presentation on teacher diversity

1. Charles L. Cribb II
Sociology 5355
(Seminar in Social Inequality)
Dr. Lee M. Miller
October 7th, 2014

2. Introduction

 Research Question
Do Minority Teachers
help minority Students
have a positive attitude
towards education more
than white teachers do?
 Why is it important to
answer this research
question?
 Minority hiring could
increase in schools
 Race relations could
be improved

3. Introduction Cont.

 Why is this topic interesting to me?
 Race matters (a real Factor)
 Practical solution to help promote education

4. Literature Review

 Article 1: Regarding
Whiteness: Exploring and
intervening in the effects of
White Racism in Teacher
Education, By: Sherry Marx,
2004
 This article applies to the
inequality that I am
studying by showing that
teacher training methods
have not adapted to serve
the diversity within the
public education system
today.
 Article 2: The paradox of
Race at the Workplace:
Latina teachers navigating
racial/ethnic tensions and
opportunities on the job. By:
Glenda M. Flores, 2008
 This paper applies to the
form of inequality that I am
studying by looking into
how minority teachers
operate in less diverse
environments.

5. Literature Review

 Article 3: A look at
"Lookism": A Critical
Analysis of Teachers,
Expectations based on
students appearance. By:
Debra DeCastro-Ambrosetti
and Grace Cho, 2011
 This article applies to the
form of inequality that I am
studying as it concerns how
the differences between
teachers and students can
sometimes lead to negative
results.
 Article 4: Does it Matter if
Teachers and Schools Match
the Student? Racial and
Ethnic disparities and
Problem Behaviors. By:
Lattisha A. Bates and
Jennifer E. Glick, 2013
 This article applies to my
study of inequality as it
concerns teacher/student
relationships.

6. Literature Review

 Article 5: Racial Mismatch in the Classroom: Beyond
Black-White Differences. By: Patrick B. McGrady
and John R. Reynolds, 2013
 This article applies to my study of inequality because
it specifically relates to teachers and students of
different races.

7. Community Defined

 Broad
 All minority (non-white) teachers
within the United States
 Pinpointed
 Minority(non-white) teachers within a
local public school in Greenville, SC
*chart USDE 2011-2012

8. Community Defined

 Local School Demographics
 51 teachers and staff (3 minorities)
 8 out of 64 Employees are minority
 Cafeteria, custodial and groundskeeper jobs
 130 minority students out of 667 students enrolled
 51 Teachers and staff members (3 Minorities)
 13 Cafeteria, Custodial and Groundskeepers (5 Minorities)
 64 Employees (8 Minorities)

9. Impact

 Few Minority(non-white) teachers nationally and
locally
 Minority (non-white)students are not understood as
well
 Why is there such a disproportion in the amount of
minority teachers and students in our public schools
both nationally and locally?

10. Articles of Evidence

 “A look at Lookism": A Critical Analysis of Teachers,
Expectations based on students appearance. By:
Debra DeCastro-Ambrosetti and Grace Cho, 2011
 Does it Matter if Teachers and Schools Match the
Student? Racial and Ethnic disparities and Problem
Behaviors. By: Lattisha A. Bates and Jennifer E.
Glick, 2013

11. Where we are now

 National and local problem
 Proper steps not being taken in our society
 All should care/be vested in education
 Elephant in the room

12. Conclusion

 Why the racial interactions between students and
teachers influence student outcomes
 Current literature and evidence
 Practical solutions
 National and local challenges
 The need for further research