Conference Call for Papers: Teacher Diversity Matters: A National Symposium on Preparing, Recruiting, and Retaining Teachers of Color; proposals due 5/15/17

Conference Call for Papers: Teacher Diversity Matters: A National
Symposium on Preparing, Recruiting, and Retaining Teachers of Color;
proposals due 5/15/17

Teacher Diversity Matters: A National Symposium on Preparing,
Recruiting, and Retaining Teachers of Color
September 15, 2017  |  Northern Kentucky University

Keynote Address
You Are Because I Am: The Necessity of Identity, Mutuality, and Equity
in Teacher Education

Cynthia B. Dillard
Mary Frances Early Professor of Teacher Education
Chair, Department of Educational Theory and Practice
University of Georgia

According to the National Center for Education Statistics (2011), 45%
of students in K-12 schools in the United States are from racially and
ethnically diverse backgrounds, while 83% of the teaching force is
White. The racial disparity in the demographic composition of K-12
students and teachers has led university teacher education programs
and school districts to prepare all teachers, especially White
teachers, to work with diverse students. Yet often sidelined in these
initiatives are the challenging tasks of preparing, recruiting, and
retaining teachers of color as well as the challenging truths about
the experiences of aspiring and practicing teachers of African
American, Latinx, Asian American and Pacific Islander, Native
American, Middle Eastern, and mixed race backgrounds.

This national symposium puts teacher diversity at the center of
educational and public discussions. It invites papers that will focus
on the development, implementation, and evaluation of university and
school policies, programs, and practices that increase the numbers and
enhance the experiences of aspiring and practicing teachers of color.
These papers should aim to build upon and even depart from the
existing scholarship and praxis on diversifying the teaching workforce
(e.g., Ball & Tyson, 2011; Irvine, 2003; Ladson-Billings, 2005;
Milner, 2014; Sleeter, Neal & Kumashiro, 2015; Villegas & Lucas,
2002). They are also encouraged to open new questions and provoke new
possibilities, explore various intersectionalities, contexts, and
strategies, and glean from both successes and shortcomings, in the
ongoing pursuit of a more inclusive teaching population.

This national symposium invites paper proposals from scholars,
researchers, practitioners, and students based in higher education,
K-12 schools, and the community at large. The proposals should
include: the paper title and abstract (no more than 250 words); and
the name(s), position(s) and affiliation(s), and contact detail(s) –
organization(s), email address(es), and phone number(s) – of the
presenter(s). If your paper proposal is selected, you will be expected
to submit a complete paper prior to the symposium for the session
discussant. A number of original papers will also be selected for
review and publication in a special issue of the Educational Studies
journal.

Deadlines
·         May 15, 2017 - Submission of Proposal to NKUTeacherDiversity@gmail.com
·         June 1 - Announcement of Accepted Papers
·         August 15 - Submission of Complete Papers to Organizers for
Discussants
·         September 15 - National Symposium at Northern Kentucky University
·         November 1 - Submission of Selected Articles for Educational
Studies Journal

Organizers
Roland Sintos Coloma, David Childs, and Brandelyn Tosolt
Department of Teacher Education, Northern Kentucky University
email:  NKUTeacherDiversity@gmail.com  |  phone:  (859) 572-1957

For more information and updates (proposal submission, registration
details, conference program, etc.), check out:
inside.nku.edu/TeacherDiversity