FACILITATING DIFFERENTIATED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR ESL TEACHERS Ashley Ogden, NBCT Michelle Makus Shory, Ed.S

- Elena Aguilar

Who we are Ashley Ogden Michelle Makus Shory 9th year in JCPS 7 years in the classroom as ESL teacher 2nd year of resource teacher/instructional coach History, ESL Rank 1 NBCT

Icebreaker This? That? OR 10 minutes

Would you rather… Work alone Work with a team

Would you rather… Be the driver Be the passenger

When learning, I prefer someone… Show me Tell me

Instructional Coaching Professional Development Differentiated 5 Quote Mixer

Tea Party/Speed Dating Quote activity … Musical chairs

As you watch the video clip, think about the following: What are the teacher’s strengths? What are the teacher’s areas for growth? How would you help this teacher? Zooming in on the instructional coaching aspect…. Look Fors/ Turn and Talk … build on another’s ideas

What Instructional Coaching Isn’t… Evaluating, reporting, enforcing A way to “fix” weak teachers Therapy Consulting Source: Aguilar, E. (2013) The art of coaching: Effective strategies for school transformation. San Francisco, CA: Wiley, John & Sons. 5 Therapy – the focus is on new skills Consulting – building capacity, not training Ask for other things….

What is the role of an instructional coach? 5 Colored paper de Bono’s Six Thinking Hats https://highlandliteracy.com/reading-2/de-bonos-six-hats/

What Instructional Coaching Is … 5 https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/district-wide-coaching-system start at 2:53: One coach’ story

What is the role of an instructional coach? Paper on the walls call on person in group …. longest hair Take notes as you watch : Meet with group members Share out. de Bono’s Six Thinking Hats https://highlandliteracy.com/reading-2/de-bonos-six-hats/

Turn and talk … make connections

Relationship-Driven Coaching: Where We Start

Teacher-Centered Coaching: Transformational Coaching Coaching Behaviors, Beliefs and Being Behavior in the classroom Beliefs.. Why we do what we do Being … are we being authentic …. Do we really listen and share? “Coaching from the inside out”

Student-Centered Coaching: Coaching With Student Work “The work has to be done by teachers and not to teachers.” This type of coaching isn’t about “fixing “ teachers. Very respectful Analyzing student work 3 piles with similar attributes How does it compare to the goals we set for students? What do we need to do?

Instructional Coaching Professional Development Differentiated

What Does Engaging, Effective PD Look Like? 10 Gauge teachers’ readiness Utilize teachers’ interests Get teachers involved Provide opportunities for continual assessment Flexibility/timing Small group/large group/1-1 Practice what we preach What else??

Our Experience in 2015-2016 10 – DI PD PLC (Book Love/RFU) CERA Google Classroom (virtual sharing space) Classroom observations Lesson modeling-read a louds/book conferences Classroom libraries/open e books/good reads (resources) Book talks Co planning/teaching Resource of the week/lesson spotlight Curriculum Maps Focus on literacy (based on observations from 14-15)

The Good, The Bad … 5 PLC attendance More kids reading

ESL Lesson “Look Fors” Ms. Tamica Groves https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/analyzing-complex-texts-ells-ousd Turn and talk … ask for elaboration, explanation, examples

What are the teacher’s strengths What are the teacher’s strengths? What are the teacher’s areas for growth? How would you help this teacher? https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/analyzing-complex-texts-ells-ousd Turn and talk … ask for elaboration, explanation, examples

Instructional Coaching Professional Development Differentiated Tea party, quotes Thinking hats This or that Qs about grouping (longest hair, etc) Turn and talk with discussion feature cards Final activity … written conversations….

Written Conversations (Harvey “Smokey” Daniels) “a sustained silent discussion that equalizes airtime, invites deeper reflection, and leaves tangible evidence of kids’ thinking.” (Daniels, 173)

Directions Be sure to use all of the time for writing. We will tell you when to stop. Don’t talk, even when passing our notes. Keep all of the energy in writing. Write your thoughts, reactions, questions and feelings. Topic: What excites you most about instructional coaching and planning/providing differentiated PD for ESL teachers? What are some potential roadblocks? T

References Aguilar, E. (2013) The art of coaching: Effective strategies for school transformation. San Francisco, CA: Wiley, John & Sons. Daniels, H.S. and Daniels, E.R. (2013) The best-kept teaching secret: How written conversations engage kids, activate learning, grow fluent writers ... K-12. Thousand Oaks, CA, United States: Corwin Press. Doubet, K. and Hockett, J. (2015) Differentiation in Middle and High School. Alexandria, VA: ASCD. Kittle, P. (2012) Book love: Developing depth, stamina, and passion in adolescent readers. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann Educational Books. Schoenbach, R., Greenleaf, C., Murphy, L. and Hurwitz, L. (2012) Reading for understanding: How reading apprenticeship improves disciplinary learning in secondary and college classrooms. 2nd edn. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, a Wiley imprint.. Sweeney, D.R. (2011) Student-centered coaching: A guide for K-8 coaches and principals. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.