Abstract

To enhance teachers’ preparedness to support the growing number of multilingual learners, teacher educators need to engage inservice teachers working across K-12 settings in continued professional learning. In this study, we described a teacher education program designed for inservice teachers who were from diverse backgrounds and worked in a variety of instructional settings involving multilingual learners. Based on survey and follow-up interview data, teachers reported enhanced preparedness to work with multilingual learners and shared self-efficacy-forming experiences through the program. The findings revealed learning opportunities aligned with the sources of teachers’ self-efficacy including knowledge development, mastery experiences, and vicarious learning experiences. Implications for inservice teacher education programs that prepare educators for multilingual learners were provided.

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