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Transcript: Little Diversity in School Staff (Specifically ND) b 2 g m 1 Root Causes Root Causes Teacher Statistics in California The Teacher Demographic 33% of Teachers are people of color. There are over 10,000 schools which means that the available teacher of color is less than 0.1% per school (EdSource). https://edsource.org/2018/despite-progress-californias-teaching-force-far-from-reflecting-diversity-of-students/596536 Work Environment Many teachers of color walk away from the education career because they are afraid of experiencing racism amongst their white colleagues (Edutopia). Why Teachers leave Reasoning: Career Choice In addition, the average private school teacher salary is between $30K-40K (ZipRecruiter) and a comfortable salary to live in the Silicon Valley is roughly 100K (Kim,Eugene).Which makes it difficult for anyone be a private school teacher in the live in the silicon valley. Hiring Competition When it comes to competition in hiring teachers of color, public schools pay teachers more than private schools. Public school teachers make an average of $25K more than private school teachers (Salary.com). It is also difficult to find diversity of teachers in religion, sexuality, race, gender, ethnicity that want to work at private-catholic all girl college preparatory high school. Current Event For 170 years Notre Dame has focused on women's education not intersectionality. As of 2018, Notre Dame states that their mission is to teach young women and provide "exemplary Catholic, college-preparatory education to become life-long learners, spiritual seekers, justice advocates and community leaders" (Notre Dame). Effects Effects Effects Student's Personal Life Student Personal Life Without diversity of teachers, there is no representation and diverse backgrounds to have a stronger connection with students to support their mental health. For example, a Native American Student at Nathan Hale High School in Seattle Washington had to read 'Brave New World' in their English Classroom. The book uses contemptous references like 'savages' as the author, Huxley, describes the Natives as backward, unclean, uncivilized, simple, primitive, violent, ungoverned. This left the Native studnet feeling "betrayed by the teacher, angry, belittled, disenfranchised, bashed, dehumanized, unseen, insulted, unjustly singled out, nearly everything a student would legitimately feel if they had been intentionally and overtly insulted because of their race" (Black Past: TEACHING RACE IN SCHOOLS IN THE 21ST CENTURY). Teachers of Color Teachers of Color Students at ND have few teachers of color. For example, a student at ND only has one teacher of color out of 8 (Student). Teachers Commentary Class Environment Schools teachers lacking awareness of micro-aggressions, saying insensitive comments and racial slurs. This effects classroom discussions and awareness, understanding, and education of people's culture, sexuality, ethnicity, religion. For example, a micro-aggression students at ND have experienced are teachers confusing students of the same ethnicity or saying things like, "you two look like twins" (Jamie Pun, Summer Loft). Another example are teachers incorrectly using students pronouns (Alex Laurent). Diverse Perspectives Class Discussions With lack of Diversity, schools do not have a broad understanding of cultures which can effect class discussion in classes like History and English, which typically exclude diverse perspectives (Vector Solutions). For example, in October of 2021, a white teacher in Riverside County California wore a feathered headdress and mocked Native Americans. Many of the students were shocked, and offended as the teacher shouted chants like 'sohcatoa' and danced in the classroom (NBC News). Graduation Rates Current Event Studies have shown that the lack of diversity of school staff hurts students of color the most. The dropout rate of male students going to college decreases when they have a teacher of color bewteen third and fifth grades (California’s lack of teacher diversity is more than an access issue). Solutions How to Hire for more Diversity Hiring to promote a diverse faculty can be tough, especially when schools live in areas that largely consist of similar backgrounds like race, gender, and religion. To promote a diverse faculty, schools should inform other areas of hiring. According to The 3 Most Powerful Benefits of a Diverse Faculty, even checking hiring criteria can diversify applicants and removing name, gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity, and religious background from viewing a profile can reduce any unconscious biases (Vector Solutions). Educate Educate Educate! According to Recruiting and Retaining Teachers of Color: Why It Matters, Ways to Do It, one way to hire more diversity for teaching is by educating and encouraging students of color to go explore a teaching degrees. Teachers can practice cultural sensitivity in the classroom by opening up to more dialogue in the classroom and Current
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