CI Coaching with Connie
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Centennial, Colorado, United States
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Since 2012, Connie has observed, evaluated, and coached hundreds of World Language teachers who teach with Comprehensible Input.
In addition to working with teachers, Connie trains principals, assistant principals, deans, and other school leaders on accurate scoring of teacher observations and evaluations.
Prior to 2012, Connie taught French at the college level and K-12 for 20+ years.
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CI Teachers' Sample 5 Day lesson plan template
Planning for a CI/TPRS lesson looks different than planning in other disciplines. Teachers who like to be super organized, and / or teachers who are required to turn in sample weekly lesson plans that are standards-based and rigorous will benefit from this sample weekly lesson plan. All languagesAll proficiency levelsStandards-BasedRigorousDaily Content-Language ObjectiveDaily Formative AssessmentWeek-At-A-Glance *(note that the sample is for Spanish 1, but easily adaptable to any language or p
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French, Spanish, World Languages
CI Teachers' 1 Page Guides Bundle
As a CI Teacher coach since 2013, I have worked with hundreds of teachers to solve the most common problems in CI classrooms. Tried and true.Eleven 1-Page-Guides for CI teachers who want to maximize student engagement & achievement in the World Language classroom. All languages, all levelsAre you a teacher who has had some CI / TPRS training, but you sometimes get struck or frustrated? These Guides are for you!Are you an administrator or department chair who is coaching a teacher who is tryi
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French, Spanish, World Languages
CI Teachers' Guide: Gateway Skills to Effective Teaching
Foundational to your success as a CI Teacher are these 12 essential skills. Imagine frosting a cake that is not baked all the way-- it's going to be a disaster no matter how great your decorating abilities are. Go back to the basics before you try any new surface level improvements. As a CI Teacher coach since 2012, I have observed, analyzed and evaluated hundreds of teachers delivering thousands of lessons. Trust me when I tell you that all successful CI Teachers are actively implementing
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French, Spanish, World Languages
6 Days Emergency Sub Plans: French
Need an Emergency Sub Plan for a last-minute or unplanned absence? Activities to engage students in English in cultural exploration of the French speaking world, with a sub who does NOT speak your target language. Easy one click download you can order now just in case, or in the middle of the night when you realize you cannot make it to school.
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French, World Languages
6 Days of Emergency Sub Plans: Chinese
Need an Emergency Sub Plan for a last-minute or unplanned absence? Activities to engage students in English in cultural exploration of the Chinese speaking world, with a sub who does NOT speak your target language. Easy one click download you can order now just in case, or in the middle of the night when you realize you cannot make it to school.
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Chinese, World Languages
CI Teachers' Top 5 Exit Ticket slides
CI Teachers want to include references to people, movies, bands, and shows that interest our students-- but we can't always know who our students find interesting. Believe me when I say that I was literally the only person who was interested when I asked this question: "Did Daniel in our class play hockey this weekend, or did Antonio Banderas play hockey?" Crickets. Insert name of this month's youtube sensation instead, and suddenly everyone is listening. Can't keep up with popular culture?
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French, Spanish, World Languages
CI Teachers' Grab N Go slides
These slides are intended to support CI/TPRS teachers in lesson planning. Grab the slides and use “as is” for: ●Part of your opening or closing routine ●Transition to the next activity ●To fill in those empty 5 min when something else doesn’t go as planned → Remember to focus on INPUT (not output) by asking whole group circling questions ProTip: make a copy to edit the slides to fit your language, level or context Quel jour sommes-nous ?¿Cual Dia es?Quel temps fait-il?¿Qué tiempo hace?Comment te
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French, Spanish, World Languages
6 Days Emergency Sub Plans: German
Need an Emergency Sub Plan for a last-minute or unplanned absence? Activities to engage students in English in cultural exploration of the German speaking world, with a sub who does NOT speak your target language. Easy one click download you can order now just in case, or in the middle of the night when you realize you cannot make it to school.
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German, World Languages
6 Days Emergency Sub Plans: Italian
Need an Emergency Sub Plan for a last-minute or unplanned absence? Activities to engage students in English in cultural exploration of the Italian speaking world, with a sub who does NOT speak your target language. Easy one click download you can order now just in case, or in the middle of the night when you realize you cannot make it to school.
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Italian, World Languages
6 Days Emergency Sub Plans: Spanish
Need an Emergency Sub Plan for a last-minute or unplanned absence? Activities to engage students in English in cultural exploration of the Spanish speaking world, with a sub who does NOT speak your target language. Easy one click download you can order now just in case, or in the middle of the night when you realize you cannot make it to school.
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Spanish, World Languages
CI Teachers' 1 Page Guide to Blurting out
Blurting! On topic, off topic, they know the answer but think it's hilarious to give the wrong answer. Or they really really don't get what we are doing (everyone was yelling things, so I just randomly yelled something too-- why is the teacher mad?) We all have them. Check out my new 1 Page Guide to diagnosing the root cause so you can take an action step to control all the blurting. All languages, All levels.
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French, Spanish, World Languages
CI Teachers' 1 Page Guide to Adjustments for Choral Response
You planned a great CI/TPRS lesson, you have visuals, gestures, word wall supports. You're asking great questions, but the students aren't answering. What do you do? Check out my new 1 Page Guide to in-the-moment moves you need to make for Adjustments to Choral Response. Students who are confident and feel successful in your class WILL give a robust response. Here's how. All LanguagesAll LevelsEasy to implementHigh leverage action steps that lead to increased student engagement
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French, Spanish, World Languages
CI Teachers' 5 ZERO PREP Strategies for Accountable Listening
You planned a great CI / TPRS lesson. You have visuals, word walls, engaging content (like a Star of the Week, movie talk, a class story, a current event or cultural practice that you have simplified to make it comprehensible to your students). But only some of your students are listening. You know you need to honor the "no forced output" principal, and also know that only the students who are actually listening are acquiring language. Here are 5 strategies to consider that help you ho
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French, Spanish
CI Teachers' 50+ Checks for Understanding
Comprehensible Input only works when it is comprehensible. We only know if it's comprehensible if we check for understanding of ALL our students.Keep this quick 1 page summary of 50+ checks for understanding activities handy when you are planning to help you incorporate more variety. All languagesAll levels
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French, Spanish, World Languages
CI Teachers' Menu for Lesson Planning
FREE for a limited time! Please leave me a review!In my 6 years as a CI / TPRS teacher coach, I have observed and evaluated hundreds of teachers. This menu offers the top strategies for maximizing student engagement while teachers are making the shift to CI teaching-- mainly in their first 3 years of CI teaching. Mix up your planning for your CI /TPRS classroom by selecting something from each section of the menu. Carefully plan out 4-5 activities per 50 min class, or learn to milk one "Main
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French, Spanish, World Languages
CI Teachers' 1 Page Guide to: Student Created Listening Quiz
FREE DOWNLOAD! Please leave me a review!1 page guide to creating and using the ZERO prep strategy that holds ALL your students accountable for their active listening in class. All languages, all levels, all teachers will benefit from using this guide. Engagement will increase. Student achievement will blossom. Easy to implement0 prepHigh leverage accountability for your studentsWorks in any languageWorks in any proficiency level
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French, Spanish, World Languages
CI Teachers' quick guide to brainbreaks
9 Quick and Simple activities to get the body moving, and the brain thinking
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French, Spanish, World Languages
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About the store
Experience
Since 2012, Connie has observed, evaluated, and coached hundreds of World Language teachers who teach with Comprehensible Input.
In addition to working with teachers, Connie trains principals, assistant principals, deans, and other school leaders on accurate scoring of teacher observations and evaluations.
Prior to 2012, Connie taught French at the college level and K-12 for 20+ years.
Teaching style
CI/ TPRS
Connie teaches and coaches others to teach using the best practices of Comprehensible Input (CI). Based on decades of research by Dr Stephen Krashen and Dr Bill Van Patten, CI employs strategies based on the brain science of how humans acquire languages for deep and long-lasting communicative competence.
TPRS (Teaching Proficiency through Reading and Storytelling) engages students in fun, active language lessons.
The American Council of Foreign Language Teachers (ACTFL) set the recommendation of using 90% target language in every world language classroom every day back in 2009. Both CI and TPRS support teachers to use 90%+ target language from day 1 of level 1 in a culturally responsive environment where all students succeed.
Awards & shining teacher moments
Connie is proud to have served as the President of the Colorado Congress of Foreign Language Teachers (CCFLT) in 2018. In this role, she advocated for language teachers and students at the state, regional and national level by organizing conferences, leading the CCFLT board, and meeting with Congressional Representatives on Capitol Hill in conjunction with JNCL-NCLS National Day of Advocacy
My own education history
Connie holds a BA in French & Italian from Brigham Young University and an MA in French Literature from University of Washington.
Additional biographical information
Invite me to your district, school or conference. Great things can happen when we collaborate! ci.coaching.with.connie@gmail.com
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