IPAs and World Language Standards

World Language Classroom

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Join me on the podcast for a Leveling Up Coaching Episode.

How do you implement IPAs effectively in your classroom? Today’s episode is a Leveling Up episode, where I coach Judy, a German teacher in Illinois. Implementing IPA’s effectively is the area where wants to level up her teaching practice.

Suggestions:

• Begin by incorporating IPAs in one unit or topic. This step-by-step approach allows you to refine your techniques and identify what works best for your students.
• Authentic materials can be just about anything: a short video, a photo, a brochure. Create a Pinterest board where you can pin authentic resources that you find on the internet.
• Develop clear and detailed rubrics to evaluate students' performance in IPAs.
• Begin with 2-3 modes on the IPA, then add on the other modes with future IPAs.
• Offer formative practice opportunities before the actual IPA to help students become familiar with the assessment format.
• Use AI tools, such as ChatGPT to create a possible IPA, or at least offer a template to use.
• Create a Pinterest board where you can pin authentic resources that you find on the internet

Action Plan:

This Week:

• Choose one unit or topic from your curriculum where you will create an IPA.
• Create a clear and detailed rubric that aligns with the IPA tasks

The Coming Weeks:

• Design and implement formative practice activities related to the selected IPA unit.
• Administer the IPA for the selected unit, using the rubric to evaluate students' performance.

Helpful Podcast Episodes on This Topic:

• # 93: Integrated Performance Assessments (IPAs)
• # 56: Backwards Design and Planning
• #20: Rubrics for Assessment and Learning with Beckie Bray Rankin
• #37: Competency-Based Grading with Ursula Askins-Hube

Helpful Blog Posts on This Topic:

• Authentic Resources in the World Language Classroom
• ACTFL Intercultural Can Do Statements
• Grading for Proficiency and Competency

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