Teacher-Led Networked Educational Organizing in the United States: Invited Session

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

This symposium features a mix of scholars and teachers discussing teacher-led networked educational organizing in the U.S. Traditional professional development has often cast teachers in passive roles, primarily as receivers of knowledge from external “experts,” and the isolation that has characterized the teaching profession has limited teacher collaboration. However, the nature of Web 2.0 has made it easier for teachers to connect and collaborate beyond their schools and districts. Our papers explore how educators have used this connectedness to organize and lead movements that impact education inside and outside the classroom. We consider four examples of teacher-led networked organizing. We discuss opportunities and challenges for such endeavors, and implications for preservice and inservice teacher education and development.

Sub Unit

• Division K - Teaching and Teacher Education

Chair

• Jeffrey Paul Carpenter, Elon University

Papers

• What Roots a Forest Plows a Path: A Critical Spatial Analysis of Teacher-Led Networked Organizing - Kira J. Baker-Doyle, Arcadia University; Jeffrey Paul Carpenter, Elon University; Emery Marc Petchauer, Michigan State University

• EduColor, Educational Justice, and Moving at the Speed of Trust - Christopher Rogers

• Hacking Professional Development for Good: An Organizational Self-Study of EdCamp Brooklyn - Juli-Anne Benjamin

• #OklaEd as an Illustrative Example of the Power and Fragility of Networked Teacher Activism - Daniel G Krutka, University of North Texas; Scott Haselwood, Oklahoma State University; Tutaleni I. Asino, Oklahoma State University

• Sustainable Teachers: A Case Study of the @TeachSDGs Global Teacher-Led Network - Gamal Sherif

Discussant

• Kira J. Baker-Doyle, Arcadia University