"Students Began to Come to Me”: BIPOC Teacher Leadership and Student Belonging (Poster 2)

• In Event: Invited Division G Vice Presidential Poster Session

Abstract

Abstract: BIPOC students having teachers of color can create a sense of community (Haddix,
2017) and provide opportunities to have their voices heard (Gray et al., 2020). While prior
research focuses on student and teacher belonging, few look into the opportunities of BIPOC
student teachers to become teacher leaders in their schools. Using a qualitative inquiry into my
student-teaching internship, I used memos, surveys, and interviews to grapple with the
question, How does the presence of teacher-leaders of color in urban high schools impact
students’ sense of belonging in their classrooms?, and provide insights to teacher-educators on
supporting BIPOC student teachers.

Author

• Caitlin M. Donovan, Duke University