What's Missing? The Need for Coherence in Coaching Teachers of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Learners

• In Event: Collaborations and Strategies for Transformative Teacher Learning

Abstract

To strengthen the PD of in-service teachers (ISTs) who are taking university courses in a culturally and linguistically diverse education (CLDE) program, the researchers conducting this study designed a coaching intervention, in which ISTs earning the CLDE endorsement, participated in eight coaching cycles over a two-year period. This qualitative comparative case study, on two secondary ISTs and two coaches, examines how coaching impacts the ISTs’ professional learning and possible uptake of CLD-related instructional strategies in their classrooms.

Authors

• Monica S. Yoo, University of Colorado - Colorado Springs

• Leslie T Grant, University of Colorado - Colorado Springs

• Lisa Fetman, University of Colorado - Colorado Springs

• Veronica Garza, University of Colorado Colorado Springs