The document discusses the representation of students of color and white teachers in K-12 education, highlighting a significant imbalance with over 42% of students being from minority backgrounds while 84% of teachers are white. It outlines employment activities for a dean position in education, emphasizing the need for commitment to diversity, equity, and social justice. Additionally, it includes profiles of potential candidates for the position and advice on addressing institutional racism by focusing on organizational policies rather than personal attacks.

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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.