CARLA Presentation: Emerging Advocates: Teacher Residents Shaping Multilingual Classrooms

This case study explores how multilingual teacher candidates in a k-12 English as a Second Language (ESL) and World Language (WL) licensure program position themselves as advocates for multilingualism generally, and heritage language development and maintenance in particular. Teacher candidate roles (student teacher residents or MN Tier 2 teachers of record) are explored as variables in how candidates see themselves as advocates. 

Presenters
Mariane de Araujo Batista-McCulloch is a Ph.D. student in Multilingual Education at the University of Minnesota. Her research examines the role of embodied and heritage language practices in enabling African-descended individuals to reclaim their diasporic linguistic and identity connections. She investigates this process through specific cultural expressions, including African-rooted dancing, hand drumming, and vocal performance in African languages.
Karla Stone, Ph.D., is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, College of Education and Human Development at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. She leads a MN Grow Your Own Teachers (MNGOT) pathway to licensure for k-12 ESL and WL teacher candidates. Her work relies heavily on partnerships with local districts.