Teaching Active Practice in Family Engagement to Teacher Candidates: Resource-Sensitive Models

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

These projects demonstrate sustainable models for teacher preparation programs to incorporate opportunities for their teacher candidates to practice engaging with families. In different ways, all three projects adapted simulations to be resource sensitive, allowing any teacher preparation program to include content about family engagement. Presenters will also describe ways that educators teach practices that support teacher candidates to learn about, uncover, and use knowledge about culture, community and families in teaching.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Family, School, Community Partnerships

Chair

• Claire Jacobson, Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation

Papers

• Active Practice Through Simulations - Claire Jacobson, Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation

• Mining Gems, Nurturing Relationships, Building Teacher Practice - Debi Khasnabis, University of Michigan; Simona Goldin, University of Michigan; Susan Atkins, Ann Arbor Public Schools

• Using a Medical Simulation Model to Strengthen Capacities Within Preservice Special Education Teacher Candidates - Mathew LaFave, University at Albany - SUNY; Christine Smith, University at Albany - SUNY

Discussant

• Patricia A. Edwards, Michigan State University