¡Manos a la Obra! Leadership in Dual Language Bilingual Education

• In Event: Saturday Roundtable Session 9:45 am
  In Roundtable Session: Critical Perspectives on Dual Language Bilingual Education Research (Table 7)

Abstract

Dual Language Bilingual Education (DLBE) holds promise for equitable education for Latino Emergent Bilingual learners (Howard et al., 2018). However, DLBE, requires significant, long term, and critical foundational transformations to be effective that need to happen in the disposition, ideology, knowledge, and skills teachers possess that influence teaching and learning, and ultimately student success (DeMatthews & Izquierdo, 2019). Leadership is essential in this foundational transformation. This mixed-method study examines DLBE district-wide school implementation in a six year long-term research study that involves 3 school districts in a Mexican/US border city. The findings reflect that DLBE leaders lack the formal and necessary preparation and knowledge in leading DLBE. Critical changes must be made to foster an sustain an effective DLBE model.

Authors

• Vanessa Espitia Mendoza, University of Texas - El Paso

• Elena Izquierdo, University of Texas - El Paso

• Jose Medina, Dr. Jose Medina: Educational Solutions