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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
Re-Release Episode 37: Discover the Power of the S.T.E.P. Protocol for Your Language Class
In this re-released episode, I'm sharing one of the most powerful practices I started a few years ago—and yes, I still use it today! It's called the S.T.E.P. Forward Protocol, a simple yet transformative 4-step process to help you reflect, reset, and refocus your teaching at any point in the year.
In this episode, I break down each part of the S.T.E.P. process:
- S – Student Survey (Hear how I use surveys to gather meaningful student feedback)
- T – Teacher Reflection (Why starting with your wins matters more than you think)
- E – Explore Concepts (How to go deeper in the areas where you want to grow)
- P – Plan Ahead (Set one intentional goal—and a trick to make it stick!)
💡 Whether you're wrapping up your year, in the middle of a semester, or planning ahead, this episode will help you reflect with intention and move forward with purpose.
🛠️ Resources Mentioned:
✨ Free Reflection Guide (with survey link included):
https://growingwithproficiency.com/reflection
🎧 Curated Podcast Playlists based on your area of growth:
🎙️ Related Episode: Ep. 33 – How to Use Student Surveys in a CI Class
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“We need to do more of what’s working—but first, we need to know what’s working.”
Let this be your reminder to pause and celebrate your growth—just like I encourage my students to do.
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