Coaching, Support, and Time: The Key Ingredients for Effective Resource Implementation with Patricia Montes Pate

More Than a Test

On this episode of More Than a Test, host Laura Glaab welcomes guest Patricia Montes Pate to discuss teachers' challenges when implementing new resources in the classroom. They delve into the complex ELA framework and how it often remains unused due to a lack of time for teachers to fully understand it. Patricia highlights the need for coaching and support to effectively integrate new resources and emphasizes the importance of time in this process. They also explore a teaching model that supports English learners in Silicon Valley, which can be applied across the state and nation. The model focuses on oral language, language functions and forms, and designated English language development, providing scaffolds to make content accessible for English language learners.

Patricia's organization is curriculum agnostic and collaborates with partners to blend standards with thematic units, aiming to create an immersive learning experience for children. They discuss the fragility of progress in education and the importance of teachers who hold onto effective teaching methods.

Timestamps

[00:01:54] Partnering with early learning and elementary for English learners, expanding to 6th grade, and considering middle school.

[00:03:19] Program supports English learners using a research-based model.

[00:09:50] Varying perspectives on English learners shift over time.

[00:11:46] Develop bilingual oral language, visual and family support.

[00:16:42] Bilingual teachers still face language barriers, improving.

[00:20:41] Partnership with NCL to support English learners.

[00:23:42] Bilingual teacher becomes university adviser for 20 years.

[00:27:45] Teachers need time to implement resources effectively.

[00:30:47] Recognize and listen to concerns, and move forward.

[00:34:38] "Hard to see progress, easily erased"

[00:35:58] Your version reflects classroom diversity and assets.

[00:39:15] Book recommendations and appreciation for English learners.

Connect with Patricia Montes Pate

Website: https://seal.org/about

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About More Than a Test

Our goal is to take a hard look at the shortcomings in literacy education and tech while still finding a sense of hope in what's possible in education through learning and technology.

Our guests include non-profit leaders, tech CEOs, state and district leadership, research leaders from top institutions, and a few teachers with stories that might bring you to tears.

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About Amira Learning

Amira is the world’s first intelligent reading assistant that provides personalized tutoring to students at school, after school, or at home. Students working with Amira experience significant improvements in their reading fluency.

About your Host, Laura Glaab

Laura Glaab is a VP of Strategy at Amira Learning. She is a lifetime educator following behind educator parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents.

She's worked as a teacher and leader in public, private, and charter schools in places as far as India and as close to home as Boulder, Colorado. She holds degrees from Stanford, the University of Wyoming, and Kellogg School of Management.

She thinks everyone should read Saint Joan by George Bernard Shaw and the entire Piggie and Elephant Collection by Mo Willems.

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