As the California Council on Teacher Education (CCTE) continues to engage in virtual conference formats, including our most recent 2021 SPAN Conference, we are fortunate to be able to provide ongoing modalities for members of our community to share their research. Our research call for SPAN was embedded in the theme of the conference: anti-racism and distance learning, with 11 proposals accepted and video presentations posted to a CCTE GoReact platform. We were also fortunate to have a live research roundtable during the SPAN Conference featuring researchers from the California State University Educator Quality Center, the California State University’s Next Generation of Educators Initiative, the University of California’s California Teacher Education Research and Improvement Network (CTERIN), and the Learning Policy Institute. We are excited to offer this CCTE Spring 2021 Research Monograph in which you will find articles by several of our accepted research presenters as well as the presentation slides from our four roundtable research teams. Among the articles you will find Nicole Homerin who walks us through “Teacher Burnout and Compassion Fatigue in Special Education” while Lara Ervin-Kassab, Karen Escalante, and Daniel Soodjinda pose “Critical Questions: Can the CalTPA Advance Critical Conversations about Programs and Policy?” The CCTE Spring 2021 Research Monograph helps to keep the work of CCTE and SPAN at the forefront as we continue to impact teacher education here in California and beyond.
Also a wonderful reminder that if you have not had an opportunity to view the video presentations on the GoReact platform, they have now been moved to our CCTE YouTube channel. We hope you enjoy our Spring Monograph and we encourage you to submit your own research proposal for the CCTE Fall 2021 Conference.
Happy Reading & Happy Researching,
- Karen Escalante, Chair, CCTE Research Committee California State University, San Bernardino
Contents
- Introductions from CCTE Research Committee Chair and CCTE Executive Secretary by Karen Escalante & Alan H. Jones
Articles from Presentations Accepted for the CCTE Spring 2021 SPAN Virtual Conference Program by the CCTE Research Committee
- Are We There Yet? Teacher Testing Takes a Toll on Traffic by Emily Bogus & James Kozinski
- Critical Questions: Can the CalTPA Advance Critical Conversations About Programs and Policy? by Lara Ervin-Kassab, Karen Escalante, & Daniel Soodjinda
- Preparing Anti-Racist Educators During a Time of Pandemics by Karen Escalante
- The Need for Culturally and Linguistically Responsive AAC for Latinx Students by Lauren Fischbacher & Anna Osipova
- Examining the Critical Issue of Teacher Burnout in Special Education by Nicole Homerin
- Re-Examining Effective Reading Instruction for English Learners with Intellectual Disabilities by Karolyn Maurer & Anna Osipova
- Increased Reliance on Video Coaching During COVID-19: Understanding Educators’ Experiences by Melissa Meetze-Hall, Allison Smith, Keith A. Walters, & Brian Arnold
Articles and Slides from Invited Presentations at the Research Roundtable Session During the CCTE Spring 2021 SPAN Virtual Conference
- Building a Community of Supervisors for Equity and Justice by Lisa Sullivan & Kayce Mastrup
- Building a Community of Supervisors for Equity and Justice (Power.Point.Presentation.Slides) by Lisa Sullivan & Kayce Mastrup
- Building a Continuous Improvement Capacity in Teacher Preparation (Power.Point.Presentation.Slides) by Marquita Grenot-Scheyer & Melissa Eiler White
- Chancellor’s Office Learning Lab for Improvement (Power.Point.Presentation.Slides) by Paul Tuss, Ginger Simon, & Sarah Kolbe
- How Teacher Residencies Can Help Address California’s Teacher Shortages & Sustainable Strategies for Funding Them (Power.Point.Presentation.Slides) by Cathy Yun