Preparing and sustaining social justice educators

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Label

Preparing and sustaining social justice educators

Statement of responsibility

[edited by] Annamarie Francois and Karen Hunter Quartz

Contributor

• Quartz, Karen Hunter, 1963-
• Francois, Annamarie
• Quartz, Karen Hunter, 1963-

Contributor

• Francois, Annamarie
• Quartz, Karen Hunter, 1963-
• Quartz, Karen Hunter, 1963-

Editor

• Quartz, Karen Hunter, 1963-
• Quartz, Karen Hunter, 1963-
• Francois, Annamarie

Subject

• Educational equalization
• Educational equalization
• Educational equalization
• Social justice -- Study and teaching
• Social justice -- Study and teaching
• Social justice -- Study and teaching
• Social justice and education
• Social justice and education
• Social justice and education
• Teachers -- Training of
• Teachers -- Training of
• Teachers -- Training of
• Critical pedagogy
• Critical pedagogy
• Critical pedagogy

Language

eng

Summary

"Preparing and Sustaining Social Justice Educators spotlights the challenging and necessary work of fostering social justice in schools. Integral to this work are the teachers and school leaders who enact the principles of social justice--racial equity, cultural inclusivity, and identity acceptance--daily in their classrooms. This volume makes the case that high-quality public education relies on the recruitment, professional development, and retention of educators ready to navigate complex systemic and structural inequities to best serve vulnerable student populations. Annamarie Francois and Karen Hunter Quartz, along with contributing scholars and practitioners, present an intersectional approach to educational justice. The approach is grounded in research about deeper learning, community development, and school reform. Throughout the book, the contributors detail professional activities proven to sustain social justice educators. They show, for example, how effective teacher coaching encourages educators to confront their explicit and implicit biases, to engage in critical conversations and self-reflection, and to assess teacher performance through a social justice lens. The book illustrates how professional learning collaborations promote diverse, antiracist, and socially responsible learning communities. Case studies at three university-partnered K-12 schools in Los Angeles demonstrate the benefits of these professional alliances and practices. Francois and Quartz acknowledge the difficulty of the social justice educator's task, a challenge heightened by a K-12 teacher shortage, an undersupplied teacher pipeline, and school closures. Yet they keep their sights set on a just and equitable future, and in this work, they give educators the tools to build such a future."--Publisher description

Cataloging source

YDX

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maps

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography