Harvard Graduate School of Education: Alumni of Color Conference
Learning Objectives:
- List the low percentage of Black male educators in K-12 systems and Higher Education institutions
- Discuss organizational theory and the maintenance of the status quo
- Critique hiring and retention practices that have been used to increase the representation of Black male educators
This presentation explored the lack of Black and Latinx male teachers in American K-12 classrooms. Students of color make up almost half of all students in public primary and secondary schools, but this same percentage is not reflected in their classroom teachers. The P&P team used various organizational development frameworks to make sense of why over 80% of public-school teachers are white. The team’s recommendations included a nationwide evaluation of values, priorities, and best practices, as well as the creation and incentivizing of bold policies and procedures to recruit and retain male teachers of color.
Project
Presentation: Bureaucratic Blueprint: Too Few Black & Brown Pillars in all White Buildings
Client
Harvard Graduate School of Education: Alumni of Color Conference
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Harvard Graduate School of Education
This presentation explored the lack of Black and Latinx male teachers in American K-12 classrooms. Students of color make up almost half of all students in public primary and secondary schools, but this same percentage is not reflected in their classroom teachers.
United Nations
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
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Federal Department of Education (DOE)
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Office of the Governor of Delaware and Staff
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Maryville College
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