Bilingual Education's Reemergence in California: Bilingual Teachers Adapting, Responding, and Resisting

• In Event: Sheraton Roundtable Session 14

Session Type: Roundtable Session

Abstract

Dual Language programs are the most effective programs for Emergent Bilinguals’ academic success and are gaining in popularity. An increasing demand for dual language programs and bilingual teachers makes staffing dual language schools a challenge. How are institutions of higher education stepping up to this demand? What influences bilingual teacher candidates’ decision to become teachers in bilingual settings and how do language ideologies impact their decisions about language use in the classroom? How do bilingual charter school teachers resist when policies restrict bilingual education? In this symposium, we examine the factors influencing entry into the bilingual teaching profession and the influence of language ideology on classroom language use and instructional decisions within the context of California’s changing language policies.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Bilingual Education Research

Chairs

• Ramon Antonio Martinez, Stanford University

• Sera Jean Hernandez, San Diego State University

Papers

• The Role of Language Ideologies in the Bilingual Teacher Shortage - Allison Briceno, San José State University; Claudia Rodriguez-Mojica, Santa Clara University; Eduardo Rafael Munoz-Munoz, Stanford University

• Growing and Flourishing With Latinx Novice Teachers: The Role of Heritage Language Learners in Bilingual Teacher Education Programs - Elexia Reyes McGovern, California State University - Dominguez Hills

• Bilingual/Bicultural Teachers: Existing and Resisting in Charter Schools - Elizabeth Montaño, University of California - Davis; Antonieta Avila, Semillas Community Schools

• Dual Language Teacher Leadership and Agency: Preparation, Praxis, and Sustainable Pedagogies - Cristina Alfaro, San Diego State University