Professional Growth Strategies for Teachers of ELLs in Texas
1
ELLs in Texas: What
Teachers Need to Know
PLC Guide
Chapter 7 – My Professional Growth
as a Teacher of ELLs (Part 2)
1
2
Put it on the Table
•
With a partner, discuss what you learned in
your review of the educator standards for
Bilingual and ESL Education.
•
Share what professional development
opportunities you have attended regarding
teaching ELLs, providing sheltered instruction,
and implementing the ELPS.
2
3
Discuss:
“In order to become an expert teacher of ELLs,
all I need to do is take and pass the ESL
certification.”
3
Talk 1
4
Read
•
Based upon your current level of expertise
(based upon your own assessment), select two
questions/answers to read from the list on
p. 257
•
Pay Attention To
ways in which the information
you read will help you move from an
experienced
to
expert
teacher of ELLs
4
5
Talk 2
•
Discuss the following questions in a pair or
small group:
•
What is your current level of expertise in
teaching ELLs? What factors contributed
to this decision?
•
What do you believe would best help you
move from inexperienced-to-experienced
or experienced-to-expert?
5
6
Write
•
Using the information from the activity, create a
Triple P - Personal Professional Plan
(see pp. 262-263). Select:
•
1 book or article to read and study
•
1 professional development opportunity to attend in the next six
months
•
1 classroom practice to add
•
1 activity for professional growth aligned with your role
•
Include a short explanation as to why you made
these selections.
6
7
Make It Real
•
As a group, review the experiences you have had
together as you’ve gone through these PPTs and
completed the connected tasks. Talk about how this
course of meetings has impacted you, and more
importantly, the ELLs you teach.
•
You may want to keep meeting as a group to explore
this book and your classroom practices further.
•
Thank you for your participation!
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This PLC meeting is the last in the series. We hope you have found these meetings helpful. There is no video segment for this meeting.
This meeting covers the last part of Chapter Seven in ELLs in Texas: What Teachers Need to Know, My Professional Growth as a Teacher of ELLs (Part 2).
Each participant will need their copy of the book, highlighter, pen and post-its. You may want to have chart paper or a whiteboard available.
Explore strategies for professional growth in teaching English Language Learners (ELLs) in Texas, including reviewing educator standards, attending professional development opportunities, and assessing expertise levels to progress from inexperienced to expert. Develop a Personal Professional Plan to enhance classroom practices and positively impact ELL students.
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ELLs in Texas: What Teachers Need to Know PLC Guide Chapter 7 My Professional Growth as a Teacher of ELLs (Part 2) 1 1
Put it on the Table With a partner, discuss what you learned in your review of the educator standards for Bilingual and ESL Education. Share what professional development opportunities you have attended regarding teaching ELLs, providing sheltered instruction, and implementing the ELPS. 2 2
Talk 1 Discuss: In order to become an expert teacher of ELLs, all I need to do is take and pass the ESL certification. 3 3
Read Based upon your current level of expertise (based upon your own assessment), select two questions/answers to read from the list on p. 257 Pay Attention To ways in which the information you read will help you move from an experienced to expert teacher of ELLs 4 4
Talk 2 Discuss the following questions in a pair or small group: What is your current level of expertise in teaching ELLs? What factors contributed to this decision? What do you believe would best help you move from inexperienced-to-experienced or experienced-to-expert? 5 5
Write Using the information from the activity, create a Triple P - Personal Professional Plan (see pp. 262-263). Select: 1 book or article to read and study 1 professional development opportunity to attend in the next six months 1 classroom practice to add 1 activity for professional growth aligned with your role Include a short explanation as to why you made these selections. 6 6
Make It Real As a group, review the experiences you have had together as you ve gone through these PPTs and completed the connected tasks. Talk about how this course of meetings has impacted you, and more importantly, the ELLs you teach. You may want to keep meeting as a group to explore this book and your classroom practices further. Thank you for your participation! 7 7
