Best Practices for Supporting Our Teacher and Administrator Pipeline AAPI Educators Network Meeting February 10, 2016

Which is important? Racially & ethnically diverse: a) Teaching force b) Leadership c) Both AAPI Meeting

Benefits to Students Preparation to become global citizens Role models and cultural brokers for children of color AAPI Meeting

The Numbers 50% 78% 17% 38% Students of Color Teachers of Color AAPI Meeting

Administrators of color Leadership Administrators of color 22% 38% AAPI Meeting

Best Practices Differentiated support and mentoring for teachers and leaders of color Teacher preparation programs and philanthropic foundations MUST invest in teacher and leader diversity Innovative programming and alternate pathways for teachers and leaders AAPI Meeting

Policy Recommendations Reform teacher preparation in ways that produce greater numbers of effective teachers Develop models and frameworks for teaching in high-need schools Maintain high levels of job performance Address conditions in urban, hard-to-staff schools that compromise the effectiveness and retention of teachers of color AAPI Meeting

What Can We Do? Continue to advocate for a more representative teaching and leadership workforce in our schools Create a mentoring program for Asian American Pacific Islander teachers and leaders AAPI Meeting

Next Steps Take the survey to apply to be a part of the inaugural mentoring cohort in order to foster an AAPI educational pipeline! Survey link http://svy.mk/1PMPTJQ Explain that APALI CLP project will assist with the creation of a mentoring intiative AAPI Meeting