Dismantling Racial Injustice by Preparing Culturally Relevant Educators Using the Pennsylvania CRSE (Culturally Relevant Sustaining Educator) Competencies

• In Event: Sunday Roundtable Session 3:05 pm
  In Roundtable Session: Fostering Racial Justice Across Educational Settings: Considerations for School Community, Climate, and Culture (Table 17)

Abstract

The Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) mandated that all PK-12 schools and teacher preparation programs implement Culturally Relevant Sustaining Educator (CRSE) competencies in April 2022. A university located in south central Pennsylvania’s College of Education faculty have been working this past year to provide professional learning and networking opportunities to both university faculty and local PK-12 school partners. This work has taken many forms - a survey was sent to all undergraduate and graduate education majors; researchers analyzed data to see how well or ill-prepared participants thought they were regarding CRSE in their preparation programs; and workshops and program assessments were conducted to make sure that all pre-service teachers are exposed to and assessed on these CRSE competencies.

Authors

• Miriam Marguerita Gomez Witmer, Millersville University of Pennsylvania

• Aileen Hower, Millersville University of Pennsylvania

• Abdulsalami Ibrahim, Millersville University of Pennsylvania