advancing teacher leadership through advocacy
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John Segota, CAEAssoc. Exec. Dir. for Public Policy & Professional Relations
TESOL International Association
2014 TexTESOL State Conference14 November 2014
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“Let us not be content to wait and see what will happen, but give us
the determination to make the right things happen.”
- Horace Mann
The Call for Advocacy
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• Population Shift
• Immigration
• Equity
• Assessment
• Teacher credentialing
• Status of the field
TESOL P-12 ProfessionalTeaching Standards
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Standard 5.b – Professional Development, Partnerships, and Advocacy
Candidates take advantage of professional growth opportuni5es and demonstrate the ability to build partnerships with colleagues and students’ families, serve as community resources, and advocate for ELLs.
NBTPS ENL Standards
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Standard IX – Professional Leadership and Advocacy
Accomplished teachers of ELLs contribute to the professional learning of their colleagues and the advancement of knowledge in their field in order to advocate for their students.
TESOL Standards for ESL/EFLTeachers of Adults
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Standard 8 – Commitment and Professionalism
Teachers con5nue to nuance their understanding of the rela5onships between second language teaching and learning through the community of ELT professionals, the broader teaching community, and the community at large. The knowledge, in turn, informs and changes both the teachers and the communi5es.
What is advocacy?
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According to Merriam-Webster:
• An active verbal support for a cause or position.
• The act of advocating, or speaking or writing, in support (of something).
Comes from the Latin advocatus, meaning “one called to aid”
Types of advocacy
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• Self advocacy
• Case/personaladvocacy
• Cause/public/ issue advocacy
Ripple Effect
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Group of teachers advoca0ng for ELs
in district
Group of teachers advoca0ng for ELs
in school
Same teacher advoca0ng for ELs outside classroom
One teacher advoca0ng for
ELs in classroom
Staehr Fenner 2013
Knowledge is credibility
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• Facts – focus - issues
• Policies & procedures
• Options
• Resources
• Documentation
Spheres of influence
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Professional
PublicPrivate
Strategies
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• Personal expertise• Opportunities for
collaboration• Conversa5ons • Observa5on • Modeling
• Professional Development
• Mutual respect
Ingredients
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ADVOCACY
Strategy
Networking
Educa0on
Success
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“If teachers were to translate their commitment to individual children into active political engagement in the struggle to shape tomorrow's schools - if they were to begin insisting on pressing issues with administrators, parents, politicians - their numbers would command attention. They would be heard.”
- Patricia Hinchey
Advocating for English Learners
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1. Need for Advocacy2. Creating a Shared Sense of
Responsibility3. How Teachers Can Collaborate4. Advocacy Overview for
Administrators5. Increasing EL Families’
Involvement as Advocates6. Advocacy Through Effective
Instruction7. Advocating for ELs in
Assessment8. Advocacy for ELs’ Success
Beyond Grade 12
