"¡Profesores Adelante!" Recruiting Teachers in the Target Language

Autor/inn/en	Back, Michele; Dean, Joseph
Titel	"¡Profesores Adelante!" Recruiting Teachers in the Target Language
Quelle	In: Foreign Language Annals, 53 (2020) 3, S.613-633 (21 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Back, Michele)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0015-718X
DOI	10.1111/flan.12482
Schlagwörter	Language Teachers; Teacher Recruitment; Second Language Instruction; Second Language Learning; Spanish; Curriculum Implementation; High School Students; College Preparation; Student Interests; Vocational Interests + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Language teacher; Sprachunterricht; Lehrerrekrutierung; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Spanisch; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Studieninteresse; Berufsinteresse
Abstract	Recruiting qualified world language (WL) educators is a continuing challenge in the United States. Limited research has been conducted on attracting potential teacher candidates. Furthermore, recruitment materials are unavailable in target languages, making it difficult for existing WL teachers, as critical advocates for the profession, to incorporate recruitment into their instruction. This study discusses the findings from the implementation of an adapted teacher recruitment curriculum created for secondary students in Early College Experience (ECE) Spanish courses. Using data from pre- and post-intervention surveys, responses to writing prompts, and post-intervention focus groups, we found that the curriculum contributed to a slight increase in student interest in becoming WL educators, as well as interest in continuing language study beyond high school. However, several teaching-related student concerns also surfaced, most notably salary and target language ability. We discuss implications for general and WL teacher recruitment, including the importance of targeting potential WL educators in their language classrooms. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01