Change(d) agents : new teachers of color in urban schools / Betty Achinstein, Rodney T. Ogawa ; foreword by Ana María Villegas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Achinstein, Betty.

Contributor:

Ogawa, Rodney T.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Study and teaching (Secondary)--United States.

English language--Study and teaching (Secondary).

Urban schools.

Urban youth.

Education, Secondary.

United States.

Language arts (Secondary)--United States.

Language arts (Secondary).

Urban youth--Education (Secondary)--United States.

Urban schools--United States.

Minorities--Education--United States.

Minorities--Education.

Physical Description:

xi, 210 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Teachers College Press, [2011]

Summary:

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 accountability policies that challenge their ability to perform cultural/professional roles to which they are committed. Many teachers internalize the contradiction, resulting in their becoming changed agents within the educational system they sought to change. This book on educational diversity is essential reading for educators, leaders, and policymakers.

Contents:

The promise and challenge of diversifying the teaching profession

Examining the cultural/professional roles and socialization of new teachers of color

Meet the teachers: their backgrounds and commitments

Where do the teachers go and why?

Subtractive or additive schooling of new teachers of color: the impact of organizational contexts on cultural/professional roles

New teachers of color and culturally responsive teaching in an era of educational accountability

Change(d) agents: new teachers of color in a double bind

Supporting new teachers of color: a call to collective action.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780807752180

0807752185

9780807752197

0807752193

OCLC:

700735387