The ESL Teacher : The ESL Teacher Ways ESL teachers can work in DECS schools


Slide2: The ESL Teacher supports ESL students to develop the practices and language skills to achieve learning area outcomes and participate in schooling. supports the use of data including ESL Scales to inform programming, monitoring and reporting on ESL student progress. works flexibly and collaboratively within the school in response to the diversity of ESL students and to maximise the support available to them.


Slide3: The ESL Teacher Well being and engagement Language development


Key ways of working: Work strategically to establish supportive and inclusive school practices Plan and deliver ESL programs Collaborate with mainstream teachers Provide leadership in ESL data management Key ways of working


Communication and relationships: communicate your role within your school engage actively with school leadership and learning teams build relationships with a wide range of staff members propose initiatives be proactive Communication and relationships Work strategically to establish inclusive supportive school practices Plan and deliver ESL programs Collaborate with mainstream teachers Provide leadership in ESL data management


Inclusive practices: transition and enrolment processes inclusive of non English speaking parents/caregivers counselling processes sensitive to issues of resettlement and cultural difference structures in place to access and respond to ESL student voice celebrations of diversity eg Harmony day use of bilingual services and Community Liaison Officers for students and parents/caregivers use of community agencies reflective practices which create safe environments Inclusive practices Work strategically to establish inclusive supportive school practices Plan and deliver ESL programs Collaborate with mainstream teachers Provide leadership in ESL data management


Supportive programs: programs that support literacy and language development eg homework centres ESL support program curriculum offerings that meet student needs eg ESL as a subject Supportive programs Work strategically to establish supportive school practices Plan and deliver ESL programs Collaborate with mainstream teachers Provide leadership in ESL data management


Plan and deliver ESL programs : Plan and deliver ESL programs establish the ESL student cohort negotiate and deliver ESL support program and / or direct instruction use ESL informed pedagogy Work strategically to establish supportive school practices Plan and deliver ESL programs Collaborate with mainstream teachers Provide leadership in ESL data management


Slide9: Identify the ESL student cohort Work strategically to establish inclusive supportive school practices Plan and deliver ESL programs Collaborate with mainstream teachers Provide leadership in ESL data management


Prioritise students in need of ESL support: Prioritise students in need of ESL support establish who are the ESL students collect data about the students prioritise where the need lies determine how ESL and bilingual support should be delivered Work strategically to establish supportive school practices Plan and deliver ESL programs Collaborate with mainstream teachers Provide leadership in ESL data management


ESL informed curriculum pedagogy: ESL informed curriculum pedagogy functional model of language ESL Scales to program, monitor, report teaching learning cycle explicit about cultural and linguistic understandings scaffold towards independence Work strategically to establish supportive school practices Plan and deliver ESL programs Collaborate with mainstream teachers Provide leadership in ESL data management


Slide12: Direct teaching of ESL as a subject ESL teacher has full responsibility for ESL as a subject including planning, implementation, assessment, reporting generally occurs in secondary schools where there are sufficient numbers of ESL students to form classes Work strategically to establish supportive school practices Plan and deliver ESL programs Collaborate with mainstream teachers Provide leadership in ESL data management


Slide13: direct teaching in senior secondary direct teaching of ESL at Stage 1 andamp; 2 (using Tier 1 funding) ESL teacher has responsibility for meeting SSABSA requirements Work strategically to establish supportive school practices Plan and deliver ESL programs Collaborate with mainstream teachers Provide leadership in ESL data management


Slide14: direct teaching of new arrivals in regional schools regional schools receiving new arrivals can set aside part of the day for 'intensive English' teacher provides support for English language, settlement, integration in other mainstream classes requires collaboration and planning with school leadership and teachers Work strategically to establish supportive school practices Plan and deliver ESL programs Collaborate with mainstream teachers Provide leadership in ESL data management


Collaborate and share practices with mainstream teachers: to build capacity of all teachers to provide supportive teaching / learning programs for ESL students Collaborate and share practices with mainstream teachers Work strategically to establish supportive school practices Plan and deliver ESL programs Collaborate with mainstream teachers Provide leadership in ESL data management


Slide16: by supporting planning of teaching/learning assessment programs resource development to address the language demands of the subject assessment and reporting understandings of students’ ESL Scale and background Work strategically to establish supportive school practices Plan and deliver ESL programs Collaborate with mainstream teachers Provide leadership in ESL data management


Slide17: through informal conversations mentoring planning meetings staff meeting presentations promoting, supporting and engaging in ESL professional development Work strategically to establish supportive school practices Plan and deliver ESL programs Collaborate with mainstream teachers Provide leadership in ESL data management


Slide18: and ESL support modes in-class support withdrawal parallel teaching mentoring team teaching Work strategically to establish supportive school practices Plan and deliver ESL programs Collaborate with mainstream teachers Provide leadership in ESL data management


Slide19: in-class support ESL teacher works with ESL students to support them with the tasks and language demands of the lesson allows ESL students to work in class but degree of intervention of ESL teacher may be limited ESL teacher may also support other students promotes whole school approach to ESL support joint planning is essential to understand the students’ and teacher's needs but often occurs informally Work strategically to establish supportive school practices Plan and deliver ESL programs Collaborate with mainstream teachers Provide leadership in ESL data management


Slide20: team teaching ESL teacher provides language specific lessons in mainstream classes to all the students provides modeling/professional development for mainstream teacher in explicit language teaching may limit degree of targeted intervention for ESL students unless mainstream teacher is able to take on this support role joint planning is essential for determining what the ESL teacher will deliver within the whole unit of work Work strategically to establish supportive school practices Plan and deliver ESL programs Collaborate with mainstream teachers Provide leadership in ESL data management


Slide21: withdrawal ESL teacher withdraws ESL students for an individual or a sequence of lessons to support specific skill development allows for focus on specific language needs of individuals within a secure environment can be a good use of resources when a small number of students with similar needs are scattered over several classes joint planning with the mainstream teacher is essential although it often happens informally Work strategically to establish supportive school practices Plan and deliver ESL programs Collaborate with mainstream teachers Provide leadership in ESL data management


Slide22: parallel teaching ESL students are taught same content as classmates by the ESL teacher in a separate location ESL teacher responsible for assessing and reporting on learning of the students allows ESL students to work in smaller groups initial joint planning with mainstream teacher/s is essential Work strategically to establish supportive school practices Plan and deliver ESL programs Collaborate with mainstream teachers Provide leadership in ESL data management


Slide23: Work strategically to establish supportive school practices Plan and deliver ESL programs Collaborate with mainstream teachers Provide leadership in ESL data management mentoring formal mentoring eg focus teacher supporting site based participants of an ESL course informal mentoring eg modelling language focused lessons, providing advice during joint planning, teaching and assessment


Slide24: ESL data management provide leadership collect data ensure accuracy of data access and use data Work strategically to establish supportive school practices Plan and deliver ESL programs Collaborate with mainstream teachers Provide leadership in ESL data management


Slide25: Provide leadership collaborate with school leadership to establish a plan for moving to a whole school approach to collecting and using ESL data eg ESL Scales collaborate with staff to establish processes for collecting and analysing ESL data eg for collecting student texts and assigning a Scale Work strategically to establish supportive school practices Plan and deliver ESL programs Collaborate with mainstream teachers Provide leadership in ESL data management


Slide26: explain the processes to other staff at staff meetings and informally establish quality processes for accuracy of data be familiar with the capabilities of EDSAS and other software to collect and analyse data use school processes to communicate the data and implications Work strategically to establish supportive school practices Plan and deliver ESL programs Collaborate with mainstream teachers Provide leadership in ESL data management


Slide27: Accuracy of data be familiar with ESL Scales attend moderation sessions be a driving force in establishing school based moderation processes Work strategically to establish supportive school practices Plan and deliver ESL programs Collaborate with mainstream teachers Provide leadership in ESL data management


Slide28: Access and use data use EDSAS and other software functions to access student data analyse data monitor student progress Work strategically to establish supportive school practices Plan and deliver ESL programs Collaborate with mainstream teachers Provide leadership in ESL data management


Slide29: Monitor student progress set targets track ESL Scales data match with other data sets eg LaN, attendance use data to inform practice and school provision Work strategically to establish supportive school practices Plan and deliver ESL programs Collaborate with mainstream teachers Provide leadership in ESL data management