Research shows that programs that explicitly prepare preservice teachers to engage with families can have a positive impact on teachers' abilities to do so (Mancenido & Pello, 2020). This presentation explores the ways in which a course entitled Families, Communities & Schools has leveraged cross-generational learning to help preservice teachers to develop positive dispositions and practical strategies for working with diverse families in an urban school district.
Senior Lecturer, Barnard College, Columbia University
I am the Certification Officer for the Barnard Education Program. I advise all of the students in our EPP. Additionally, I teach many of the courses for our EPP. While much of my work revolves around policies regarding the preparation of educators, I am also interested in the relationships... Read More →
