tesol supervision
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Special lecture on Supervision and Classroom Teacher Assessment for the course Leadership in TESOL as part of an MATESOL program in Seoul, Korea. (minor supplements post-presentation)TRANSCRIPT
SUPERVISIONIN ELT
An Invited Lecture by
R. J. Dickey___________________________________________
for the course
Leadership & Quality in ELT OrganizationsSookmyung University TESOL MA
Dr. Yeum Kyungsook
November 20th, 2012
Warmer
Elicitation / Review
Manage(r) Administrate(or) Supervise(or) Hierarchy Informal Networks Matrix Management Quality Circles / TQM / 360o Man-
agement / Leadership Styles
Manager / Administrator
Conventional Wisdom?1. Managers get things done. Adminis-
trators move paper.
2. Managers plan and execute. Adminis-trators react and report.
3. Managers are in business. Adminis-trators are in government
Perhaps no real difference?
Classic Management Themes
Scientific approachesEfficiency and EffectivenessHierarchial Designs
Psycho-Social approachesOrganizational TheoryQuality Circles
Financial and Reporting SystemsMIS
Organization & Communication
Influence & TrustMore important than formal hierarchyMay affect promotions and assignments
Information may not follow pre-scribed pathsWithheldPriority recipients
Hierarchy/Networks
http://www.keyhubs.com/blog/talent-and-influence-transcends-hierarchy/
Hierarchy/Networks
http://www.keyhubs.com/blog/talent-and-influence-transcends-hierarchy/
Who is 44?
Hierarchy/Networks
http://informalnetworks.wordpress.com/
“Hidden” Influence and Trust
Hierarchy/Networks
http://beth.typepad.com/beths_blog/2009/05/index.html
Leadership Roles: Education
Official TitlesChancellor/President/Chairman/RectorDean/Provost/PrincipalDirector of Education / Chief of
Studies / Vice Principal [ 고감 ]Head of Department / Grade (year)Chief Instructor / Lead TeacherMaster TeacherPeers … perhaps even “Juniors”?
Matrix Management
http://blog.theprojectnotebook.com/2010/01/matrix-management-and-seniority/
Teacher’s Matrix
Vice Principal (Administration)
Principal(Politics & Exter-
nal)
Grade Chief English Head
Parents
Continuing Prof. Development
Professional Peers
My Values / So-cial Issues
My Learners
Methe
TeacherMy Homelife
? ? ?
Teacher Matrix Management
Quality Circles, TQM, 6-Sigma
Not “Top-down” but driven by workers who seek improvement
Supported by Management Led by workers Reporting to Senior Manage-
ment Focus on Quality and Cus-
tomers
Supervisor
Distance-mode Supervision
Supervise (v.)Define the term
Supervise (v.)
Define the termsuper – overvise – to see (watch)
1. To oversee, to watch over
2. To be responsible fora. the person
b. the activity (n.) A frontline manager
Leadership Define the term
Who can be a leader?
Are leaders born? Trained? “Forged in the fire?
Teacher: Learning Supervisor
1. Setting learning aims / objectives / criterion for individual learners and class as a whole
2. Maintaining discipline3. Encouraging realization of targets
(through positive and negative in-ducements)
4. Assessing performance
Leadership Types
Classically DefinedTraditional LeadershipCharismatic LeadershipTransactional LeadershipTransformational LeadershipServant Leadership
--- Everyone is / can be a leader ?
Moving Forward:Supervision in ELT
Teacher Assessments
We can assess ourselves (reflective practice)diaries, journals, and logsvideo or audio recordingsActivity records (forms)
We can converse with peers We can be judged on non-class
work and… Others …
Classroom Assessments
Our classroom work can be evaluated by external review-ers, supervisors, peers, or Learners!
Classroom Assessments
We/They can use forms, such as this.
A few forms
http://www1.umn.edu/ohr/teachlearn/resources/peer/instruments/index.html
Other Forms/Checklists
Seating Chart Observation Record (SCORE)
Communicative Orientation to Lan-guage Teaching (COLT)
Simple Tallies
COLT
Allen, P., Frohlich, M. and Spada, N. (1984).
Video
The Problems with Video
Camera placement Student attention Student behavior Teacher behavior Use of the video (after)
Teacher as participantTeacher as targetTeacher as owner
Reviewing the Video
Non-stop playbackSubstitute for evaluators in the room
Pause-and-chatWho controls the pause/rewind button?
‘er vs. ‘ee with video‘er – teacher using video to tell their
class purpose‘ee – teacher is defending what is seen
in the video
Lesson Plan Reviews
A plan to be followed, or an outline to work from
Level of detail (time allocations, T and Ss specific doings
Part of in-class or video assess-ments?
Routine teacher assessment de-vice?
Textbook allegience?
Peer Support/Review
Using video, or other record of teach-ing, as a discussion tool for regular peer sessions
Peers are friendly critics, or for learn-ing instruments for junior teachers (“Why do you think I did that?”)
Discussions of “other ways it could have been done” (non-judgmental)
Teaching Portfolios
Tool to demonstrate skills Tool to demonstrate performance Tool to demonstrate growth
Lesson Plans(Other) PrepsMaterials used / Resources accessedAssessments (formal, informal)…
Activities & Discussions
1. In your present organization, who evaluates you?
2. Who do you consult with?
3. Do you envision yourself as a su-pervisor/manager in this organiza-tion? Elsewhere? When?
4. What are the strengths and weak-ness of various evaluations?
Who Evaluates?
Strengths and weaknesses of
1. Supervisor
2. Students
3. Peers
4. External assessors
5. In-room vs. Recorded
6. Tick-box forms vs. Open-ended vs. no form
Who Evaluates? (sample)
Strengths and weaknesses of Students
+ Longterm view (was a “good day” or not)
+ End-user perspective
+ Understanding of relationship/norms
- Non-professional view
- Immaturity (popularity or…)
- Selfish (grades-based)
- Misunderstanding wants/needs/group/self…
Videos for Discussions
Playlist:http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7JE_RAFPKXJNyB1Bz-Y6ibtHneiC9SMC
TESOL-Clips—01, TESOL-Clips—02, TESOL-Clips—05,
TESOL-Clips—06, TESOL-Clips—07, TESOL-Clips—08,
TESOL-Clips—09, TESOL-Clips—00, TESOL-Clips—03,
TESOL-Clips—04, TESOL-Clips—11
User: http://www.youtube.com/user/rjdickey
HOPE THIS HELPSRobert J. Dickey
Keimyung University
010-2272-0968
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