No More "Justice Lip Service": An Improvement Science Approach to Racial Equity in Teacher Education

Session Type: Roundtable Session

Abstract

Teacher candidates leave teacher education programs underprepared to respond adequately to, and account appropriately for, the racial realities of diverse youth (Ng, 2003). This symposium will highlight how three institutions of higher education (IHEs) and a nonprofit organization launched a networked improvement community (NIC) to strengthen teacher education through a shared commitment to racial equity. Papers featured in the symposium will showcase the formation of the NIC and current activities, baseline data for participating IHEs looking to prioritize and deepen racial equity work in the preparation of teachers, and findings from interviews and focus groups with teachers educators about their commitment to and capacity for doing racial equity work.

Sub Unit

• Division K - Teaching and Teacher Education / Division K - Section 04: The Socio-Cultural and Racial Foundations of Teaching and Teacher Education

Chair

• Robin White, Independent Consultant

Papers

• Building a Networked Improvement Community on Racial Equity in Teacher Education - Terry Kyle Flennaugh, Michigan State University; Tonya Bartell, Michigan State University

• Using Research and Improvement Science to Investigate the Racial Equity Climate in Teacher Preparation Programs - Robbie Burnett, Minnesota State Colleges and Universities; Beth Beschorner, Minnesota State University - Mankato

• "Whose Job Is It Anyways?" Making Sense of Racial Equity Work in Teacher Education - Laurie D Inman, California State University - Dominguez Hills; Ed Curammeng, California State University - Dominguez Hills

Discussant

• Tyrone C. Howard, University of California - Los Angeles