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Episode 47: Teacher evaluations

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Episode 47 - Teacher evaluations

Bryce Hedstrom’s observation checklist: https://www.brycehedstrom.com/wp-content/uploads/Checklist-for-Observing-a-WL-Classroom-2.pdf 

Reed mentioned two books about use of translation in language teaching:
Kerr, P. (2014). Translation and own-language activities. Cambridge University Press. https://a.co/d/0b4fjY57

Cook, G. (2010). Translation in language teaching: An argument for reassessment. Oxford University Press.
https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/translation-in-language-teaching_guy-cook/10921357/item/51624933/#idiq=51624933&edition=10356911 

Teacher Effectiveness for Language Learning (TELL) Project rubric for teacher self-assessment: https://hcommons.org/app/uploads/sites/1003502/2023/10/TELL_FoundationalCriteria_SelfAssessment-1.pdf

The Massachusetts Foreign Language Association’s Alignment for World Language Educators and Supervisors, using both the Massachusetts Model System for Educator Evaluation and the (TELL) Project rubric: https://mafla.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/TELL-MA-Teacher-Eval-Crosswalk-Google-Docs.pdf 

Catherine Ritz’s Google Scholar page lists some of her work: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=71QsNeUAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=sra  

Ohio linked here (https://education.ohio.gov/Topics/Learning-in-Ohio/World-Languages-and-Cultures/Model-Curriculum-for-World-Languages-and-Cultures) to this tool for reflection on intercultural learning:
https://www.ncssfl.org/wp-content

Intro & outro music selected from "23 Light Years" by CavalloPazzo

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Diane Neubauer, PhD & Reed Riggs, PhD

"Conversations about Language Teaching" is a podcast of unscripted discussions of language teaching, drawing on both research and classroom & online language teaching. If you like thinking deeply about issues of classroom language teaching and how those relate to research and theory, this podcast might be for you.

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