Navigating Spaces as Teacher Candidates of Color: Minority-Serving Programs Within Predominantly White Institutions

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Abstract

Drawing on the efforts to increase the ethnoracial diversity of the U.S. teaching workforce, this study explores a minority-serving program that prepares predominantly teachers of Color. Recent research shows the positive impact of teacher candidates of Color on all students, particularly for Black students. However, the recruitment efforts have yet to result in significant demographic changes in the teacher workforce or teacher preparation experiences. This study examines how students of Color perceive their experiences as they attend a program within a northeastern predominantly white institution (PWI). Moreover, this study will explore how minority-serving program spaces influence the learning of teacher candidates of Color in addition to providing tools and barriers against the racialized harm that occurs in PWIs.

Author

• Aaron Talbot Kennedy Coleman, Boston College