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

2. - Elena Aguilar

3. 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

4. Icebreaker
This?
That? OR
10 minutes

5. Would you rather…
Work alone
Work with a team

6. Would you rather…
Be the driver
Be the passenger

7. When learning, I prefer someone…
Show me
Tell me

8. Instructional Coaching
Professional Development
Differentiated
5 Quote Mixer

9. Tea Party/Speed Dating
Quote activity …
Musical chairs

10. 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

11. 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….

12. What is the role of an instructional coach?
5 Colored paper
de Bono’s Six Thinking Hats

13. What Instructional Coaching Is …5
start at 2:53: One coach’ story

14. 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

15. Turn and talk … make connections

16. Relationship-Driven Coaching: Where We Start

17. 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”

18. 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?

19. Instructional Coaching
Professional Development
Differentiated

20. 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??

21. 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)

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

23. ESL Lesson “Look Fors” Ms. Tamica Groves
Turn and talk … ask for elaboration, explanation, examples

24. 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?
Turn and talk … ask for elaboration, explanation, examples

25. 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….

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

27. 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

29. 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.