Title: Using the TESOL Program Standards for Program Review
1Using 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
2CAELA 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. (202) 355-1500
3Book 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 (703) 836-0774
- http//wwww.tesol.org
4Training 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
5Goal 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.
6Objectives
- 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
7History 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
8Purpose of the Standards Document
- To provide a descriptive framework for examining
any adult education ESOL program
99 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
10Table of Contents
- Program Narratives
- Large, Institution-Based Program
- Small, Volunteer-Based Program
- Self-Review Instrument
- Samples
- Summary Scores
- Action Plan
- Discussion of Scores
11Table of Contents (contd)
- Program Self-Review Instrument
- Standards under each category
- Measures, sample evidence, action plan, comments,
and score - Summary Scores Chart
12Table of Contents (contd)
- Appendices
- NRS ESOL Educational Functioning Levels
- References and Further Reading