Empowering Teachers Through Collaborative Professional Development Strategies for NNESTs That Work Session TESOL 2007 Aiden Yeh Wenzao Ursuline College of Languages Learn. Act. Inspire.

Strategies that Work Joining an online community of practice that promotes the enhancement of skills and professional development through networking and collaborative projects Establishing strong online presence Continuous efforts in improving ourselves for our students’ sake Share to inspire Coming full circle

Joining an online community of practice that promotes the enhancement of skills and professional development through networking and collaborative projects

Establishing strong online presence

Continuous efforts in improving ourselves for our students’ sake

Share to inspire

Coming full circle

How it all started MSc research on NNEST “ Managing Human Resources: A study of the recruitment, training and reward policies of an English kindergarten school in Southern Taiwan’ Issues raised back in 1998-2001 Different hiring policies between NS and NNS based on physical appearance, proficiency, accent, etc. these differences give way to a much deeper problem that creates a gap between the two Fairness and equity http://www.surrey.ac.uk/ALRG/dissertations/list.php

MSc research on NNEST “ Managing Human Resources: A study of the recruitment, training and reward policies of an English kindergarten school in Southern Taiwan’

Issues raised back in 1998-2001

Different hiring policies between NS and NNS based on physical appearance, proficiency, accent, etc.

these differences give way to a much deeper problem that creates a gap between the two

Fairness and equity

Sharing through publishing http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=120873

Electronic Village Online Session 2002 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Managing_NS_NNS/

Electronic Village Online Session 2002 http://personalweb.smcvt.edu/gsl520/TESOL/ev_online02_TESOLblast.htm

Webheads: Community of Practice CoP

Learn and Perform= Active Learning Engaged in international collaborative projects that engaged my students in cross-cultural communications and task-based projects Publishing and doing conference presentations Helping, teaching, moderating other teachers (NS and NNS)

Engaged in international collaborative projects that engaged my students in cross-cultural communications and task-based projects

Publishing and doing conference presentations

Helping, teaching, moderating other teachers (NS and NNS)

http://dcyeh.com/sy0304/2ndsem/groupb_projects/stories/

http://dcyeh.com/sy0304/2ndsem/groupa_projects/tpr/

Establishing Online Presence Online and real-time events/conferences Present papers/workshops/demonstrations on class projects, action research, etc. Volunteer in TESOL’s Electronic Village Online Sessions Session Moderator Member of the Coordinating Team Expanding professional clout

Online and real-time events/conferences

Present papers/workshops/demonstrations on class projects, action research, etc.

Volunteer in TESOL’s Electronic Village Online Sessions

Session Moderator

Member of the Coordinating Team

Expanding professional clout

http://www.geocities.com/aidenyeh/tesol/CMCandWebheads.htm http://www.geocities.com/vance_stevens/papers/tesol/baltimore2003/copractice.html

http://baw07.pbwiki.com/

http://baw07.pbwiki.com/bee-alado

http://baw07.motime.com/post/645163/Isabel+Perez+Torres+talks+about+Online+Class+Materials

http://baw07.motime.com/post/645164/Blended+Learning http://baw07.pbwiki.com/aiden_rita_blended_learning

A word from a Webhead Webheads is a space that makes you see that despite the difficult circumstances encountered in our lives there is a warm unselfish community that eases our path. Message #3223 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/baw07/message/3223

Webheads is a space that makes you see that despite the difficult circumstances encountered in our lives there is a warm unselfish community that eases our path.

Barbara Dieu , http://baw07.pbwiki.com/bee-alado

Learn-Act-Inspire empowering NNEST teachers in learning the skills and passing them on- constant need to improve our craft look beyond the issues that often marginalize NNEST teachers in the end it boils down not on the color of one's skin but how good NNESTs perform as teachers.

empowering NNEST teachers in learning the skills and passing them on-

constant need to improve our craft

look beyond the issues that often marginalize NNEST teachers

in the end it boils down not on the color of one's skin but how good NNESTs perform as teachers.