Training on Strategies to Create Inclusive Environments for Black Teachers
Wednesday, March 3, 2021
Time: 1:00 p.m.–2:00 a.m. Central Time
Location: Virtual
Description:
The Midwest Achievement Gap Research Alliance, in collaboration with the Minority Student Achievement Network (MSAN), is providing a training for district leaders on creating inclusive environments for Black teachers. The goals for the training are:
- To share research on the importance and challenges of retaining Black teachers.
- To highlight evidence-based strategies, such as improving school organizational conditions, that can increase retention rates for Black teachers and potentially can improve educational outcomes among Black students.
- To provide strategies and action steps that district leaders, school leaders, and educators can implement to create inclusive work environments and improve retention rates among Black teachers.
- To connect research to practice by having school and district leaders discuss relevant policies, programs, and practices to create more inclusive work environments and improve retention rates among Black teachers.
Partnership: Midwest Achievement Gap Research Alliance
Speakers:
- Jameela Conway-Turner, PhD, Researcher, REL Midwest
- Tammie Causey-Konaté, PhD, Senior Consultant, REL Midwest
- Curtis Jones, PhD, Director, Office of Socially Responsible Evaluation in Education, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
- Marlo A. Reeves, PhD, Senior Research/Evaluation Associate, Office of Socially Responsible Evaluation in Education, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
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