From Our Own Gardens: Growing Our Own Bilingual Teachers in the Southwest

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

Abstract

This paper brings insight from higher education scholarship to bear on teacher education by applying nine design principles for Hispanic student success. It describes how one Southwestern university is meeting the challenges of serving the Hispanic population through a “Grow-your-own Teacher” initiative. The author illustrates how these principles guide a collaborative partnership between University of Houston—Clear Lake, four community colleges, and four local school districts to create opportunities for Hispanic students to become teachers.

Author

• Sandra Browning, University of Houston - Clear Lake