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  • home
  • about
    • About PEARLL
      • What is an LRC?
      • PEARLL Team
    • Updates
      • Read the Blog
      • Read our Newsletter
      • Podcast Transcripts
    • Contact us
      • PEARLL @ National Foreign Language Center University of Maryland 5600 Rivertech Court, Suite K Riverdale, MD 20785
        (301) 405-9828
        pearll@umd.edu
  • professional learning
    • 2022 Summer Institute Series
      • 2022 Summer Institute Series
      • Learn More
    • 2022 NFLC Virtual Summit
      • 2022 NFLC Virtual Summit
      • Learn More
    • Other Opportunities
      • TELL me more – Virtual Roundtables
  • research
  • teacher effectiveness
    • teacher effectiveness
      • Framework
      • NEW: Learner Pathways
      • Self-Assessments
      • Tools
    • catalyst
      • A self-assessment tool and online portfolio (aligned with criteria identified in the TELL framework) providing educators opportunities to reflect on their teaching practices and chart their professional growth.
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  • A Catalyst for Professional Growth

    • November 16, 2021
    • Posted by: Laura Terrill
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  • Rejuvenation, Reflection and Anticipation

    • July 2, 2021
    • Posted by: Laura Terrill
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    In 1990 Ellen Moir described six emotional phases that new teachers go through: anticipation, survival, disillusionment, rejuvenation, reflection, and anticipation. It seems likely that these are actually emotional phases that all teachers go through each year to varying degrees. It’s impossible to characterize the past school year as a typical one and therefore unlikely that all educators experienced each phase in the same way or to the same degree.

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  • Remote teaching in a pandemic: language teachers’ needs for professional development

    • January 26, 2021
    • Posted by: Rebecca Damari
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    Since the early spring of 2020, teachers of every subject, at every level, have put in enormous amounts of work to educate students in remote and hybrid formats due to the COVID-19 pandemic. They have drawn on old and new tools including textbooks, guided independent study, and educational applications accessible online. However, teachers of world languages face some unique challenges because of the specific demands of effective world language teaching.

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  • On the Virtual Conference Path

    • November 16, 2020
    • Posted by: admin
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    Are you getting ready for a virtual conference? COVID has forced many if not all professional organizations to rethink their traditional conference format. There is much to like about virtual conferences, but there are a few things to consider so that you can get the most out of your virtual conference experience.

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  • Cover Less, Learn More

    • October 13, 2020
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  • Why “Motivating” Students Doesn’t Work

    • September 25, 2020
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    Why would educators gather for a 3-day workshop on the topic of learner motivation? Frustration about consistently activating motivation in learners and at a loss for what to do next are feelings that all instructors have had at one point or another in their teaching journey. At heart, motivation is a system based on judgement, perception, and emotion. Student perceptions, mindsets, social status, prior experiences, and feelings of self-efficacy impact what is motivating and what is motivational.

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  • How to select professional development that works 

    • May 28, 2020
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  • A Catalyst for Professional Growth November 16, 2021
  • WTL – Episode 146 August 13, 2021
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