Partnering to Retain Teachers of Color
It is one thing to hire teachers of color. It is another thing to retain teachers of color. As a Black educator, I know this truth all too well.
I’ve worked places where my expertise and skill set were not valued by my peers or superiors. I was viewed as the Black teacher in the building for disciplinary support and community buy-in. I met conflict in those spaces and was often forced out. This is one example to explain the inability of schools and/or districts to retain teachers of color. But this is not necessarily the norm.