Self-Study as Acumen for Advancing Teacher Education Practices: Cultivating a Path of Empowerment Within Supervision

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

It has become increasingly apparent that teacher education is a vessel for change (Darling-Hammond et al., 2020) in which self-study bears a significant role of influence (Taylor & Diamond, 2020). This symposium explores three, Black female teacher educators’ experiences within the context of a predominantly White, undergraduate teacher preparation program in the southeastern United States. This session is centered around personal and professional tensions in the context of supervision: 1) How do we develop your espoused platforms for, in, and of supervision to navigate various clinical spaces? and 2) How have we developed and applied practices to strengthen school-university partnerships in the current sociopolitical climate?

Sub Unit

• SIG-Self-Study of Teacher Education Practices

Chair

• Raven Robinson-Wilson, University of North Florida

Papers

• Addressing Encumberment in Supervision: Black Teacher Educator as Broker for Change - Raven Robinson-Wilson, University of North Florida

• Stirring the Pot: Understanding Black Leadership, Culture, and Boundary-Spanning through the Metaphor of Roux - Shaundricka Medlock, University of North Florida