Full Description
With the emergence of a diverse public school student population, existing literature affirms the existence of a Black teacher shortage and the low representation of teachers of color in U.S. public schools. Although there are over 3 million public school teachers, African American teachers only comprise approximately 8 percent of the public school teaching workforce. In fact, the education field is dominated by White, middle-class teachers, particularly, White female teachers.
While the retention of all teachers of color is a pertinent issue, an examination of Black female teachers who can assist in diversifying the teaching field is timely and warranted. Despite Black females' historic role in public education and that teaching is a female-dominated profession, Black female teachers represent only 7.7 percent of the American teaching force, while students of color represent almost 49 percent of the total student enrolment.
This important, timely, and provocative book places recruitment and retention of Black female teachers at the center. The contributions address not only the recruitment of Black female teachers but also discuss mechanisms necessary to retain them. Thus, this collection not only focuses on recruiting and retaining Black female teachers for the sake of having their representation in schools; rather, authors consider some of the implicit (and overt) nuances that these teachers experience in schools across the United States.
Contents
Foreword; Richard Milner
Reflecting Back While Gazing Forward: Black Female Teachers and the Diversification of the United States' Teacher Workforce; Ayana Allen-Handy and Abiola Farinde-Wu
The Historical/Contemporary Landscape of Black Female Teachers
And Then There Were None: Reversing the Exodus of Black Women from the Teaching Profession; Valerie Hill-Jackson
The Antioppressionist Thoughts and Pedagogies of Anna Julia Cooper and Septima Poinsette Clark; Karen A. Johnson
Scholarly Examination of Black Female Teachers
The Urban Factor: Examining why Black Female Educators Teach in Under-resourced, Urban Schools; Abiola Farinde-Wu, Ayana Allen-Handy, Bettie Ray Butler and Chance W. Lewis
"Black Like Me": Female Pre-service Teachers of Color on Learning to Teach for Social Justice with a Black Female Professor; Tambra O. Jackson, Ashley Ballard, Marena Drewery, Brianna Membres, Laryn Morgan and Felicia Nicholson
Retention of Black Female Teachers
Invisible Threads: Working Conditions, Interpersonal Relationships, and Turnover Among Black Female Teachers; Ayana K. Campoli, Dyanis A. Popova
Racial Congruence, Teacher Stress, and Professional Commitment Among African American Female Teachers; Paul G. Fitchett, Eugenia B. Hopper, Maytal Eyal, Christopher J. McCarthy and Richard G. Lambert
Why Black Women Teachers Leave and What Can Be Done About it; Desiree Carver-Thomas and Linda Darling-Hammond
Epilogue
