In-Class Activity: Fighting Institutional Racism Co-Presenters: Kelly Alvarado & Michael Mage November 13, 2012 EDUC 515 | Multicultural Perspectives College of Education, Seattle University

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Fighting Institutional Racism
EDUC 515
November 13, 2012
Kelly Alvarado & Michael Mage

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Agenda
 Where We Are Today…
 Employment Activity
 Dean, School of Education
 Review Candidate Profiles
 Being a Change Agent

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Where We Are Today…
 Although students of color make up more than 42% of the
student population [in K-12], the percentage of teachers who
are white is increasing and presently approaches 84% (of
that 75% is female).
Kivel, Paul (2011-09-27). Uprooting Racism: How White People
Can Work for Racial Justice - 3rd Edition (p. 249). Perseus
Books Group. Kindle Edition.

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Employment Activity
 School of Education Search Committee Member
 Join in Groups of 4 – 5
 Review Each Candidates CV
 Make a Recommendation to the Assistants to the President

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Dean, School of Education
Position Description
 Understanding and commitment to the vision, mission and
values of the University and its Jesuit Catholic heritage.
 Administrative leadership, vision and a record of increasing
experience and responsibilities in a diverse environment
 Commitments to affirmative action, equity, social justice and
diversity in all its forms.
 An understanding of managing within a unionized higher
education environment
 Knowledge of current issues in K-12 and higher education

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Dr. Michael David
The Pennsylvania State
University Place Photo Here,
• Professor of Education Administration Otherwise Delete Box
• PhD Obtained from the University of Chicago
• Dean at Penn State from 1999 – Present
• Authored Educational Finance: An Economic
Approach (1990); Raising Money for Education:
A Guide to the Property Tax (1997) (with Brian
O. Brent); and Cost Adjustments in Education
(2001) (with William J. Fowler, Jr.),
• Editorial Board member for Education Finance
and Policy - The Journal of the Association for
Education Finance and Policy (MIT Press)

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Dr. Howard Nikami
University of Hawai’i at Hilo Place Photo Here,
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• Developed theory of Functional Perspective.
• This theory accounts for group decision-
making performance in terms of the role
that group communication plays in
facilitating or impeding the group's efforts
to perform crucial cognitive and
interpersonal decision-making functions
• Earned PhD. from the University of Washington
• publications include three edited books, 36
refereed journal articles, and 24 book chapters.
• National Communication Association (NCA) –
Committee on Minority Education

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Dr. Barry Jones
Western Michigan University Place Photo Here,
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• Dr. Jones served as Superintendent of Schools
in the School District of the City of Pontiac,
Michigan.
• Earned Ph.D. from The University of Michigan
• Research interest
• Educational leadership, with particular
emphasis in leadership development of
school administrators in urban school
settings.

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Recommendations
 Who did you recommend?
 Why?
 What challenges did you face as a committee?

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Being a Change Agent
 “It is generally not useful to label people as racist. If you
attack people personally, they will probably counterattack.
Everyone within the organization will feel unsafe. “
 “You will do better to document racism within the
organization, build alliances and propose concrete changes.
You want to focus on policies, practices and procedures.”
 Kivel, Paul (2011). Uprooting Racism: How White People Can
Work for Racial Justice - 3rd Edition (pp. 245-246). Perseus
Books Group. Kindle Edition.