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122: IPAs and World Language Standards

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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.

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93: Integrated Performance Assessments (IPAs)

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What is a highlight or takeaway from the first 100 episodes of the World Language Classroom Podcast?  Leave a 20-20 second audio recording. I hope to include you in episode 100.

How do you approach assessment in your language classroom?  Is it about quizzes and tests on particular vocabulary and language structures, or do you focus on students demonstrating what they can do with the Target Language?  In this episode I am going to focus on Integrated Performance Assessments (or IPA’s).  This type of assessment provides a chance to determine what students are able to do with the target language, rather than just what they know about the language.

Topics in this Episode:

  • Henshaw and Hawkins’ recommendations around assessments in Common Ground
  • aligning instruction with assessment
  • Success Criteria
  • what an Integrated Performance Assessment (IPA) is
  • the 3 sections of an IPA: interpretive, interpersonal, presentational
  • creating and IPA
  • assessing and IPA
  • Pros and cons of IPAs
  • tips for creating and implementing an IPA

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