Teacher Preparation for Our Communities: Building Co-Teaching Collaborative Schools From the Ground Up

• In Event: 53.057 - These Challenges Are Not New to Us: Lessons From Teacher Education at Minority-Serving Institutions

Abstract

This presentation focuses on an innovative model of clinical preparation for teacher candidates at a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI). This collaborative model, Co-Teaching Collaborative Schools (CTCS), was co-developed and is co-implemented by university-based teacher educators and elementary classroom educators, instructional councils, and community members. The collaborative design, oversight, and implementation have allowed us to meet the needs of our diverse stakeholders. The CTCS are organic in nature, as they develop from the ground up-rather than being administratively imposed. We move far beyond the traditional, ineffective model of fieldwork and student teaching to offer a fresh approach to clinical preparation and collaboration among university, school, and community in New Mexico from data and reflection from five cohorts of teachers.

Authors

• Cheryl A. Torrez, University of New Mexico

• Jonathan D. Brinkerhoff, University of New Mexico

• Irene Welch, University of New Mexico