Cinematic Intersections (Get Out): You Want Our Talent, But Do You Want Us? Creating More Inclusive Education Work Spaces through Talent-Centered Education Leadership

Session Type: Invited Speaker Session

Abstract

Talent Acquisition. This sessions intersects with the theme in “Get Out” related to acquiring the talent and skills of minoritized communities while still upholding systems of exclusion and exerting minimal efforts to truly recruit and include people of all backgrounds into the education workforce. It calls us to ask the question, “You Want Our Talent, But Do You Want Us?” This session will spotlight Talent-centered education leadership (TCEL), an emerging management approach that builds on the foundations of progressive/inclusive talent management from the HR industry. At its core, TCEL is humanizing the education workplace and prioritizing workforce needs, and essential to that is cultivating a diverse and inclusive work environment. This session will involve an introduction to TCEL; three related presentations on: a) the importance of administrative respect for teacher retention, b) Black women resiliency in community college leadership, and c) barriers to diversity and inclusion for Engineering faculty at R1 universities; and conclude with a panel discussion with experts across the country on how to create more inclusive education work settings for people of all backgrounds across the P-20 continuum.

Sub Unit

• AERA Presidential Session

Chair

• Henry Tran, University of South Carolina, Columbia

Participants

• Kathleen M.W. Cunningham, University of South Carolina

• Suzy Hardie, University of South Carolina

• Simone A. F. Gause, University of South Carolina

• Spencer Platt, University of South Carolina - Columbia

• Michele Dow, University of Massachusetts - Boston

• Vincent Gregory, University of Kentucky

• Wardell C Hunter, Atlanta Public Schools

• Bridget Turner Kelly, University of Maryland - College Park

• Douglas Smith, Iowa State University

• Mario I Suarez, Utah

• Tiffany Wright, Millersville University of Pennsylvania

• Michelle D. Young, Loyola Marymount University

Discussants

• David Garland Buckman, Kennesaw State University

• Rinice Sauls, University of South Carolina

• Zach Jenkins, University of South Carolina