Preservice Teachers' Learning Outcomes Resulting From a Co-Teaching Experience of Local Mothers and College Professors

• In Event: New Avenues for Teacher Education

Abstract

At a small-town public university in the rural southwestern United States, the co-taught Community Responsiveness and Engaged Advocacy in Teacher Education (C.R.E.A.T.E.) program partners with local families as co-teachers in the college classroom to share their experiences, expertise, and knowledge to better prepare preservice teachers to effectively work with families and in communities. In fall 2020, COVID-19 shifted this co-teaching partnership from the local community to online Zoom course meetings. This paper explores how our virtual “station co-teaching" model managed to continue C.R.E.A.T.E.’s commitment to encourage a “power shift” from teacher “knowing all” to teacher seeking families’ expertise.

Authors

• Lauren E. Burrow, Stephen F. Austin State University
  Presenting Author

• Heather K. Olson Beal, Stephen F. Austin State University
  Presenting Author