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KnowledgeBases > The English Language Learner KnowledgeBase for Teachers > Element 7 > Activity 1 > Task 2: Understand Professional Learning Principles and Standards

Guideline:

Professional learning designed to improve instruction for English language learner (ELL) students is to be provided to classroom teachers, principals, administrators, and other school or community based organization personnel. All teachers providing instruction to ELL students should be aware of the principles and standards associated with professional learning.

Checklists Professional Development Action Planner

This checklist from the North Central Regional Educational Laboratory's professional development toolkit is useful for planning professional development.

Tools Professional Development Tool Kit _EXTERNAL_LINK

As noted at the Learning Point Associates website, "This comprehensive toolkit is based on the experiences of award winning sites of the U.S. Department of Education's National Awards Program for Model Professional Development. It provides schools and districts with a step-by-step guide to implementing strong, sustainable professional development that drives achievement to students' learning goals."

Guidelines Best Practices for Professional Development of Teachers of Immigrant Students in Secondary Schools

This Council for Chief State School Officers document summarizes the findings from its compendium of best practices for immigrant students in secondary schools. This section relates to professional development practices for teachers of secondary English language learner students.

Guidelines Guidelines for Evaluating Professional Development Programs _EXTERNAL_LINK

This North Central Regional Educational Laboratory document lists seven guiding principles for evaluation of professional development programs.

Guidelines Staff Development for ELL Program Teachers

This resource describes key elements of staff development for ELL program teachers.

References Educating English Language Learners: Building Teacher Capacity _EXTERNAL_LINK

A link to NCELA's 2008 Roundtable Report on professional development for mainstream teachers of ELL students. It "considers the initial and continuing education of pre-service and practicing teachers as they pertain to teaching students from diverse linguistic backgrounds."

References Professional Development Models

This article offers an overview of five models for structuring professional development programming suggested by Dennis Sparks and Susan Loucks-Horsley.

References Professional Development Phases

As noted at its website, "the North Central Regional Educational Laboratory has developed a research-based professional development framework that promotes ongoing professional development and encourages individual reflection and group inquiry into teachers' practice." The article summarizes the five phases of professional development promoted by the North Central Regional Educational Laboratory.

References Professional Development Principles

This document outlines five principles that should be considered when creating staff development programs.

References Staff Development Standards _EXTERNAL_LINK

This Learning Forward link is to the National Staff Development Council's standards for staff development.

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