Advancing Equity and Effectiveness in Teacher Preparation: Insights on Accreditation, Reflection, and Reform

Session Type: Paper Session

Abstract

This session brings together emerging research that examines critical dimensions of teacher preparation through the lenses of equity, effectiveness, and reflective practice. Presenters will explore how accreditation processes can serve as levers for justice in educator preparation. These studies highlight the development and validation of tools to assess preservice teachers’ self-perceptions and planning abilities, offering insights into program improvement. Findings presented will engage with a theory-informed reflection on building evaluation capacity within educational contexts and consider how novice teachers perceive effective literacy instruction in light of recent Science of Reading legislation. Together, these studies underscore the importance of aligning policy, practice, and research to support the development of culturally responsive, data-informed, and justice-oriented educators.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Accreditation, Assessment, and Program Evaluation in Education Preparation

Chair

• Patrick Obot, University of Houston

Papers

• Accreditation as a Lever for Equity: Examining the Role of Educator Preparation Accreditation as a Justice-Oriented Tool - Todd McCardle, Eastern Kentucky University; Jilliane McCardle, Eastern Kentucky University

• Novice Teachers’ Perceptions of Effective Literacy Instruction Following Science of Reading Legislation - Carla Lynn Tanguay, Georgia State University; Ruchi Bhatnagar, Georgia State University; Joyce E. Many, Georgia State University

• Making the Implicit Explicit: A Theory-Informed Reflection on Emergent Evaluation Capacity Building Practice - Doreen Akinyi Otieno, Ohio University; Krisanna L. Machtmes, Ohio University

• A Planning Self-Perception Scale For Preservice Teachers: Content Validation And Exploratory Factor Structure - Jennifer Stefania Herrera Lozano, University of Texas - El Paso; Erika L. Mein, University of Texas - El Paso

Session Organizer

• Kimberly Jamison, University of North Carolina - Wilmington

Discussant

• Connor Warner, University of Utah