Change(d) Agents New Teachers of Color in Urban Schools

Name: Change(d) Agents New Teachers of Color in Urban Schools
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ISBN: 9780807752180

ISBN-10: 0807752185

ISBN-13: 9780807752180

Edition: 2011

Authors: Betty Achinstein, Rodney T. Ogawa

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This book examines both the promise and complexity of diversifying today's teaching profession. Drawing from a 5-year study of 21 new teachers of colour working in urban, hard-to-staff schools, this book uncovers a systemic paradox that the teachers confront. They are committed to improving educational opportunities for students of colour by acting as role models, culturally/linguistically responsive teachers, and change agents. The teaching profession encouraged such commitments and some teachers acted with support from individual, organizational, and community-based sponsors. However, many of these new teachers work in schools that are culturally subtractive and have restrictive…

Book details

List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Teachers College Press
Publication date: 6/10/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 6.13" wide x 9.01" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English



Foreword



Acknowledgments



The Promise and Challenge of Diversifying the Teaching Profession


Carmen's Tale


Demographic and Democratic Imperatives


About This Book


Authors' Perspectives


The Chapters Ahead



Examining the Cultural/Professional Roles and Socialization of New Teachers of Color


Definitional Issues


Cultural/Professional Roles and Socialization of New Teachers of Color: A Framework


Overview of the Study That Informs This Book



Meet the Teachers: Their Backgrounds and Commitments


Teacher Demographics


Complicating Identifications


Cultural/Professional Commitments


Teacher Background Influences on Cultural/Professional Commitments


Gabriel's and Tanya's Commitments and Background Influences


The Cultural/Professional Commitments of Teachers of Color: The Potential Burden of Virtue



Where Do the Teachers Go and Why?


The Schools Where Teachers Taught


Turnover and Retention Patterns and Influences


Implications of National Patterns of Retention and Turnover of Teachers of Color



Subtractive or Additive Schooling of New Teachers of Color: The Impact of Organizational Contexts on Cultural/Professional Roles


Influences on Cultural/Professional Roles


The Cases of Inez and Alejandra


Making Sense of the Cases: Subtractive and Additive Schooling


Conclusions



New Teachers of Color and Culturally Responsive Teaching in an Era of Educational Accountability


Responses to Accountability Policies: Unintended Consequences


New Teachers of Color: Culturally Responsive Teaching in the Context of Accountability


Conclusions



Change(d) Agents: New Teachers of Color in a Double Bind


A Double Bind


Change Agents and Change(d) Agents



Supporting New Teachers of Color: A Call to Collective Action


Lessons Learned


A Call to Collective Action


Methodological Appendix


Notes


References


Index


About the Authors