Chamberlin+ELLLA

Welcome to Chamberlin ELLLA!

Session Four, April 6-7, 2010

Hello Participants: For Session Four credit you will need to respond individually to three of the following questions on your team's page (20 points each; please initial your response) prior to the end of Session Four:

1. As you consider the purpose of the English Language Learner Leadership Academy, “//To build your capacity to implement Classroom Instruction That Works with English Language Learners strategies through Shared Leadership//”, to what degree do you believe your team has been able to achieve this purpose? I think that my idea of what our goal is may be different from my principal's. I am sorry that my principal was not able to attend all sessions and we were not able to plan for our ELL's. I will, however continue to work toward supporting classroom teachers with strategies to use with Ell's as well as all studentsl.

2. How has your team’s shared leadership approach to the implementation influenced your ELL initiative? I like that the idea of shared leadership allows for everyone's ideas and talents to be utilized. I am excited by the idea that presenting ELL strategies can be done is such a manner that teachers will immediately see the value in them.

3. As you engaged your colleagues in professional development designed to support them in becoming teachers of language development to implement Classroom Instruction That Works with ELLs strategies, how did you use the leadereship responsibilities to manage their personal transitions (of those colleagues who would have responded "yes" to any of the following four questions) and the implications of second order change:
 * a break from the past?
 * inconsistent with organizational norms?
 * incongruent with personal values?
 * requiring new knowledge and skills?

4. As you reflect on the implementation of your ELL initiative, what leadership responsibilities did you find most helpful and how did you apply them in your context? I think I will focus on a few responsibilities. Communication will be a big one for me. I will start by communicating through e-mail, some of the strategies presented and also share interesting articles and research. (This was an idea shared by Sand Creek, Thanks girls!)

5. Do you believe the implementation of your ELL initiative influenced student achievement at your school? What evidence do you have to support your response?

6. As you reflect on your experience in the English Language Learner Leadership Academy and the implementation of your ELL initiative, what aspects of the experience were most successful and which would you do differently in the future?

7. Do you have evidence of changes in teacher practices or behaviors that you attribute to the implementation of your ELL initiative or the English Language Learner Leadership Academy?

8. As you reflect upon the four English Language Learner Leadership Academy sessions, what concepts / approaches did you find the most helpful? Which one’s were least helpful?