Innovative Teacher Preparation at a Hispanic-Serving Institution

This timely volume explores how one Hispanic-Serving Institution reimagined and transformed its teacher preparation program.
Tracing the transformative journey through innovative curricular, pedagogical, and programmatic changes, the authors outline a new template of best practices for preparing teachers in collaboration with diverse communities. Each chapter is grounded in
the program’s culturally efficacious conceptual framework and uses a social justice theoretical lens to highlight the various aspects of this transformation. The contributors detail the impetus for reform that led to innovation, provide an in-depth examination
of their implementation process, and offer evidence-based recommendations to inform other teacher preparation programs nationwide. Collectively, the chapters will inform other programs in HSIs, MSIs, and institutions serving diverse candidates,
partnering with schools, and collaborating with communities.
Essential reading for teacher educators, researchers, graduate students, and all those interested in the field of teacher education.

Belinda Bustos Flores is Professor Emerita, Department of Bicultural-Bilingual Studies, and founder of the Academy for Teacher Excellence Research Center, College of Education and Human Development at the University of Texas at San Antonio. Dr. Flores’ numerous publications focus on teacher preparation and development. Dr. Flores has been recognized for her scholarship by various organizations, including the 2015 AERA Hispanic Research Issues SIG Elementary, Secondary, and Postsecondary Award and the 2019 AERA Bilingual Research SIG Lifetime Achievement Award.

Ann Marie Ryan is Professor of Curriculum and Instruction in the Department of Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching at the University of Texas at San Antonio. Her research concentrates on the connections between teaching, learning, and policy in P-12 schools and communities over time, emphasizing teacher preparation, social studies, and education history.

Patricia Sánchez, PhD, is Professor and Chair in the Department of Bicultural-Bilingual Studies at University of Texas at San Antonio. Dr. Sánchez―a first-generation college student―was born and raised along the El Paso-Juárez border in a bilingual Mexican immigrant home. In her research, Dr. Sánchez examines issues related to immigrant education, Latinx transnationalism, and the preparation of bilingual teachers; she has over 50 research publications in these areas.