Rest. Reflect. Recharge... Ready for Summer! As another school year wraps up, take a deep breath—you’ve made it. Whether you’re finishing your first year of teaching or your fifteenth,...

☀️ Summer is (almost!) here—and it’s time to rest, reflect, and recharge. Then check out these 5 quick ways to ease into next year with a proficiency mindset: ritzworldlang.blogspot.com/2025/06/rest...
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🚨 MA School & District Leaders: The Proficiency Outcomes in World Languages Grants is open now!

If you’re applying, I can support with PD, coaching, and curriculum help as a partner! 🌎📘

📅 Due June 24
🔗 www.doe.mass.edu/grants/2026/...
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Just got back from NJ after an energizing workshop at #FLENJ: Teaching Grammar in Proficiency-Based Classrooms! So grateful to work with such thoughtful, dedicated teachers. 💬📚 #WorldLanguageEd #ProficiencyBasedInstruction

Loved working with the dedicated world language teachers in Medford Public Schools today! They've been exploring Proficiency-Based Instruction and brought such great energy and insight to our workshop! 🌍📘 #LangChat #ProficiencyBasedInstruction

🌟 Exciting News! I'm thrilled to be facilitating a workshop for MAFLA's new "Framework in Action" series this summer. See you there!
📅 Date: Wednesday, August 13, 2025
📍 Location: Northborough, MA
🔗 Register here: mafla.org/pdonline/fra...
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🌍 Exciting news! Along with my co-author Mike Travers, I had the pleasure of joining Joshua Cabral on the World Language Classroom Podcast to discuss teaching grammar for proficiency.

Dive in here: wlclassroom.com/category/pod...

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Bringing Civics into the World Language Classroom: Global Citizenship Starts Here In a world grappling with global conflicts, political tensions, and economic and social inequities, helping students develop the skills to b...

Language + civic action = real world learning 🌍
World language classes are the place to prepare students for global citizenship.
Check out my new blogpost:
🔗 ritzworldlang.blogspot.com/2025/04/brin...
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You Are the Input: 10 Practical Tips to Stay in the Target Language When Teaching As world language teachers, we are our students’ most important source of target-language input. In the limited time we have with them—wheth...

You are the input! 💬 New blog post up with 10 practical strategies (from my book with Christina Toro) to help you stay in the target language—starting on day one.

👉 ritzworldlang.blogspot.com/2025/04/you-...
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Happy Friday, language teacher friends! 🎯
Whether this week was full of wins or full of whoa, you showed up for your students—and that matters.
Take a breath, celebrate the progress, and remember: communication > perfection. 💬❤️🌍
#FriYAY #ProficiencyBasedInstruction #CelebrateTheWins #RitzWorldLang

What Is Proficiency-Based Instruction (And Why It Matters)? If you’ve been around the world language teaching world lately, you’ve probably heard the term  “Proficiency-Based Instruction”  pop up mor...

💬 "Wait... so what is proficiency-based instruction, really?"
If you've wondered what makes it different from traditional language teaching—and why it matters—this post breaks it down clearly and simply.
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ritzworldlang.blogspot.com/2025/04/what...

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From curriculum design to customized PD, I help schools and teachers bring clarity, confidence, and purpose to their world language programs—through a proficiency-based lens.
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