The Jeanes Supervisors of Florida: Her-Stories Of Black Women Educators’ Work As A Necessary Model Of Family & Community Engagement

• In Event: Examining the Role of Race and Culture in Schools and Communities

Abstract

In this presentation, the presenter will engage participants in the story of the Jeanes Supervisors, a cadre of Black women teachers responsible for revolutionizing education in the South in the 1900s. The Jeanes Supervisors’ motto was to, “to. do the next needed thing”, and community-building in the school and local Black community was a powerful component of their professional work. Presenter and participants will work together to (re)member the Jeanes Supervisors in ways that can offer a source of order and action in the current education landscape.

Author

• Melanie M. Acosta, Florida Atlantic University