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MELL Conference, St. Louis November 2010
“ExcELL”erate Your Professional Development
Allyson Hile, ESL Resource TeacherAnne Sewell, ESL Resource TeacherKansas City, MO School District
Where do you and your school fall on the PD Continuum? Place your Post-it on the continuum.
Post-it Note Activity
PD Continuum
Sit and Get Supportive
Job-embeddedcollaborative
Instructionally-
focused
On-going
Effective Professional Development
A Review of the Research:Brozo and Fisher (2010)
1. manageable number of new strategies2. move from workshop to classroom3. establish forums for teacher empowerment4. vary the formats used in staff development5. start with those most eager, then spread the learning
Research Review cont…
Linda Darling-Hammond & Nikole Richardson, Stanford University:
Focused on specific curriculum content Organized around real problems of practice Connected to teachers’ work with children Linked to analysis of teaching and student learning Intensive, sustained and continuous over time Supported by coaching, modeling, observation, and feedback Connected to teachers’ collaborative work in professional
learning communities Integrated into school and classroom planning around
curriculum, instruction, and assessment
Research Review cont…
Guskey (2003) and Hunziker (2010)Professional development must enhance not only the teachers’ knowledge of pedagogy, but also their content knowledge
Hunziker (2010)Job-embeddedInstructionally-focusedCollaborativeOngoing
Today’s Purpose
Identify and apply components of effective professional development to building PD and classroom instruction
Reflect on (orally and in writing) on how to implement effective components of professional development
Stand Up, Sit Down
Everyone stand up! Sit down if you are:
A district or building administrator
Counselor Instructional coach/PD
specialist/teacher trainer
ESL teacher Mainstream teacher Other- Who did we
miss?
Stand up if you are here with a building TEAM!
ELL Simulation
Think of a really delicious meal you had recently. What was it? Where were you? What did it smell like? Taste like? Visualize the meal.
Now turn to a partner and describe your meal using as many sensory details as possible.
BUT WAIT!!!As you describe the meal, you may not use
any words with the letter “n”!
Simulation cont…
We would like you to take a moment and write a paragraph about the symbolism and significance of this image. Use academic vocabulary, but….
YOU MAY NOT USE WORDS WITH THE LETTER “N”!
1. Debriefing2. Reflection3. Team planning
using Action Plan Form
4. Share out
ELL Simulation
Action Plan Form
Time to reflect and plan!
With your building team (or individually) think of how you can apply the ELL simulation to PD and classroom instruction. Describe the activity. How will you follow-up on it? Who will be responsible?
ELL Simulation Professional Development Application Describe: Follow-up Options: Who is responsible?
Classroom Application Describe: Follow-up Options: Who is responsible?
Human Word Sort
1. Pick one vocabulary card.2. Sort yourselves into groups.3. In your group, discuss why your
vocabulary words belong together and come up with a group name.
4. Share out.
Categories and Languages
Science
Math
Fruit
Languages= Spanish, French and Swahili
Check Yourself!
EnglishMathematics
SpanishMatemáticas
FrenchMathématiques
Swahili Hesabu
Triangle Tríangulo Triangle Pembetatu
Square Cuadrado carré Mraba
Equation Ecuación Equacao Sawazisha
Circle Círculo Cercle Duara
Equals Iguala Égaux Sawa na
Less than Menos que Moins que Chini ya
Geometry Geometría Géométrie Jometri
Angle Angulo Angle pembe
EnglishFruits
SpanishFrutas
FrenchDe fruits
SwahiliMatunda
Apple La manzana Pomme Tofaa
Banana El plátano Banane Ndizi
Orange La naranja Orange Machungwa
Grape Uva Raisin Zabibu
Pineapple La piña Ananas Mananasi
Guava La guayaba Goyave Mpera
Mango El mango Mangue Embe
Grapefruit La toronja Pamplemousse Matunda ya zabibu
English Science
SpanishCiencia
FrenchScience
ScienceSayansi
Microscope Microscopio Microscope Hadubini
Biology Biologٕía Biologie Biolojia
Planet Planeta Planete Sayari
Sun Sol Soleil Jua
Moon Luna Lune Mwezi
Germs Microbios Germes Wadudu
Goggles Gafas Lunettes protectrices
usalama
1. Debriefing2. Reflection3. Team planning
using Action Plan Form
4. Share out
Human Word Sort
Vocab On Your Back
1. Everyone will get a vocabulary word or term taped to their back. You will not know your word!
2. Find a partner and look at their word. Give your partner clues, ACADEMIC clues, to help them guess their word.
3. If you get your partner to guess their word, YOU get to keep their card. It is your point.
4. The person with the most points wins!
1. Debriefing2. Reflection3. Team planning
using Action Plan Form
4. Share out
Vocab On Your Back
Did we….
Identify components of effective professional development?
Apply the components to building PD and classroom instruction?
Reflect on and discuss how to implement the components of effective PD?
Resources
Characteristics of Effective Professional Development: A Checklist by Dr. Jana Hunzicker, Bradley University, June 2010
Professional Learning in the Learning Profession: A Status Report on Teacher Development in the United States and Abroad, February 2009, National Staff Development Council
Dr. Jim Knight, University of Kansas, www.instructionalcoach.org
For this powerpoint and additional resources: http://ellcoaching.wikispaces.com/