Teachers' Descriptions of Membership in a Statewide Remote Professional Network: Reflections on Equity, Inclusion, and Technology

• In Event: Teaching for Justice in Digital Landscapes

Abstract

This research documents and analyzes a Teacher Network designed to provide remote and distributed professional development to teachers across the state post pandemic. The network intended to impact teachers’ perceptions about equitable and inclusive uses of technology, decisions about curricular materials, and their perceptions of cultural positionality and dispositions for engaging with students. Our analysis reflects that the collaborative professional context of the Teacher Network impacted the way teachers think about positionality, privilege and technology-rich teaching and learning. This research provided opportunities to learn about how to engage teachers around strengthening their criticality and the affordances of collaborative professional learning, by centering teacher voice and fostering teacher agency in disrupting the status quo in k-12 education.

Authors

• Amy Waechter-Versaw, Indiana University - Purdue University at Indianapolis
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• Ryan Murray, Central Indiana Educational Service Center
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• Jeremy F Price, Indiana University Indianapolis
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• Paula A. Magee, Indiana University - Purdue University at Indianapolis
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• Craig J. Willey, Indiana University - Purdue University at Indianapolis
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