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Collaboration and Coteaching for the Sake of ELs/MLs

ANDREA HONIGSFELD

PPS Book Study Session 1

December 14, 2023

ahonigsfeld@gmail.com

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WARM UP

Share something good …

A successful example of collaboration…
A positive impact on student learning…
Anything to celebrate…

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WHERE IS MOLLOY UNIVERSITY?

www.molloy.edu

MOLLOY TESOL EDUCATION PROGRAMS

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Hungary

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Debrecen University 🡪 �Kossuth High School

Maria Oldal: My First Coteacher as

A Fellow Student Teacher

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PS 68, Queens, NYC DOE 1996 ☺

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Select Publications to Support �Programs for English Learners/Collaboration�

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2023

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Special Thanks to Dr. Maria G. Dove

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INTRODUCTIONS, PLEASE! �2 P’S: POSITION AND PASSION

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ESSENTIAL QUESTION:

How do we create a collaborative, integrated model of instruction in support of ELs/MLs and SWDs?

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Goals

to engage in critical conversations around collaborative practices for ELs/MLs and SWDs

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to explore dimensions of an effective collaborative framework in support of ELs/MLs and SWDs

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to enhance the implementation of collaborative practices for ELs/MLs and SWDs

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�Schedule �

�1. December 14, 2023 Introduction, overview, goal setting

2. January 3, 2024 Chapters 1-3

3. February 7, 2024 Chapters 4-6

4. May 8 , 2024 Chapters 7-9

All sessions will be recorded and accessible for 2 weeks following the live webinar

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WHAT IS YOUR WHY…

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Engagement Strategies:�Collaboration about Collaboration

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The Piano Guys—�What are the collaboration metaphors here?�http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VqTwnAuHws

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Musical Metaphor

Collaboration
Thinking outside the box (broken cello string)
Good practice makes perfect – need time to collaborate and develop a working relationship
Practice makes permanent
Build momentum – reach new heights when collaborating
Trust
Shifting roles—moving around the piano (room)
Joyful learning—enjoying the experience
Beautiful music (more sound coming out of the piano)
Different areas of expertise combined together in harmony
Great as individuals, even better together
When you collaborate with the whole grade level – we all have to leave the planning meeting figuring out how to play the piano
Let’s not be afraid of the music we are going to make
Harmony – complementing each other
Reinforcing what is taught in one classroom/one language in the other
Equal participation
Using all their resources
High levels of awareness of self and others
Anticipation of what others are doing and thinking
“More chances of hitting different notes” (Bill)

Have fun with everything you do
Organized chaos
Shifting roles-
Connections among the players
Look beyond what the eyes can see
Be careful with preconceived notions
Started out playing the piano alone– in DLI it does not look the same anymore
More dimensions to the music
Not always using the tools the way they were supposed to be used (intended, traditional approach)
Share the kids with a lot of other people
Give me a chance to show you how it could work
Metaphor for teaching in general – often we don’t have all the tools/resources (we teachers have to be creative)
Reaching a state of flow
Leverage what already is there
Good quality
Passion and commitment
Multifunctional use of one approach/instrument

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Video case studies

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Cooperation	Collaboration

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gr5mAboH1Kk

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Cooperation	Collaboration

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COOPERATION	COLLABORATION
MUTUAL RESPECT TRANSPARENCY SHARED GOALS INDEPENDENT SHORT TERM SHARING IDEAS	MUTUAL TRUST VULNERABILITY SHARED VALUES INTERDEPENDENT LONG TERM GENERATING IDEAS

John Spencer

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Equations

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ESSENTIAL �ROAD MAPS

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21^st Century Skills

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English Learner Tool Kit �(US DOE, 2015, 2017)

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A key recommendation:

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Our work is JOINTLY informed by many essential resources. One of them is the English Learner Tool Kit published and then recently updated by the US Department of Education. Chapter 5 makes some critical points about creating an inclusive environment in which English learners are no longer segregated and in which instruction is more purposefully integrated.

: THE COLLABORATION TOOL AND COLLABORATIVE CURRICULUM PLANNING YOU HAVE BEEN DOING IN MASSACHUSETTS, WAS BY DESIGN INFORMED BY THE FIELD AND FOR THE FIELD, BY ESL AND CONTENT TEACHERS COLLABORATING TO DEVELOP THE COLLABORATION TOOL. THIS COURSE AND THE COLLABORATION TOOL ARE AN EXAMPLE OF CAREFUL AND PURPOSEFUL INTEGRATION OF LANGUAGE AND CONTENT STANDARDS ACROSS CLASSROOM CONTEXTS INTENDED TO STRENGTHEN CONNECTION, COHERENCE COLLABORATION AND ULTIMATELY AND INCLUSIVE PROGRAM WHERE TEACHERS OF ELS ARE WORKING TOGETHER IN EFFECTIVE AND PURPOSEFUL WAYS.

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https://the6principles.org/

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https://wida.wisc.edu/teach/standards/eld/2020

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Using WIDA Tools to Collaborate

Collaborative Planning Process

WIDA

Focus Bulletin

WIDA All Year Long

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John Hattie’s Work (2019)

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MY STUDENTS YOUR STUDENTS

OUR STUDENTS

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MY JOB YOUR JOB

OUR JOB

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1.Collaboration is… vs. 2. What it is not…

What do you want to see happen?
What has been effective?
What works?

What do you not want to see or experience?
What is ineffective?
What does not work?

See the results:

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Z8AxOhc2WX9P-vMUFBB9h7QUYArE-GrjqjHO8ZMFjBg/edit?usp=sharing

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�Pepper Code: Collaboration

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