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PHASE 1
ROUNDTABLES:
EDUCATOR DIVERSITY &
EARLY CAREER & RISING EDUCATORS
Participants in these two roundtables had an opportunity to share their own experiences on teacher diversity and the early stages
in the teacher pipeline, from recruitment into the profession to teacher preparation and certification, to their first years in the job.
QUESTIONS
ASKED
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Describe the process of entering the
educator workforce including your teacher
preparation program, any barriers or
supports that facilitated your entry into
the educator workforce, and your ideas for
improvements to better prepare educators
to work in a variety of environments with
diverse students.
Maryland and many other states are
implementing strategies to strengthen
the educator pipeline and diversify the
workforce including “grow-your-own”
programs and other initiatives. How
do you think we should be supporting
and encouraging students to enter
the educator workforce? What other
strategies should we consider to recruit
more teachers of color in Maryland?
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What conditions make teaching challenging
for educators of color? Can you describe the
spoken and unspoken asks and expectations of
teachers of color that can make teaching more
challenging?
What do you need from school systems to
better support teachers of color and to elevate
their voices?
How can school systems better support early
career teachers so that they stay beyond the
first five years?
