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Ayudame, Por Favor!
(Help Me, Please!)
AAEE ConferenceNovember 2015
Dr. Beth Anne Clark-Thomas
“Our society is changing from a largely White, European American population to one that is tremendously diverse;
and nowhere is this more evident than in our public schools.”Nieto, 2013
Conundrum:
“…about 45% of students in U.S. schools are students of backgrounds other than White, European, and English speaking; at the same time
about 83% of teachers are
White, monolingual, English speakers, and many have had little personal or professional experience with the diversity reflected in the student population .”
(Aud et al., 2012)
EDUC/SPED 462Senior teacher candidates (ECE/IS)SEMESTER 1st week
N size 1(none)
2(few/casual;
incl in a field)
3(some
limited; service trip)
4(more;
intentional or
extended)
Average
Fall 2011 7 4 2 1 0 1.6
Spring 2012 11 6 2 3 0 1.7
Fall 2012 11 5 3 2 1 1.9
Spring 2013 14 6 2 6 0 2.0
Fall 2013 17 7 3 5 2 2.1
Spring 2014 14 11 2 0 1 1.6
Fall 2014 22 11 4 6 1 .86
Spring 2015 13 5 6 2 0 1.8
Fall 2015 6 2 3 0 1 2.0
Total N % 115 57
49%
27
24%
25
22%
6
5%
1.8
across 9 semester
s
Examination of senior level teacher candidates’ prior experience working with
culturally and linguistically diverse P-12 students
My “unconventional sabbatical”1. I observed and recorded data about
instructional practices which did/did not support learning of CLD population
2. I modeled instruction for teachers and regularly taught ESOL groups
3. I provided professional development targeting specific instructional practices which would support literacy needs of ESOL population
4. I surveyed teachers about their perceptions of PD and other bldg. and district supports provided to them to meet the needs of CLD students
Ah-ha!What I learned from the data collected
O Students AND teachers NEED/WANT HELP! Ayudame, Por favor! and teacher survey data
O CLASSROOM OBSERVATIONS revealed that false
efficacy isn't a “teacher candidate” only issue. Practicing teachers think they’ve had some PD but don’t practice what they’ve been taught.
-frequency count data
O TEACHER SURVEY (across all levels of years of service) yielded some unexpected patterns
Professional Development Survey (Sp 2013)
O Teachers surveyed (n=32 respondents)
O Equitably distributed across years of service
O 100% have >25% CLD/ Gap Group 1
O 60% have >50% CLD/ Gap Group 1
External Professional Development Completed by Practicing Teachers of Gap 1
Students
N=32 SPED ELL POVERTY% who have received 69% 68% 59%Research on own 67% 57% 70%Grad class or district workshop 50% 76% 70%License or endorsement 17% <10% <10%
Imbedded Professional Development Completed by Practicing Teachers of Gap 1 Students
N=32 SPED ELL POVERTY
% who have received
50% 75% 68%
Type received most
Specialist model
Specialist model
Specialist model
Type received 2nd most
Observed a peer
Observed a peer
Observed by coach
Type received 3rd most
Observed by a peer
Observed by a peer
Observed a peer
Type received 4th most
Observed by coach
Observed by coach
Observed by a peer
Practicing Teachers’ Desire for Imbedded Professional Development
for CLD/Gap Group 1 Students
Specialist model 70%
Observed a peer 26%
Observed by coach 22%
Observed by a peer 13%
What imbedded PD they said they needed:
10% said “nothing at this time.”
68% Teaching strategies55% Teaching resources29% Specialists to model23% Specialists to teach with [them]13% More pull out of CLD
DiversityDifferences among groups of people and individuals based on:
• ethnicity• race,• Socioeconomic status,• gender,• exceptionalities,• language,• religion,• sexual orientation,
and• geographical area
CAEP
What do you see from your perspectives?
What?
1. What’s the problem?2. What’s the impact (positive/negative) on : -our districts? -on our students? -on our teachers? -on our expectations of new hires?
NOW WHAT?
How can we be more intentional about:
O the questions we ask in hiring?
O the supports we provide at the district/building level?
So what?
What ARE we capable of doing?
-about teacher preparation
-about professional development
In their own way each teacher candidate and practicing teacher isindeed asking,
“ Ayudame, Por favor!”
How shall we respond?