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Title: Challenging Systemic Barriers and Advancing Multilingual Education through MEDALLA: 'Hacia Nuevos Conocmientos y Espacios Lingüísticos'
Language: English
Authors: Jen Stacy, Nallely Arteaga, Yesenia Fernández, Elexia Reyes McGovern, Pablo C. Ramirez
Source: TESOL Journal. 2025 16(2).
Availability: Wiley. Available from: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030. Tel: 800-835-6770; e-mail: cs-journals@wiley.com; Web site: https://www.wiley.com/en-us
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 8
Publication Date: 2025
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Early Childhood Education
Elementary Education
Kindergarten
Primary Education
Elementary Secondary Education
Higher Education
Postsecondary Education
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Spanish, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Faculty Development, Grants, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Teachers, Culturally Relevant Education, Teacher Education Programs, Activism, Kindergarten, Elementary Secondary Education, Hispanic American Students, Minority Serving Institutions, Family School Relationship, Self Concept, Cultural Background, Minority Group Teachers, Family Literacy, Educational Practices, Fellowships, Teaching Methods, Holistic Approach, Literacy, Communities of Practice
Geographic Terms: California
DOI: 10.1002/tesj.70029
ISSN: 1056-7941
1949-3533
Abstract: In California, multilingual (ML) teachers seeking Bilingual Authorization or ongoing professional development must confront the field's sedimentary tensions. Cultivating culturally sustaining approaches to language learning in PreK-12 school communities requires embedding humanizing practices at the core of ML teacher education and professional development. Project MEDALLA (Multilingual Educator Development Advancing Language Learning Achievement/Activism) is based at a Hispanic-Serving Institution in Los Angeles. This article delineates MEDALLA's unique approach to bilingual teacher education, which fosters biliteracy and critical family-school relations while generating networks of educators committed to transformation. Informed by critical frameworks that unabashedly commit to sustaining students' and families' identities/knowledge and to thwarting oppressive ideologies, we describe how MEDALLA provides pathways to Bilingual Authorization and structured professional development for pre- and in-service teachers of color. The project's innovative methods include conducting grant activities in Spanish (the partner language), integrating critical bilingual family literacy, developing a year-long Plurilingüe Teacher Fellowship for mentor teachers, creating a holistic student teaching model, and strengthening partnerships. We believe that Project MEDALLA provides a model for supporting teachers' critical practices that advance students' and families' language and academic goals while building solidarity.
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  Data: In California, multilingual (ML) teachers seeking Bilingual Authorization or ongoing professional development must confront the field's sedimentary tensions. Cultivating culturally sustaining approaches to language learning in PreK-12 school communities requires embedding humanizing practices at the core of ML teacher education and professional development. Project MEDALLA (Multilingual Educator Development Advancing Language Learning Achievement/Activism) is based at a Hispanic-Serving Institution in Los Angeles. This article delineates MEDALLA's unique approach to bilingual teacher education, which fosters biliteracy and critical family-school relations while generating networks of educators committed to transformation. Informed by critical frameworks that unabashedly commit to sustaining students' and families' identities/knowledge and to thwarting oppressive ideologies, we describe how MEDALLA provides pathways to Bilingual Authorization and structured professional development for pre- and in-service teachers of color. The project's innovative methods include conducting grant activities in Spanish (the partner language), integrating critical bilingual family literacy, developing a year-long Plurilingüe Teacher Fellowship for mentor teachers, creating a holistic student teaching model, and strengthening partnerships. We believe that Project MEDALLA provides a model for supporting teachers' critical practices that advance students' and families' language and academic goals while building solidarity.
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