"There Are Never Just Negatives ...": Community Immersion for Homegrown Teachers

• In Event: Field Experiences and Community Engagement

Abstract

Teach Chicago Tomorrow (TCT) is a collaborative effort between three institutions to recruit and prepare annual cohorts of Chicago Public School (CPS) graduates to become teachers in the district. While other Grow Your Own (GYO) teacher initiatives in Illinois have focused on recruiting and preparing non-traditional teacher candidates, TCT aims to attract local high school students to the teaching profession. Our research focuses on this collaborative effort at systemic change in teacher preparation, designed to address a persistent problem that contributes to educational inequities at all levels of schooling. In this paper we discuss our initial research, conducted with the first cohort of TCT students, during the 2022 summer community immersion.

Authors

• Elizabeth A. Skinner, Illinois State University
  Presenting Author

• Apryl Riley, Illinois State University
  Presenting Author