40 years, or you're new to his work you are going to LOVE this episode. Join Thomas Sauer and host of the Language Lounge, Michelle Olah as they discuss exciting new developments with the TELL framework and PEARLL. For every teacher who has ever wished for someone to just tell them what to do to be the best teacher they can be, this episode is for you. And for those of you who are really brave, you might just find yourself in the middle of Thomas' new project.
Bio
Thomas Sauer is passionate about helping teachers make the shift from teaching to learning.
Producer's Notes
Visit the Language Lounge on Twitter - https://twitter.com/langloungepod
Connect with Michelle - https://twitter.com/michelleolah
Have a comment or question? Leave a voicemail at (207) 888-9819 or email podcast@waysidepublishing.com
Produced by Wayside Publishing - https://waysidepublishing.com
Watch this episode on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/wayside
Social Media
https://www.linkedin.com/in/tmsaue1/ https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/pearll-nflc http://pearll.nflc.umd.edu
Mentions
Catalyst https://catalyst.uoregon.edu/
Dr. Rich Madel @SrMadel
Maris Hawkins @Marishawkins
The Annenberg Series https://www.learner.org/
PEARLL Library of Practice PEARLL Library of Practice
Mara Cobe @cobe_mara
Danielson https://danielsongroup.org/
Marzono https://www.marzanoresources.com/
TELL http://www.tellproject.org/
PEARLL https://pearll.nflc.umd.edu/
NFLC https://nflc.umd.edu/