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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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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

Staehr Fenner & Snyder, 2017

Unlocking ELs’ Potential

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Signal to Come Together

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Why Advocate for ELs: Urgency


Who Advocated for You?


My EL Advocacy Story


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

Staehr Fenner, 2014

Advocating for English Learners


National EL Advocacy Issues


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

www.GetSupportEd.net 18https://www.houstonisd.org/cms/lib2/TX01001591/Centricity/domain/8269/pe_multilingual/ESL%202019%20FINAL-final.pdf#page=1

Houston ISD Exited EL Math

Achievement

Vision for EL Advocacy, Assets

& Leadership

www.GetSupportEd.netStaehr Fenner & Snyder, 2017

Guiding Principles for Equitable

and Excellent EL Education

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www.GetSupportEd.net 21Staehr Fenner, 2014

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.


How do you define EL advocacy?

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Defining EL Advocacy


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


Scaffolded Advocacy for ELs


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Amount of Advocacy

Staehr Fenner, 2014

Amount of EL Advocacy


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


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


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


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

www.GetSupportEd.net 31NEA, 2015

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.”


Promoting ELs’ Assets


Encourage Student Storytelling


Spread the Word About ELs’

Success


Confront the Deficit Mindset


What Does Leadership in Service of

ELs Look Like to You?

#1 #2

#3 #4


“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


• Character

• Political skills

• Nonverbal

communication

• Conflict resolution

• Relational skills

EL Leadership Interpersonal Skills


Character

40Riggio & Tan, 2014


Political Skills

41Riggio & Tan, 2014

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Nonverbal Communication


Conflict Resolution


Relational Skills


• Taking initiative

• Proactively serving as a resource

• Communicating effectively

• Continuing your own PD and learning

Staehr Fenner & Breiseth, 2017

EL Leadership Actions

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Taking Initiative


Serving as a Resource


Communicating Effectively


Continuing Professional

Development


• 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


• What?

• Why?

• How?

Strategy: Talking Points

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Snyder & Staehr Fenner, in press


1. Identify your key, succinct message

• Include concrete examples

• Emphasize a win-win solution

2. Anticipate pushback

3. Add talking points to address pushback


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.”


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


1.Immigration and its

impact

2. Equitable assessment

3. EL parents as advocates

Three Key TX Advocacy Issues

www.GetSupportEd.net 57https://getsupported.net/advocating4u/

1. Supporting Undocumented Students

www.GetSupportEd.net 58https://getsupported.net/five-actions-you-can-take-to-advocate-for-daca-students-and-dreamers-in-your-schools/

1. 5 Actions You Can Take to

Advocate

www.GetSupportEd.net 59Staehr Fenner & Snyder, 2017

2. EL Formative Assessment Tool

www.GetSupportEd.net 60Staehr Fenner & Snyder, 2017, p. 72

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

www.GetSupportEd.net 63https://getsupported.net/latino-parents-revived-our-schools-pta/

3. Yes, We Could!

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Applying Your EL Advocacy

Skills


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.

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