SUPERVISIONIN ELT

An Invited Lecture by

R. J. Dickey___________________________________________

for the course

Leadership & Quality in ELT OrganizationsSookmyung University TESOL MA

Dr. Yeum Kyungsook

November 20th, 2012

Warmer

Elicitation / Review

Manage(r) Administrate(or) Supervise(or) Hierarchy Informal Networks Matrix Management Quality Circles / TQM / 360o Man-

agement / Leadership Styles

Manager / Administrator

Conventional Wisdom?1. Managers get things done. Adminis-

trators move paper.

2. Managers plan and execute. Adminis-trators react and report.

3. Managers are in business. Adminis-trators are in government

Perhaps no real difference?

Classic Management Themes

Scientific approachesEfficiency and EffectivenessHierarchial Designs

Psycho-Social approachesOrganizational TheoryQuality Circles

Financial and Reporting SystemsMIS

Organization & Communication

Influence & TrustMore important than formal hierarchyMay affect promotions and assignments

Information may not follow pre-scribed pathsWithheldPriority recipients

Hierarchy/Networks

http://www.keyhubs.com/blog/talent-and-influence-transcends-hierarchy/

Hierarchy/Networks

http://www.keyhubs.com/blog/talent-and-influence-transcends-hierarchy/

Who is 44?

Hierarchy/Networks

http://informalnetworks.wordpress.com/

“Hidden” Influence and Trust

Hierarchy/Networks

http://beth.typepad.com/beths_blog/2009/05/index.html

Leadership Roles: Education

Official TitlesChancellor/President/Chairman/RectorDean/Provost/PrincipalDirector of Education / Chief of

Studies / Vice Principal [ 고감 ]Head of Department / Grade (year)Chief Instructor / Lead TeacherMaster TeacherPeers … perhaps even “Juniors”?

Matrix Management

http://blog.theprojectnotebook.com/2010/01/matrix-management-and-seniority/

Teacher’s Matrix

Vice Principal (Administration)

Principal(Politics & Exter-

nal)

Grade Chief English Head

Parents

Continuing Prof. Development

Professional Peers

My Values / So-cial Issues

My Learners

Methe

TeacherMy Homelife

? ? ?

Teacher Matrix Management

Quality Circles, TQM, 6-Sigma

Not “Top-down” but driven by workers who seek improvement

Supported by Management Led by workers Reporting to Senior Manage-

ment Focus on Quality and Cus-

tomers

Supervisor

Distance-mode Supervision

Supervise (v.)Define the term

Supervise (v.)

Define the termsuper – overvise – to see (watch)

1. To oversee, to watch over

2. To be responsible fora. the person

b. the activity (n.) A frontline manager

Leadership Define the term

Who can be a leader?

Are leaders born? Trained? “Forged in the fire?

Teacher: Learning Supervisor

1. Setting learning aims / objectives / criterion for individual learners and class as a whole

2. Maintaining discipline3. Encouraging realization of targets

(through positive and negative in-ducements)

4. Assessing performance

Leadership Types

Classically DefinedTraditional LeadershipCharismatic LeadershipTransactional LeadershipTransformational LeadershipServant Leadership

--- Everyone is / can be a leader ?

Moving Forward:Supervision in ELT

Teacher Assessments

We can assess ourselves (reflective practice)diaries, journals, and logsvideo or audio recordingsActivity records (forms)

We can converse with peers We can be judged on non-class

work and… Others …

Classroom Assessments

Our classroom work can be evaluated by external review-ers, supervisors, peers, or Learners!

Classroom Assessments

We/They can use forms, such as this.

A few forms

http://www1.umn.edu/ohr/teachlearn/resources/peer/instruments/index.html

Other Forms/Checklists

Seating Chart Observation Record (SCORE)

Communicative Orientation to Lan-guage Teaching (COLT)

Simple Tallies

COLT

Allen, P., Frohlich, M. and Spada, N. (1984).

Video

The Problems with Video

Camera placement Student attention Student behavior Teacher behavior Use of the video (after)

Teacher as participantTeacher as targetTeacher as owner

Reviewing the Video

Non-stop playbackSubstitute for evaluators in the room

Pause-and-chatWho controls the pause/rewind button?

‘er vs. ‘ee with video‘er – teacher using video to tell their

class purpose‘ee – teacher is defending what is seen

in the video

Lesson Plan Reviews

A plan to be followed, or an outline to work from

Level of detail (time allocations, T and Ss specific doings

Part of in-class or video assess-ments?

Routine teacher assessment de-vice?

Textbook allegience?

Peer Support/Review

Using video, or other record of teach-ing, as a discussion tool for regular peer sessions

Peers are friendly critics, or for learn-ing instruments for junior teachers (“Why do you think I did that?”)

Discussions of “other ways it could have been done” (non-judgmental)

Teaching Portfolios

Tool to demonstrate skills Tool to demonstrate performance Tool to demonstrate growth

Lesson Plans(Other) PrepsMaterials used / Resources accessedAssessments (formal, informal)…

Activities & Discussions

1. In your present organization, who evaluates you?

2. Who do you consult with?

3. Do you envision yourself as a su-pervisor/manager in this organiza-tion? Elsewhere? When?

4. What are the strengths and weak-ness of various evaluations?

Who Evaluates?

Strengths and weaknesses of

1. Supervisor

2. Students

3. Peers

4. External assessors

5. In-room vs. Recorded

6. Tick-box forms vs. Open-ended vs. no form

Who Evaluates? (sample)

Strengths and weaknesses of Students

+ Longterm view (was a “good day” or not)

+ End-user perspective

+ Understanding of relationship/norms

- Non-professional view

- Immaturity (popularity or…)

- Selfish (grades-based)

- Misunderstanding wants/needs/group/self…

Videos for Discussions

Playlist:http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7JE_RAFPKXJNyB1Bz-Y6ibtHneiC9SMC

TESOL-Clips—01, TESOL-Clips—02, TESOL-Clips—05,

TESOL-Clips—06, TESOL-Clips—07, TESOL-Clips—08,

TESOL-Clips—09, TESOL-Clips—00, TESOL-Clips—03,

TESOL-Clips—04, TESOL-Clips—11

User: http://www.youtube.com/user/rjdickey

HOPE THIS HELPSRobert J. Dickey

Keimyung University

rjdickey@content-english.org

010-2272-0968

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