My reading, classroom experiences and professional conversations have made me more confident and deliberate in my professional practice to openly raise issues of EAL equality, cultural inclusion and try to increase awareness of meeting the needs of Muslim pupils.
In my enquiry, as recommended by someone kind enough to comment, I am going to add a digital element through an online questionnaire gathering information about what the teacher would like help with and provide an opportunity for those who don’t have a lot of experience in EAL early acquisition to ask any questions.
What’s working best so far is my engagement in reading, thanks to a TLP lead who suggested some powerful reading with current data about ethnicity, racism and poverty in Scotland (see attached). What potentially needs a rethink for my enquiry is a way to capture and record pupil voice, to get feedback from EAL learners themselves and record their experience of teaching and learning with targeted differentiated strategies in place and whether it helps them learn.
I am not sure about what happens next, I was sorry to have missed out on the recall day as it would have been helpful for me to hear how other people are getting on. I think I am keeping up but as teachers know it’s comforting to have a comparison. I am looking forward to reading more of other people’s blogs. There are a lot of interesting and detailed areas of enquiry happening across topics.
