Chapter 3 Questions (January 26, 2017)

Chapter 3 questions:

1. Think about the stakeholders in your school community.  After you identify them, think of the individuals/teams you have collaborated with and share ways that you have supported them to better understand that collaboration and co-teaching benefits all ELLs.

2. On p. 42, Simplicio (2007) is quoted, "millenial students are better informed, more technologically savvy, and worldlier, they are also more diverse, more demanding, needier, and harder to teach than any other students in the past".  What do you believe Simplicio means by this statement?  How could this understanding help you create more collaborative relationships with your school community?

3. Please review Figure 3.1 (p. 46). How can we work together to have our school community understand that every ELL child "has a story" (p. 45)?

4.  How can the role and responsibilities of the general education teachers change as they collaborate with ESL Resource and Technology Specialists in the school?

Collaboration and Co-Teaching Book Study

Questions, Dec. 22, 2016

Chapter 6

Questions 1-4:

1     1.) P. 112 – Vignette, Mr. Timothy is concerned about the inconsistency in which ELLs are assessed and progress is reported to parents. “Some students are graded with their current language-proficiency abilities in mind while other ELLs progress is reported using the same criteria as the general-education students.  Mr. Timothy was not heard because he did not have the same status. 

Why is it important that specialists not be treated as just visiting during interdisciplinary meetings?

2.) P. 113 – “When special-subject teachers float between teams, they are perceived as guest participants and not as full members of the team. Teacher specialists may be marginalized in these collaborative meetings.”  What advice would you give peers who may face this marginalization in their districts?

3.) What are the characteristics of ongoing collaboration?  Think of a characteristic that is currently working well in your school. Please share how it supports ongoing collaboration for you and your team.

4.) When reading, Facilitating Factors for Scheduling Co-Taught Classes (p. 126), describe factors you believe are the most important to consider before scheduling co-taught classes.

Books study for our ESL Resource Teachers at Mannheim District 83 this school year.


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