John Segota, CAE Assoc. Exec. Dir. for Public Policy & Professional Relations

TESOL International Association

David Mamet

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“Do not internalize the industrial model. You are not one of the myriad interchangeable pieces, but a unique human being, and if you’ve got something to say, say it, and think well of yourself while your learning to say it better.”

What is advocacy?

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According to Merriam-Webster: •  An active verbal support for a cause

or position. •  The act of advocating, or speaking

or writing, in support (of something).

Why advocacy?

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•  TESOL P-12 Professional Teaching Standards – Domain  5:  Professionalism  •  5.a  –  ESL  Research  &  History  •  5.b  –  Professional  Development,  Partnerships,  and  Advocacy  

•  NBPTS ENL Standards –  IX  –  Professional  Leadership  &  Advocacy  

Types of advocacy

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•  Self advocacy

•  Case/personal advocacy

•  Cause/public/issue advocacy

UNICEF  Unite  for  Children    

Framework of advocacy

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•  Educate

•  Organize

•  Activate

Framework of advocacy for ELLs

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•  Currency

•  Defensibility

•  Futurity

Herrera & Murry (1999)

Knowledge is credibility

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•  Facts – focus - issues

•  Policies & procedures

•  Options

•  Document

Issues

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•  What are the issues at your school?

•  What are the issues in your community?

•  What is happening at the state level that might affect your students?

•  What is happening nationally that may affect your students?

Rights

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•  Laws – Local, State, Federal

•  Contracts

•  Rules & Policies

•  Preferences & Social Expectations

Understanding the wider context

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ELL  EducaDon  

Nega4ve  forces  

Posi4ve  forces  

Understanding the root causes

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No  ESL  instrucDon  

Networks

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•  Who do I know? – Personal  networks  – Professional  networks  

•  What resources dothey have?

•  Who do they know?

Networks

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Self  

Stakeholders

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•  Group 1 – Directly impacted •  Group 2 – Decision makers •  Group 3 – Local groups •  Group 4 – National /

International groups

How many Fs?

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Americans of all ages, all stations in life, and all types of dispositions are forever forming associations. They are not only commercial and industrial associations in which all take part, but others of a thousand different types – religious, moral, serious, futile, very general and very limited, immensely large and immensely minute. Americans combine to give fetes, found seminaries, build churches, distribute books, and send missionaries to the antipodes. Hospitals, prisons, and schools take shape in that way. Finally, if they want to proclaim a truth or propagate some feeling by the encouragement of a great example, they form an association.

How many Fs?

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Americans of all ages, all stations in life, and all types of dispositions are forever forming associations. They are not only commercial and industrial associations in which all take part, but others of a thousand different types – religious, moral, serious, futile, very general and very limited, immensely large and immensely minute. Americans combine to give fetes, found seminaries, build churches, distribute books, and send missionaries to the antipodes. Hospitals, prisons, and schools take shape in that way. Finally, if they want to proclaim a truth or propagate some feeling by the encouragement of a great example, they form an association.

Advocacy Road Map

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1.   Current Challenge – Section A – What  is  your  reality?  – What  is  your  problem?  – What  is  happening?  

2.   Ideal Solution – Section E – What  does  the  future  look  like?  – What  is  your  vision?  – Where  do  you  want  to  go?  

Advocacy Road Map

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3. Root of the problem – Section B – What  creates  your  problems?  – Who  is  responsible?  – Why  is  it  happening?  

4. Enablers of the future – Section D – What  will  help  you  reach  your  goals?  – What  needs  to  happen?  – What  tools  or  strategies  will  help?  

Advocacy Road Map

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6. How to achieve it – Section C – How  will  you  bridge  the  two  sides?  – What  needs  to  be  done  to  get  from  one  point  to  the  other?  

Dr. Haim Ginott

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"I've come to a frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element in the classroom. It's my personal approach that creates the climate. It's my daily mood that makes the weather. As a teacher, I possess a tremendous power to make a child's life miserable or joyous. … In all situations, it is my response that decides whether a crisis will be escalated or de-escalated and a child is humanized or dehumanized.”

More information

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