Barriers and Bureaucracy: Improving Leadership Pathways for DACAmented Teachers

• In Event: Sunday Roundtable Session 1:15 pm
  In Roundtable Session: Developing Equity-Centered Leaders: Promising Practices (Table 15)

Abstract

A small number of highly accomplished immigrants (approximately 800,0000) in the U.S. are eligible for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). DACA lives on in the public imagination as an imperfect immigration solution for accomplished young people known as "Dreamers," but today, the majority of college-age students are not eligible for DACA, and many DACA recipients are middle-aged and mid-career. Of the 15,000 DACA educators who teach in the U.S., many are at a point in their career in which they could potentially take on leadership roles in schools (NEA, 2022). These teachers face an uncertain future, so what does that mean for school leadership? This exploratory study examines how mid-career educators with DACA are thinking about futures in the U.S.

Author

• Chandler Patton Miranda, Molloy University