Date of Award
Fall 10-15-2021
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Education (EdD)
Department
Education
First Advisor/Committee Member
Dr. Cher Edwards
Second Advisor/Committee Member
Dr. Nyaradzo Mvududu
Third Advisor/Committee Member
Dr. Jorge Preciado
Keywords
Self-efficacy, English Learners, Special Education, Disproportionality
Abstract
The K-12 student population across the United States has experienced a growth of students whose native language is not English (Piazza et al., 2020). These culturally, linguistically diverse students, also known as English Learners (ELs), are placed in classrooms of teachers who lack the training necessary to effectively serve language and content learning needs (Ortiz & Robertson, 2018). A model that has been routinely used to provide teachers with an instructional framework to address the needs of ELs, is the sheltered instruction observation protocol (SIOP) (Echevarria, Vogt, & Short, 2017). This study sought to develop a valid and reliable tool, the Sheltered Instruction Teacher Self-Efficacy Scale (SITSES) based on the components of the SIOP framework to measure the self-efficacy of general education classroom teachers serving ELs and to examine difference in self-efficacy ratings of teachers who had received SIOP training and those who did not. A pilot study was conducted to calibrate the tool and establish validity and reliability. Subsequently the tool was sent to 460 general education teachers in a public school district in the northwestern part of the United States resulting in a 10% response rate. Results of an exploratory factor analysis suggest that four components emerged, aligning with the eight SIOP instructional framework elements of lesson preparation, building background, strategies, interaction, practice/application, lesson delivery, review and assessment. In examination of the teacher self-efficacy scores, analysis suggests that teachers who have been trained in SIOP report a higher degree of efficacy in serving culturally, linguistically diverse learners than teachers who were not SIOP trained. Recommendations are made for future research and use of the tool to assess teacher self-efficacy serving ELs.
Recommended Citation
McCrath-Smith, Stacey L., "Measuring Self-Efficacy of Elementary General Education Teachers Serving English Language Learners with and without Disabilities" (2021). Education Dissertations. 64.
https://digitalcommons.spu.edu/soe_etd/64