Division K - Teaching and Teacher Education / Division K - Section 04: Multicultural, Inclusive, and Social Justice Frameworks for Teaching and Teacher Education in PK-16+ Settings

Daniel Tulino, Rowan University

Exploring the Role of Teachers: Academic Optimism in an Urban Full-Service Community High School - Claudia Lucia Galindo, University of Maryland - College Park; Mavis G. Sanders, University of Maryland - Baltimore County

Teaching Into the Challenge: Increasing Students' Opportunity to Learn Through "Trauma-Sensitive" Practices in the Urban Classroom - Stacy Agee Szczesiul, University of Massachusetts - Lowell; Megin Charner-Laird, Salem State University; James H. Nehring, University of Massachusetts - Lowell

The Evaluation of Preservice Teachers' Cultural Competence: A Comparative Study - Gökhan Kılıçoğlu, Eskisehir Osmangazi University; Derya Kilicoglu, Eskisehir Osmangazi University; Young Ha Cho, Kyung Hee University; Paul Cameron Gorski, George Mason University; John D. Palmer, Colgate University; Heidi Renee Bohler, Westfield State University

Through a Different Lens: Professional Development That Reframes Diversity as Strength - Leyton Schnellert, The University of British Columbia - Okanagan Campus; Shelley Moore, The University of British Columbia

Voices From the Classroom: The Imperative of Care for Underserved and At-Risk Populations - Karis K Barnett, University of Central Oklahoma; Anastasia Wickham, University of Central Oklahoma

Jim L. Hollar, Edgewood College