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Growing With Proficiency The Podcast
Welcome to Growing With Proficiency: The Podcast! Are you a World Language teacher who is looking for ideas, strategies, activities, and inspiration to create a World Language class where you and your students enjoy using the language to learn about the world and each other? Do you want to transform your class into an acquisition-driven instruction space where you intentionally provide a ton of comprehensible input?
If you are, you're in the right place.
Let's start this journey together. Head over to IG, and send me a DM @claudiamelliott to let me know what topics you would like me to cover in an upcoming episode.Join my free Facebook community, Growing With C. Also, check out my blog to start discovering some of these ideas and strategies at growingwithproficiency.com
Growing With Proficiency The Podcast
Episode 139: The Heart Behind the Strategy: My 4 Biggest Takeaways from SCOLT 2025
Have you ever needed a reminder of why this work matters? In this episode, I’m sharing the powerful moments from SCOLT 2025 that filled my teacher heart — and why what we do in the classroom matters just as much as how we make students feel.
From hallway conversations to keynote quotes that made me tear up, this episode goes beyond strategies and into the why behind the work. And yes, I’m also sharing two easy, movement-based activities you can try with your students tomorrow! 😉
Key Takeaways:
🔥 Passion = "I pass on" – everything we do ripples
💕 Love is the foundation for a safe classroom
🌟 Joy is an intentional choice
💪 Growth takes consistency, discipline, and community
🕺 Try a silent PQA with movement & connection
👯♀️ Turn & Talk with a twist: talk = movement, listen = freeze!
🧠 Looking for a great resource for Día de la Tierra?
📖 Grab this class story about los animales en desastres naturales – perfect for comprehension and discussion!
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Resources & Links Mentioned:
📌 Learn more about the Spanish Teacher Academy:
https://growingwithproficiency.com/academy
📸 Instagram: @claudiamelliott
📘 Facebook: Growing With CI Community
If this episode spoke to your heart, please leave a review and share it with another language teacher who might need the reminder: you're not behind — you're becoming. 💛
🎧 Stay tuned for Part 2 next week, where I’ll share many strategies I learned at SCOLT!
