Using the TESOL Program Standards for Program Review

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Using the TESOL Program Standards for Program
Review
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• Developed by the Center for Adult English
  Language Acquisition - CAELA

Presenter Phil Anderson philip.anderson_at_fldoe.or
g Date December 12, 2006 Time 830 a.m.
1200 p.m. Sponsors Region V Training
Council Monroe County School District
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CAELA Contact Information

• CAELA is a project of the Center for Applied
  Linguistics
• http//www.cal.org/caela/
• Address
• Center for Adult English Language Acquisition at
  the Center for Applied Linguistics4646 40th
  Street NWWashington DC 20016-1859
• Tel. [phone]

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Book Order Information

• Standards for Adult Education ESL Programs
• ISBN 1-931185-03-4
• Teachers of English of Other Languages
• 700 South Washington Street, Suite 200
• Alexandria, VA 22314, USA
• Tel [phone]
• http//wwww.tesol.org

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Training Agenda Using the TESOL Program
Standards for Program Review

• December 12, 2006
• 1. Opening/Introduction to Workshop
• 2. Overview of Adult ESOL Program Standards
• 3. Break
• 4. Demonstration of Self-Review Instrument
• 5. Practice using the Self-Review Instrument
• 6. Summary Scores and Action Plan Chart
• 7. Break
• 8. Application Strategies to Use Instrument
• 9. Wrap-up Evaluation

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Goal of Workshop

• Familiarize participants with the content of the
  Standards for Adult Education ESOL Programs
  publication so local programs can use the
  Self-Review Instrument to evaluate their program.

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Objectives

• Participants should be able to
• Describe the difference between program, content,
  and performance standards
• Identify the 9 categories of program standards
• Use the Self-Review Instrument to analyze the
  level of implementation of standards in a program
• Use the Summary Scores Chart to identify areas
  for program improvement
• Identify a vareiety of ways the Self-Review
  Instrument can be used for a program review

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History of TESOL Program Standards

• 1991 Adult Education and Literacy Act required
  development of program quality indicators
• 1997 TESOL Task Force appointed to review
  standards
• 1998 Title II of Workforce Investment Act
  required program quality standards and Learner
  Performance Goals
• 2000 TESOL Task Force developed program standards
• 2002 TESOL Task Force added Program Self-Review
  Instrument

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Purpose of the Standards Document

• To provide a descriptive framework for examining
  any adult education ESOL program

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9 Categories of Standards

• Program Structure, Administration, Planning
• Curriculum Materials
• Instruction
• Recruitment, Intake Orientation
• Retention Transition
• Assessment Learner Goals
• Employment Conditions Staffing
• Professional Development Staff Evaluation
• Support Services

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Table of Contents

• Program Narratives
• Large, Institution-Based Program
• Small, Volunteer-Based Program
• Self-Review Instrument
• Samples
• Summary Scores
• Action Plan
• Discussion of Scores

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Table of Contents (contd)

• Program Self-Review Instrument
• Standards under each category
• Measures, sample evidence, action plan, comments,
  and score
• Summary Scores Chart

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Table of Contents (contd)

• Appendices
• NRS ESOL Educational Functioning Levels
• References and Further Reading