Parochialism in Catholic Education Pipelines, Recruitment, and Retention: Interrogating and Repairing Social Capital That Marginalizes

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

Catholic schools in the United States are composed predominantly of educators and school leaders who identify as white. This symposium session seeks to interrogate the identity mismatch between educators and students and the systems and factors at play that perpetuate “parochialism” effects (Noonan & Bristol, 2020) preventing greater equity in recruitment and retention in Catholic schools. The presentations offer four examples of research on efforts to remedy and repair these “parochialism” effects. The discussant will provide a cross-sector response to the use of the “parochialism” framing in Catholic school pipelines, leading to an opportunity for audience discussion and interaction to consider implications for research and practice in Catholic education.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Catholic Education

Chair

• Michael T. O'Connor, Boston College

Papers

• Bridging, Belonging, and Bilingualism: Examining Teacher Recruitment and Retention Pipelines in Dual Language Bilingual Education Catholic Schools - Elena Sada, Boston College; John Reyes, Boston College; Michael T. O'Connor, Boston College

• Supporting Indigenous Teachers in Native American Catholic Schools: Examining Educators’ Self-Efficacy through Grow-Your-Own Teacher Education - Katherine M. Ward, Michigan State University

• Empowering Cultural Wealth: The Recruitment and Retention of Latino/a Teachers in Urban Catholic Schools - Antonio Felix, Loyola Marymount University

• Developing Asset-Talk through Participation in Ethnoracial Affinity Spaces for Catholic School Teachers of Color - John L. Beltramo, Santa Clara University; Marie Rodrigues, Santa Clara University; Dominique Salapare, Santa Clara University

Discussant

• James Noonan, Salem State University