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Lulu loves her family, but people are always asking What are you?
Lulu hates that question. Her brother inspires her to come up with
a power phrase so she can easily express who she is, not what she
is. Includes a Note to Readers from the author, sharing her
experience as a multiracial person.
Teacher attrition has long been a significant challenge within the
field of education. It is a commonly-cited statistic that almost
fifty percent of beginning teachers leave the field within their
first five years, to the detriment of schools, students, and their
own career development. There Has to be a Better Way offers an
essential voice in understanding the dynamics of teacher attrition
from the perspective of the teachers themselves. Drawing upon
in-depth qualitative research with former teachers from urban
schools in multiple regions of the United States, Lynnette
Mawhinney and Carol R. Rinke identify several themes that uncover
the rarely-spoken reasons why teachers so often willingly leave the
classroom. The authors go further to provide concrete
recommendations for how school administrators can better support
their practicing teachers, as well as how teacher educators might
enhance preparation for the next generation of educators. Complete
with suggested readings and discussion questions, this book serves
as an indispensable resource in understanding and building an
effective and productive educational workforce for our nation's
students.
Opportunities and Challenges in Teacher Recruitment and Retention
serves as a comprehensive resource for understanding teachers'
careers across the professional lifespan. Grounded in the notion
that teachers' voices are essential for understanding teachers'
lives, this edited volume contains chapters that privilege the
voices of teachers above all. Book sections look closely at the
particular issues that arise when recruiting an effective,
committed, and diverse workforce, as well as the challenges that
arise once teachers are immersed in the classroom setting.
Promising directions are also included for particularly high-need
areas such as early childhood teachers, Black male teachers, STEM
teachers, and urban teachers. The book concludes with a call for
self-care in teachers' lives. Chapter contributions come from a
variety of contexts across the United States and around the world.
However, regardless of context or methodology, these chapters point
to the importance of valuing and respecting teachers' lives and
work. Moreover, they demonstrate that teacher recruitment and
retention is a complex and multifaceted issue that cannot be
addressed through simplistic policy changes. Rather, attending to
and appreciating the web of influences on teachers lives and
careers is the only way to support their work and the impact they
have on our next generation of students.
Opportunities and Challenges in Teacher Recruitment and Retention
serves as a comprehensive resource for understanding teachers'
careers across the professional lifespan. Grounded in the notion
that teachers' voices are essential for understanding teachers'
lives, this edited volume contains chapters that privilege the
voices of teachers above all. Book sections look closely at the
particular issues that arise when recruiting an effective,
committed, and diverse workforce, as well as the challenges that
arise once teachers are immersed in the classroom setting.
Promising directions are also included for particularly high-need
areas such as early childhood teachers, Black male teachers, STEM
teachers, and urban teachers. The book concludes with a call for
self-care in teachers' lives. Chapter contributions come from a
variety of contexts across the United States and around the world.
However, regardless of context or methodology, these chapters point
to the importance of valuing and respecting teachers' lives and
work. Moreover, they demonstrate that teacher recruitment and
retention is a complex and multifaceted issue that cannot be
addressed through simplistic policy changes. Rather, attending to
and appreciating the web of influences on teachers lives and
careers is the only way to support their work and the impact they
have on our next generation of students.
Developing a more culturally diverse teaching force is one of the
most important tasks facing the education system in the United
States. Yet, in the midst of this challenge, little is known about
who these teachers might be or where they might come from. We Got
Next: Urban Education and the Next Generation of Black Teachers
illustrates the journeys that Black pre-service teachers travel in
their attempts to become educators. By looking at their educational
life histories - their schooling experiences, teaching
philosophies, and personal motivation - this book discovers what
compels them to become teachers and the struggles and successes
they encounter along the way. With texture and care, We Got Next
helps professionals, policymakers, and teacher educators to
understand what draws young African Americans toward the teaching
profession and how to help them get there.
Developing a more culturally diverse teaching force is one of the
most important tasks facing the education system in the United
States. Yet, in the midst of this challenge, little is known about
who these teachers might be or where they might come from. We Got
Next: Urban Education and the Next Generation of Black Teachers
illustrates the journeys that Black pre-service teachers travel in
their attempts to become educators. By looking at their educational
life histories - their schooling experiences, teaching
philosophies, and personal motivation - this book discovers what
compels them to become teachers and the struggles and successes
they encounter along the way. With texture and care, We Got Next
helps professionals, policymakers, and teacher educators to
understand what draws young African Americans toward the teaching
profession and how to help them get there.
Strong Black Girls lays bare the harm Black women and girls are
expected to overcome in order to receive an education in America.
It captures the routinely muffled voices and experiences of these
students through storytelling, essays, letters, and poetry. The
authors make clear that the strength of Black women and girls
should not merely be defined as the ability to survive racism,
abuse, and violence. Readers will also see resistance and
resilience emerge through the central themes that shape these
reflective, coming-of-age narratives. Each chapter is punctuated by
discussion questions that extend the conversation around the
everyday realities of navigating K-12 schools, such as sexuality,
intergenerational influence, self-love, anger, leadership,
aesthetic trauma (hair and body image), erasure, rejection, and
unfiltered Black girlhood. Strong Black Girls is essential reading
for everyone tasked with teaching, mentoring, programming, and
policymaking for Black females in all public institutions.Book
Features: A spotlight on the invisible barriers impacting Black
girls' educational trajectories. A survey of the intersectional
notions of strength and Black femininity within the context of K-12
schooling. Narrative therapy through unpacking system stories of
oppression and triumph. Insights for building skills and tools to
make substantial and lasting change in schools.
Strong Black Girls lays bare the harm Black women and girls are
expected to overcome in order to receive an education in America.
It captures the routinely muffled voices and experiences of these
students through storytelling, essays, letters, and poetry. The
authors make clear that the strength of Black women and girls
should not merely be defined as the ability to survive racism,
abuse, and violence. Readers will also see resistance and
resilience emerge through the central themes that shape these
reflective, coming-of-age narratives. Each chapter is punctuated by
discussion questions that extend the conversation around the
everyday realities of navigating K-12 schools, such as sexuality,
intergenerational influence, self-love, anger, leadership,
aesthetic trauma (hair and body image), erasure, rejection, and
unfiltered Black girlhood. Strong Black Girls is essential reading
for everyone tasked with teaching, mentoring, programming, and
policymaking for Black females in all public institutions.Book
Features: A spotlight on the invisible barriers impacting Black
girls' educational trajectories. A survey of the intersectional
notions of strength and Black femininity within the context of K-12
schooling. Narrative therapy through unpacking system stories of
oppression and triumph. Insights for building skills and tools to
make substantial and lasting change in schools.
The first of its kind, Teacher Education across Minority-Serving
Institutions brings together innovative work from the family of
institutions known as minority-serving institutions: Historically
Black Colleges and Universities, Tribal Colleges and Universities,
Hispanic Serving Institutions, and Asian American and Native
American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions. The book moves
beyond a singular focus on teacher racial diversity that has
characterized scholarship and policy work in this area. Instead, it
pushes for scholars to consider that racial diversity in teacher
education is not simply an end in itself but is, a means to
accomplish other goals, such as developing justice-oriented and
asset-based pedagogies.
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