Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
2024
DOI
10.4018/979-8-3693-2623-7.ch013
Publication Title
Addressing Issues of Learner Diversity in English Language Education
Pages
227-243
Abstract
The focus of this chapter is threefold: 1) To report on the effectiveness of a professional development program offered to elementary school educators to work effectively with diverse ELs; 2) to present the results from a pre-professional development survey which helped identify specific aspects of working with diverse ELs in immediate need of professional development; and 3) to discuss the wider implications of our findings and recommendations for teacher preparation programs. The chapter reports on three main areas of a year-long professional development training provided to teams of in-service elementary school teachers, school administrators, and other specialists (N=60) in the Commonwealth of Virginia, USA. The results are based on a comparison between the participants' pre- and post-professional development surveys. The data were analyzed quantitatively and revealed significant gains along all aspects (N=44) of the educators' knowledge of working with ELs with diverse learning needs. We also identified specific areas in need of immediate professional development support.
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ORCID
0000-0002-7975-5048 (Zareva), 0000-0001-9663-4355 (Watson)
Original Publication Citation
Zareva, A., & Watson, S. M. R. (2024). Meeting the needs of diverse ESL classrooms: A team approach to the professional development of educators. In T. Q. Tran, T. M. Duong (Eds.), Addressing issues of learner diversity in english language education (pp. 227-243). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/979-8-3693-2623-7.ch013
Repository Citation
Zareva, Alla and Watson, Silvana, "Meeting the Needs of Diverse ESL Classrooms: A Team Approach to the Professional Development of Educators" (2024). English Faculty Publications. 213.
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/english_fac_pubs/213
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