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Advocacy and Leadership for Diverse ELs in Texas Region IV: Issues and Strategies
Diane Staehr Fenner, Ph.D.February 29, 2020 | #UnlockingELsPotential
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About Me
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Overview
Explore
Vision of EL assets,
advocacy & leadership
Learn 3 key EL advocacy
issues in TX
React to EL equity tools & strategies
Plan for your EL
advocacy
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Origins of Unlocking English
Learners’ Potential Book
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1. Why you need this book to support ELs
2. Using a culturally responsive framework
3. Scaffolding instruction for ELs
4. Fostering ELs’ oral language development
5. Teaching academic language to ELs
6. Vocabulary instruction and ELs
7. Teaching ELs background knowledge
8. Scaffolded text-dependent questions
9. Formative assessment for ELs
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Unlocking ELs’ Potential
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Signal to Come Together
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Why Advocate for ELs: Urgency
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Who Advocated for You?
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My EL Advocacy Story
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1. Need for Advocacy
2. Creating a Shared Sense of Responsibility
3. How Teachers Can Collaborate
4. Advocacy Overview for Administrators
5. Increasing EL Families’ Involvement as Advocates
6. Advocacy Through Effective Instruction
7. Advocating for ELs in Assessment
8. Advocacy for ELs’ Success Beyond Grade 12
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Advocating for English Learners
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National EL Advocacy Issues
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National Student & Teacher
Demographics
Public School Students
Minority Students White Students
51%
Public School Teachers
Minority Teachers White Teachers
80.1%
19.9%
14Ingersoll, Merrill, Stuckey, Collins, 2018
49%
www.GetSupportEd.net 15U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Local Education Agency Universe Survey," 2000-01 through 2016-17, Table 204.20 “English language learner (ELL) students enrolled in public elementary and secondary schools, by state: Selected years, fall 2000 through fall 2016.” https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d18/tables/dt18_204.20.asp?current=yes
% Increase in Number of ELs
2000-01 to 2016-17
www.GetSupportEd.net 16NCELA, 2018 https://ncela.ed.gov/files/fast_facts/GraduationRatesFactSheet.pdf
EL High School Graduation Rates
www.GetSupportEd.net 17https://www.houstonisd.org/cms/lib2/TX01001591/Centricity/domain/8269/pe_multilingual/ESL%202019%20FINAL-final.pdf#page=1
Houston ISD Exited EL Reading
Achievement
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Houston ISD Exited EL Math
Achievement
Vision for EL Advocacy, Assets
& Leadership
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Guiding Principles for Equitable
and Excellent EL Education
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EL Educator Voices
I’m the biggest supporter of ELs’ education in my
school. My advocacy for them sometimes gets me
in trouble; administration
gets tired of hearing me.
I help ELs navigate the school environment.
I am the anchor for my ELs.
I am the advocate who goes to bat for the ELs with
their content teachers.
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How do you define EL advocacy?
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Defining EL Advocacy
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Advocacy
• Comes from the Latin advocatus, meaning “one called
to aid”
• Speaking or acting on behalf of another
Advocate cognates: abogado, advogado, avocat
Origin of Word “Advocacy”
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Exploring EL Advocacy
Actions Understanding
Voice
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Scaffolded Advocacy for ELs
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EL
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Nee
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Amount of Advocacy
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Amount of EL Advocacy
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Group of educators advocating for ELs in the
district
Group of educators advocating for ELs in the
school
Same teacher advocating for ELs and teachers outside his
or her classroom
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EL Advocacy Ripple Effect
One teacher advocating for ELs in his or her
classroom
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Sharing the Responsibility and the Joy
Sharing
responsibility
and joy for ELs’
education
Educators’ reflection on
their own culture
and its impact
on their teaching
Educators’ beliefs and
expectations
about language
and working with
ELs
Empathy for ELs and their
families
Collaboration among ESOL
teachers,
content
teachers, and
administrators
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1• Isolate the issue
2• Identify your allies
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• Be clear on the rights of ELs
4• Organize and educate others
5• Identify your outlets for change
National Education Association, 2015
5 Step EL Advocacy Framework
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1. What do I have control over in my environment?
2. What do I not have control over in my environment?
30Gorski, 2012 as cited in Staehr Fenner, 2014
Prioritizing EL Advocacy: Your
Sphere of Influence
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Assets-Based Perspective
“There is nothing wrong with
(Language Learners)—no deficit to fix.
They are whole students we must reach
and teach in ways that open their minds
to the amazing possibilities of their
lives, and language must not be a
barrier to that goal.”
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Promoting ELs’ Assets
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Encourage Student Storytelling
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Spread the Word About ELs’
Success
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Confront the Deficit Mindset
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What Does Leadership in Service of
ELs Look Like to You?
#1 #2
#3 #4
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“The process of
influencing…the
behavior of others in
order to reach a
shared goal”
Northouse, 2007; Stogdill,1950 as cited in Darioly & Schmid Mast, 2014, p. 74
Leadership Definition
www.GetSupportEd.net 38Adapted from Staehr Fenner & Breiseth, 2017 (Colorín Colorado)
EL Leadership Components
EL Leadership
EL Leadership Interpersonal
Skills
EL Leadership Actions
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• Character
• Political skills
• Nonverbal
communication
• Conflict resolution
• Relational skills
EL Leadership Interpersonal Skills
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Character
40Riggio & Tan, 2014
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Political Skills
41Riggio & Tan, 2014
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Nonverbal Communication
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Conflict Resolution
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Relational Skills
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• Taking initiative
• Proactively serving as a resource
• Communicating effectively
• Continuing your own PD and learning
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EL Leadership Actions
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Taking Initiative
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Serving as a Resource
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Communicating Effectively
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Continuing Professional
Development
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• Which area resonated the most with you as a leader?
• Which area do you think you’ll draw from the most?
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EL Leadership Reflection
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• What?
• Why?
• How?
Strategy: Talking Points
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1. Identify your key, succinct message
• Include concrete examples
• Emphasize a win-win solution
2. Anticipate pushback
3. Add talking points to address pushback
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Steps for Writing Talking Points
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Steps Example
1. Identify your key,
succinct
message
“In order to support multilingual students, we need to
incorporate more multicultural resources into our
curricula.”
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Example of Talking Points
2. Anticipate pushback
Time to plan, money to buy new resources
3. Add
talking
points to
address
pushback
“We can start with one unit as a model. I am happy to
work with grade level teachers to plan one unit. I think
we could also apply for a small grant to fund the new
resources.”
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• Recommended
Books & Guides
• Articles & Blog
Posts
• Related Videos
• Additional
Resources
http://www.colorincolorado.org/advocacy-ells-recommended-resources
Colorín Colorado Advocacy
Resources
3 Key EL Advocacy Issues in TX
with Tools for Each
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1.Immigration and its
impact
2. Equitable assessment
3. EL parents as advocates
Three Key TX Advocacy Issues
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1. Supporting Undocumented Students
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1. 5 Actions You Can Take to
Advocate
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2. EL Formative Assessment Tool
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2. Scaffolds By Proficiency Level
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2. Five Pillars of Equitably Grading ELs
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3. 10 Keys for EL Master Plans
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3. Yes, We Could!
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Applying Your EL Advocacy
Skills
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Choose 1 EL Advocacy Issue:
1.Immigration and its impact
2. Equitable assessment
3. EL parents as advocates
Reflect on the steps you might
take to address the issue in
your context. Practice talking
points & pushback.
EL Advocacy Application
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