Preparing Teachers to Partner With Multilingual Families in Special Education

• In Event: AERA Roundtable Session Sunday 11:40 am Four Seasons Ballroom 1
  In Roundtable Session: Informing and Improving Preservice and In-Service Teachers' Engagement With Families (Table 8)

Abstract

This presentation synthesizes our research on the extent teacher preparation programs prepare teachers to collaborate with multilingual families of students with disabilities. We synthesize 27 studies conducted in teacher preparation programs that train teachers to collaborate with (a) families of students with disabilities, (b) multilingual families, or (c) multilingual families of students with disabilities. Additionally, we inductively evaluated the quality of family collaboration training using the Sunshine Model, a research-based conceptual framework for examining and developing family professional partnerships in PK-12 schools. We then offer guidance on how audience members can effectively leverage the Sunshine Model in future family research that is grounded in cultural and linguistic equity.

Authors

• Jamie Day, University of Missouri

• Grace L. Francis, George Mason University

• Carlos Lavin, College of Charleston

• Shana J. Haines, University of Vermont