Creating a Proficiency Mindset in your World Language Classroom

Presenter:  Elise Micale Brown

Original webinar date & time:  Tuesday, September 17th, 2024, 4:00-5:00pm via Zoom

1 hour of CTLE credit offered.

The Office of Bilingual Education and World Languages (OBEWL) of the New York State Education Department (NYSED) presents this next webinar in its 2024 Professional Learning Series:  Creating a Proficiency Mindset in your World Language Classroom.  This webinar is offered free of charge for world language educators and administrators working and studying in New York State educational institutions.

Webinar description:  This webinar is designed to get you feeling comfortable with creating a proficiency mindset in your world language classroom. The presenter will discuss strategies for introducing students to the three modes of communication and familiarizing them with what they are expected to be able to do in each mode at their proficiency level and beyond. She will demonstrate how to reinforce the proficiency mindset by consistently applying common, standards-aligned rubrics to each performance task. The presenter will share examples of these rubrics with informal and formal performance tasks. With a proficiency mindset, your students will go from asking, “Is this a 100%?” to “Is this Intermediate Low?”

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Link to Handouts folder from webinar

Link to recording of webinar

Post Assessments

To receive a certificate of completion (including a CTLE certificate), NYS educators must view the recording of the webinar (see link above) in its entirety and then answer at least seven out of ten questions correctly on one of the post assessments.  If the minimum required score (7 out of 10) is achieved, the educator will receive a certificate via email within about 24 hours.  For the convenience of our World Language educators, there are multiple versions of the post assessment available, should the required score not be achieved on the first attempt.  Educators may take each version of the post assessment once.

Important notes:

1. Educators may take each version of the post assessment once.  Credit will not be given for taking a single version of the post assessment more than once. 
2. Credit will not be given for more than one passing score on any of the post assessments for a webinar (listed below) in a single academic year.  
3. Educators may receive credit for viewing the webinar recording and passing a post assessment once in each academic year and are encouraged to take a different version of the post assessment on a yearly basis to review and test their knowledge of the webinar's content. 
4. It is the responsibility of the individual educator to keep track of the information on the professional learning they complete each year, including the number of CTLE hours.
5. Questions about this webinar or the post assessments, should be directed to our office at (518) 473-7505 or nysworldlanguages@gmail.com.

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Webinar Summary

# of attendees: 206
# of CTLE certificates issued:  162
# of certificates of attendance issued: 44
# of organizations represented by attendees:  104

186 participants from district schools
9 participants from charter schools
2 participants from non-public schools
4 participants from colleges or universities
3 participants from BOCES or RBERNs
2 participants from a government agency

Quotes from participants 

I appreciate your kid-friendly approach to proficiency.  ~ Suzanne G.

Love the idea of cross grade rubrics that can be used throughout the levels! ~ Vanessa T.

Thank you for all the helpful information and resources! ~ Erin P.

For more information on professional learning webinars for world language educators, please visit our website.