Date of Award
1-1-1992
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Education
Department
Child and Youth Care Administration
Advisor
Ronald A. Newell
Committee Member
David S. Flight
Committee Member
Charles Faires
Keywords
administration, affirmative action, beginning teachers, Black colleges and universities, Black teacher recruitment, Black teacher hiring, community awareness, diversity recruitment, educator recruitment, Future Teachers of America, historically Black colleges and universities, human resources, in-service training, minority teacher candidates, personnel administration, recruitment strategies, school district, teacher hiring, teacher preparation programs, teacher recruitment, task force, university partnerships, workforce diversity, placement directors, recruiting teams, equal employment opportunity, educational leadership, administrator training, community involvement
Abstract
This report describes a program used by a medium sized school system to increase the hiring of Black teachers. Areas of need that were addressed included selection of colleges and universities to be visited by members of the recruiting team. Inservice training for recruiters, communication with predominantly Black colleges and universities, and development of local strategies to increase Black teacher hiring.
The system charged a local task force of citizens and educators to study the problem and make recommendations. Through the office of the Director of Personnel, the system increased communication through mailings and telephone calls with placement directors of predominantly Black colleges and universities. In addition to enlarging the list of regional Black college and universities visited for on-site recruiting, the system developed a recruiting trip to a number of historically Black teacher preparation institutions in the South. It established a minority teacher candidates' day for Black education students of college and universities in the region. The system provided support for chapters of Future Teachers of America in the high schools.
To increase the effectiveness of administrators and teachers serving as recruiters, the school system provided Inservice education in recruiting with special emphasis on Black candidates. The system increased communication through mailings and telephone calls with placement directors of predominantly Black colleges and universities.
As a result of the practicum intervention, the school system increased hiring of Black teachers by over 500%. The community became aware of the system’s efforts to hire Black teachers.