Centering teachers of color as leaders, designers, and implementers throughout design is the most broadly appreciated aspect of the Design Team process¶

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Evidence · 1 study · qualitative r? · q2
Currency · newest study 2023 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Across the participating LEAs, distributed leadership that continually centers teachers of color was the most frequently discussed and broadly appreciated aspect of the Design Teams, yielding authentic, locally relevant problems of practice and solutions. → interviews-1

Evidence¶

interviews-1¶

Bland, J. & Smith, K. (2023, February). Recruitment and retention: Pilot solutions designed by teachers of color (Phase I). Digital Promise. https://doi.org/10.51388/20.500.12265/168

q2 · i? · qualitative · r?

Qualitative findings from interviews with teachers and administrators on the LEA Design Teams and Digital Promise staff, plus document review. The report states this "research-validated practice" helped teams identify genuinely needed, locally relevant initiatives; one administrator credited it with "very authentic input" from early-career teachers of color.

"The most frequently discussed and the most broadly appreciated aspect of the Teacher of Color Design Teams is the distributed leadership element, and specifically, the importance of continually centering teachers of color as leaders, designers, and implementers."

Discussion¶

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