This study explores the efficacy and challenges of interprofessional learning opportunities for preservice special education teachers and speech-language pathologists through a novel Interprofessional Summit. Employing a mixed-methods approach, the research examined how interdisciplinary collaboration impacts the preparation of these professionals…

Traditional teacher preparation pathways begin with a teacher preparation program based in an institution of higher education (IHE) and often include a student-teaching component at a local education agency (LEA). Teacher residency programs, on the other hand, offer an alternative pathway rooted in partnerships between IHEs and LEAs. In this…

In 2019, California State University (CSU), Chico was awarded a five-year Teaching Quality Partnership (TQP) grant to implement the Computational Literacy Across Secondary Settings (CLASS) program. The goal of this program was to recruit, prepare, and retain highly qualified individuals into the teaching profession, with a focus on high-need rural…

This book traces the recent socio-historical trajectory of educational language policy in Arizona, the state with the most restrictive English-only implementation in the United States. Chapters, each representing a case study of policy-making in the state, include: (1) SEI in Arizona: Bastion for States' Rights (Karen E. Lillie and Sarah Catherine…

Although there is some agreement in the field of education as to what constitutes a mentor and the roles and responsibilities of a mentor, mentoring programs vary drastically across states and across schools with respect to the amount of structure and the resources available to implement these programs. Too often, mentoring programs take on a…

This study examines initial faculty concerns during implementation of a one-to-one laptop teacher education pilot program. The Concerns-Based Adoption Model of Change provides the theoretical framework and guides the methodology. In fall 2007, 29 teacher candidates began a one-year multiple-subject (elementary) credential program with an added…

This article is based on the perceptions of California State University administrators and provides a comparative study of the challenges and benefits resulting from the implementation of the teaching performance assessment requirement of SB 2042 standards 19-21 on the California State University (CSU) campuses. With 23 campuses and almost 450,000…

The paper describes implementation and evaluation of the Bilingual Special Education Teacher Training program developed at California State University, Fresno. The program includes a summer intensive training program for teacher trainees to gain skills in assessing and instructing Spanish-speaking learning-handicapped children and in working with…

A field-based elementary teacher training center was established in a California school district to develop training for cooperating teachers, systematize selection of cooperating teachers, standardize student teacher placement, and develop delivery and support systems. Results indicated improved student teaching performance, increased school…