Using technologies to communicate, network, locate resources, and enhance continuing professional development.
Oregon TESOL Association Oregon TESOL or ORTESOL is an affiliate of TESOL and was founded in 1977. They serve teachers, administrators, researchers and students of the ESL profession within the state of Oregon. TESOL stands for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages. This not for profit organizations' purpose is to promote scholarship, disseminate information, strengthen instruction and research at all levels while cooperating in appropriate ways with other groups. Due to the fact that this organization is focused on ESL profession, there are many benefits for ELL and ELD included with membership. A specific example is assess to professional development and workshops for ELL serving teachers. As a member of TESOL, one suggested use of being a member would be attending their annual Fall conference. Link to Oregon TESOL Association website: https://ortesol.wildapricot.org/ |
Colorin Colardo
Colorin Colorado is a bilingual site for educators and families on English Language Learners. This site features information and resources that centered around ELL Basics, School Support, Teaching ELLs, Family Resources, Books and Videos. Colorin Colorado provides free research based information, activities and advice to parents, teachers as well as communities. This site is available for viewing in both English and Spanish
One benefit of using this site for ELD and ELL teachers is access to a featured booklists. This lists outlines texts that would be beneficial to teachers of English Language Learners to better their teaching practices. A suggested use of this site would be reading the Common Core and ELL blog of Dr. Diane Staehr Fenner. An example post is The Five Pillars of Equitably Grading ELLs.
Link to Colorin Colorado: www.colorincolorado.org/
Teacher Effectiveness for Language Learning Project
The Teacher Effectiveness for Language Learning Project (TELL) is a project of the National Foreign Language Center. TELL is a collection of products and processes that can be used to heighten the effectiveness of language teachers. There are three core beliefs. The first: The identified teacher characteristics and behaviors represent the model world language teacher. Second, world language teachers can become models if the model teacher is defined. Lastly, the identified characteristics and behaviors are intended to guide individual teacher growth toward a model. The heart of this project is the Teacher Effectiveness for Language Learning Framework.
One ELL and ELD teacher benefit of this site are the online and in-person events that connects educators so that they can facilitate their own professional growth and develop behaviors that model language teachers exhibit. One suggested use of this site is the tools and resources link. Here, teachers can self assess how well they currently meet the criteria of the framework and set goals to become a better teacher. Link to TELL: http://www.tellproject.org/
Why working to Become a Better ELD or ELL Teacher Through These Resource is Important
"The language use of bilinguals is more dynamic than that of monolinguals because the tasks that they must perform are more varied, responding to more complex social and cultural practices, as well as a more diverse audience" (Garcia, pg. 153).
Teachers have five functions to perform that have consequences in their work with ELL's. These include: Teacher as communicator, Teacher as educator, Teacher as evaluator, Teacher as an educated human being and Teacher as an agent of socialization (Wright, 2015). Without continuous and appropriate growth and professional development, fulfilling all five of these roles for ELL students would be nearly impossible.
"The language use of bilinguals is more dynamic than that of monolinguals because the tasks that they must perform are more varied, responding to more complex social and cultural practices, as well as a more diverse audience" (Garcia, pg. 153).
Teachers have five functions to perform that have consequences in their work with ELL's. These include: Teacher as communicator, Teacher as educator, Teacher as evaluator, Teacher as an educated human being and Teacher as an agent of socialization (Wright, 2015). Without continuous and appropriate growth and professional development, fulfilling all five of these roles for ELL students would be nearly impossible.