Developing Teacher Leadership Skills: Instruc9onal ... · Developing Teacher Leadership Skills: Instruc9onal Coaching Techniques for EFL Educators This session will describe how schools

DevelopingTeacherLeadershipSkills: Instruc9onalCoachingTechniquesforEFLEducators

Thissessionwilldescribehowschoolsandotherins1tu1onscanbuildcapacityforservingEnglishlearnersthroughteacher-to-teachercoaching.

Duringthesession,par1cipantswill:•  learnhowtoiden9fyprofessionaldevelopmentcoachesforcolleagues

•  beguidedthroughtheEnglishLearnersintheMainstream(ELM)coachingprocess,aframeworkthatusespre-andpost-coachingobserva9ons,withafocusonbestprac9cesforEnglishlanguagelearners

•  beprovidedwithatoolkitofresourcesforteacherprofessionaldevelopment

MichelleBenegasandAmyStolpestadDr.MichelleBenegasisanassistantprofessoratHamlineUniversityinSaintPaul,Minnesota.HerTEDXTalk,Confessions:NewTeacherofNewcomers,tellsofherearlyESLteachingexperienceswithMinnesota’snewcomerpopula9on.BeyondherworkinESLteacherprepara9on,Michelleisalsotheprincipalinves9gatoroftheELM(EnglishLearnersintheMainstream)Project,aU.S.DepartmentofEduca9on-fundedini9a9veaimingtoensurethatallteachersarepreparedtomeetEnglishlearners’needsthroughteacherleadership. AmyStolpestadistheDirectoroftheELMProjectatHamlineUniversity.SheisalicensedK-12ESLteacherandanexperiencedteachereducator.Amybeganhereduca9oncareerin1994withTeachForAmerica,teachingSpanishandEnglishinLouisiana.AWerearningherMasterofEduca9ondegreeattheUniversityofMinnesota,shetaughtelementaryESLinMinneapolisandSaintPaul.Mostrecently,Amyservedasaprogramdirectorandexecu9vedirectorforaneduca9onalnon-profitorganiza9on.

DevelopingTeacherLeadershipSkills:Instruc1onalCoachingTechniquesforEFLEducators

MichelleBenegas,Ph.D. AssistantProfessor

FacultyLead-TheELM(EnglishLearnersintheMainstream)Project

HamlineUniversity

AmyStolpestad,M.Ed.Director

TheELM(EnglishLearnersintheMainstream)ProjectHamlineUniversity

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TheELMProject

•  CreatedtohelpEnglishlanguageteacherssharetheirexper9sewithcontent-areateachersthroughinstruc9onalcoachingandteacherleadership

•  InEFLseZngs,theELMcoachingmodelcan…•  helpEnglishteachersshareknowledgeandexper9sewitheachother•  buildprofessional,collabora9verela9onshipsbetweenteachers•  improveinstruc1onforstudents!

TheELMProjectatHamlineUniversityisfundedbyagenerousgrantfromtheUnitedStatesDepartmentof

Educa9on'sOfficeofEnglishLanguageAcquisi9on(OELA).

TheELMProjectModelforCoaching

•  EnglishteachersascoachesofteachersANDteachersofstudents

•  Rela9onshipfocused•  Sharedknowledge•  Equity•  Basedinconversa9on

Iden1fyingProfessionalDevelopmentCoaches

•  Startwithvolunteers

•  Greatcoachesknowhowtoworkwithadults

•  Greatcoachesknowtheirsubjectareawell

WhoShouldBeCoached?

•  Startwithvolunteers

•  Findcolleagueswhoalreadyhaveagoodprofessionalrela9onshipestablished

•  Chooseteachersthathavecommonplanning9me

TheELMCoachingCycle

Seta9metomeetwiththeteacherthatyouaregoingtocoach.•  Haveaconversa9onaboutinstruc9onalgoals

•  Boththecoachandtheteachershouldtakenotestorecordthegoal(s)

Step1:SetInstruc1onalGoals

Keyques1onstoask:•  Whatwouldyouliketoworkoninyourteachingprac9ce?

•  Wheredoyouseeyourstudentsstrugglingintheirlanguagelearning?

•  Whatdoyouno9ceaboutyourstudents’Englishproduc9on?

Se[ngInstruc1onalGoals

Goals

Sampleinstruc1onalgoal:Increaseoralinterac9oninclass

ObservetheteacheryouarecoachingandlookforwaysthatstudentsareusingoralEnglishinclass.

Sampleinstruc1onalgoal:Increaseoralinterac9oninclass

Step2:ConductanObserva1on

Conduc1nganObserva1on

Thingstolookfor:•  Opportuni9esforwholegroupinterac9on

•  Example:ArestudentsusingEnglishwhenaskingques9ons?

•  Opportuni9esforsmallgroupinterac9on•  Example:Doestheteacherputthestudentsinsmallgroupsandgive themataskthatrequiresthemtospeakinEnglish?

•  Opportuni9estoindividualinterac9on•  Example:DostudentsworkinpairsusingEnglishtocommunicate?

PlantomeetsoonaWeryourobserva9oninaprivateplace.

Step3:Post-observa1onDiscussion

Sampleinstruc1onalgoal:Increaseoralinterac9oninclass

•  Invitetheteachertosharewhattheythinkwentwellinthelesson

•  Askwhattheywouldliketoimprove

•  Shareyourownteachingsuccessesrelatedtothegoal

•  Brainstormnewwaystoaddressthegoal

Conduc1ngaPost-observa1onDiscussion

Provideyourcolleaguewithstrategiesthatwillhelphimorherreachtheinstruc9onalgoal.

Sampleinstruc1onalgoal:Increaseoralinterac9oninclass

Step4:ShareInstruc1onalStrategies

SharingInstruc1onalStrategies

Whataresomeofyourfavoriteteachingapproachesforencouragingstudentstospeak?

Drawfromyourownteachingexperiencetohelpyougatherresourcestosharewiththeteacheryouarecoaching

Resourcescaninclude:•  lessonplans•  ac9vi9esfororalinterac9on•  websites•  ar9cles

Thepost-coachingobserva9onoccursaWercoachingconversa9onsandresourcesharing.

Step5:ConductaPost-coachingObserva1on

Sampleinstruc1onalgoal:Increaseoralinterac9oninclass

Conduc1ngaPost-CoachingObserva1on

Thingstolookfor:•  Opportuni9esforwholegroupinterac9on

•  Example:ArestudentsusingEnglishwhenaskingques9ons?

•  Opportuni9esforsmallgroupinterac9on•  Example:Doestheteacherputthestudentsinsmallgroupsandgive themataskthatrequiresthemtospeakinEnglish?

•  Opportuni9estoindividualinterac9on•  Example:DostudentsworkinpairsusingEnglishtocommunicate?

Thisisa9metodiscussandcelebratethechangesthatoccurredbetweenthepre-andthepost-observa9ons.

Sampleinstruc1onalgoal:Increaseoralinterac9oninclass

Step6:Post-observa1onDiscussion

Post-coachingObserva1onDiscussion

Samplepost-coachingobserva1ondiscussionguide

1.  Doyoubelievethatyouhavemetyourinstruc9onalgoal?a.  Ifyes,whatdidyoudodifferentlythathelpedyoumeetthisgoal?

b. Ifno,whatwillyoutrynext9metohelpyoumeetyourgoal?

2. Whatdidyoulearnaboutyourstudentsinthisprocess?

3. Whatdidyoulearnaboutyourself?

4. Whatwillyoudodifferentlyinthefuture?

5. Wouldyouliketocon9nueworkingonthisgoal?

Sampleinstruc1onalgoal:Increaseoralinterac9oninclass

Step7:ShareInstruc1onalStrategies

Thisisa9metofollowupwithmoreresourcesthatmightbeusefulaWerthepost-coachingobserva9onandrelateddiscussion.

SharingInstruc1onalStrategies(roundtwo)

Iftheteacherwouldliketocon9nueworkingtowardthesamegoalorhasaddi9onalques9ons,thecoachshould:

•  gatheraddi9onalresourcesonthetopic•  ar9cles•  books•  ac9vi9es•  videos

•  considerhavingtheteacherobservethecoachteach

StarttheCoachingCycleAgain!

TheELMToolkitforTeacherProfessionalDevelopment

❖  Coaching➢  ELMSupportToolforEFL➢ NormsofCollabora9on

❖  AcademicLanguage➢  BuildingAcademicLanguageObjec9vesforEFL➢  VideoLectureofAcademicLanguageforEFL

❖  Ac1onPlan➢  Descrip9onofELMforEFLAc9onPlan➢  ELMforEFLAc9onPlan

❖  DatabaseofResourcesforProfessionalDevelopment

•  Coachingcanworkinavarietyofschoolse[ngs!• Howdoyouthinkthismodelmightworkwhereyouteach?

•  Teachersinterestedincoachingcantaketurnsbeingthecoach

• NotallpartsoftheELMCoachingModelhavetobeused.Thekeyideaisthatthereisanopportunityforteacherstosharetheirexper1sewitheachother

Summingup….

Thankyou!

Pleasestayintouchwithus!Checkoutourworkatwww.9nyurl.com/elmproject

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