Collaborative Leadership in Meeting the Needs of English Learners in an Urban Elementary PDS

Abstract

In this chapter, the authors describe collaborative efforts of three teacher leaders and a college professional development school (PDS) liaison to ensure that preservice candidates and practicing teachers can effectively meet the needs of English learners (ELs). The chapter includes an introduction to the PDS’s history and mission, an overview of research on effective practices that promote ELs’ learning, a description of teacher leadership in the PDS context, examples of professional learning opportunities to help preservice candidates and practicing teachers ensure that ELs are academically successful, and a discussion of how data are being used to evaluate the impact of this work on both teachers and students.

Citation

Dubetz, N., Fella, M., LaChapell, Y. and Rivera, J. (2018), "Collaborative Leadership in Meeting the Needs of English Learners in an Urban Elementary PDS", Hunzicker, J. (Ed.) Teacher Leadership in Professional Development Schools, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 41-58. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-78743-403-520181003