Teachers' Work/Teachers Unions SIG Business Meeting: With Keynote Address, Dean Leslie Fenwick, Howard University

Session Type: Business Meeting

Abstract

Preparing and Supporting Teachers to Educate in Diverse Democracies the goal of this year's business meeting is to launch a year-long dialogue about diversity in democracies and the role of teaching work, the profession, and teachers' unions. This dialogue dovetails with US race relations and escalating xenophobia worldwide. The U.S. student population is more diverse today as the overall number of students of color surpasses the number of white students. However, the teaching force remains largely white, middle-class, and female. How do we ensure that all teachers have the skills, dispositions, and knowledge required to serve a diverse group of learners? Dean Leslie Fenwick, Howard University, will initiate a conversation about efforts to recruit diverse teachers and prepare all teachers to educate in diverse democracies.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Teachers Work/Teacher Unions

Chairs

• Sarah A. Robert, University at Buffalo - SUNY

• Deena Khalil, Howard University

Participant

• Leslie T. Fenwick, Howard University

Papers

• Preparing and Supporting Teachers to Educate in Diverse Democracies - Leslie T. Fenwick, Howard University