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/

Allyson Hile ahile@kcmsd.net Anne Sewell asewell@kcmsd.net

Have a great conference!