EdAllies Community Action Team 2023

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WHAT’S HAPPENING?

While nearly 35% of students in Minnesota identify as Black, Indigenous, or people of color, the teacher workforce across the state has remained at a stagnant 5% throughout the past decade. MN has made some progress to diversify the teaching force, from increasing access to licensure, to investing in creative, rigorous professional pathways for people of color. However, we know that persistent systemic barriers prevent many people of color from actually entering and completing these programs.

This year, EdAllies will begin the work to identify and remove these barriers alongside our community. Are you or is someone you know a once-prospective educator of color? We’re excited to introduce our 2023 Community Action Team: Eliminating Barriers for Prospective Teachers of Color.

WE NEED YOUR VOICE!

EdAllies seeks a core group of committed educators to join a Community Action Team. This team will include 10-15 people of color who seriously considered entering the K-12 teaching profession but ultimately decided another career path. Building off of previous research while identifying new policy ideas, this team will:

Share and hear stories of cohort members’ experiences with the teacher pipeline, helping us to identify trends and problem areas in teacher recruitment;
Dig into statewide and national data, and help to identify what contributes to the teacher data;
Through a facilitated process, identify and research policy solutions to develop community-led recommendations for change to be implemented by school leaders and policymakers to improve recruitment and retention efforts

OTHER INFO

Applicants should be once-perspective educators and self-identify as a person of color or Native American person
Applicants should be willing to share their personal stories, listen to others, and help develop key findings and recommendations
The team will meet for five one-hour sessions from mid-January to June, 2023
Meetings will be scheduled based on the availability of cohort members. Each cohort member is expected to participate in every session
An honorarium of $500 will be provided upon completion of the cohort.

Not for you? Do you know someone who would be interested? Fill out this form to nominate them for the cohort of leaders.

If you have any questions about this opportunity, or would like to learn more from a member of the EdAllies team before you apply, please do not hesitate to reach out to ajacques@edalliesmn.org

First Name *

Last Name *

Home Address *

Phone Number *

Preferred Email Address *

Current Occupation *

Current Employer

In a few brief sentences, please describe your experience as a former prospective educator.
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Select all that apply: *

In high school, I considered going to a post-secondary institution to be credentialed as a K-12 educator

I attended a post-secondary institution and was an education major for one or more semester/s before changing my career trajectory

I considered a non-traditional pathway to teacher licensure (e.g. Teach for America, Grow Your Own, fellowship, etc.)

I became credentialed and licensed to teach, but didn't enter the profession

Other:

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The Community Action Team will meet once per month, January through June, 2023. The program will be a hybrid experience, including both in-person and virtual sessions, largely dependent on the preferences of cohort members. An honorarium of $500 will be afforded to cohort members who complete the program and meet the attendance requirement. Can you make this time commitment? Do you perceive any potential barriers to fully committing and contributing to the team? *

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Please briefly describe why you'd like to participate in the Community Action Team. *

How did you hear about this program? *

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