Strengthening Latine Bilingual Teaching Pathways Through Inter-Institutional Partnerships: Lessons From a Federally Funded HSI Grant

• In Event: AERA Roundtable Sunday 7:45 am

Session Type: Roundtable Session

Abstract

This session shares findings from a five-year HSI Title V grant supporting future Latine bilingual teachers (FLBT) through an interinstitutional partnership across one university and three community colleges. Four interrelated papers explore: (1) FLBT summer professional development experiences focused on countering erasure (2) the impact of Freirean and humanizing pedagogies on FLBT development, (3) supports aiding FLBT post-secondary transfer and persistence, and (4) a program evaluation model centered on “servingness.” Grounded in culturally and linguistically sustaining practices, the project fostered ideological clarity and community among FLBT to challenge deficit narratives and provided tools to transform K–12 student experiences. This work offers crucial insights into how HSIs can build collaborative and equitable bilingual teacher pathways.

Sub Unit

• Division G - Social Context of Education / Division G - Section 5: Inquiry, Transformation, and Communities

Chair

• Monique Escobedo, San Diego State University

Papers

• Culturally and Linguistically-Sustaining Pedagogies in Future Bilingual Teacher Professional Development: Successes in Countering Erasure - Sera Jean Hernandez, San Diego State University; Javier Diego Jacinto, Our Lady’s School

• Modeling Democratic Praxis For Future Latine Bilingual Teachers - Monique Escobedo, San Diego State University

• Refining Teacher Education Pathways From Community College to the University - Michael Wickert, Southwestern College

• Applying “Servingness” to Evaluating a Bilingual Teacher Education Partnership Pathway in Hispanic-Serving Institutions - Saul I. Maldonado, San Diego State University; Alberto Heredia, WestEd

Session Organizer

• Sera Jean Hernandez, San Diego State University

Discussant

• Mariano Lozano-Soto, San Diego State University