Diversity in Teacher Hiring: A Look at the Evidence on Student Body Demographics and the Likelihood of Hiring a Teacher of Color with Dr. Lauren Bailes and Ann Hlabangana-Clay
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In this episode of the E4E podcast, Dr. Lauren Bailes, an assistant professor at the University of Delaware's School of Education, and Ann Hlabangana-Clay, the Education Associate of ​​Educator Equity & Recruitment (who is part of the Educator Excellence Team) for the Delaware Department of Education, discuss the relationship between student body demographics and the likelihood of a nonwhite teacher hire. They also offer policy and practice recommendations for hiring principals and school systems to better sustain a diverse teaching force.

**More Information about Lauren Bailes' work: ** Dr. Lauren Bailes)' work focuses on how organizational, social-cognitive, and leadership theories unite to promote the success of school leaders and K12 students. For more information on Lauren's work, please see the links below.

Work Discussed in this episode: "Disappearing Diversity and the Probability of Hiring a Nonwhite Teacher: Evidence from Texas.")

Additional work from Dr. Lauren Bailes:

"Held Down and Held Back: Systematically Delayed Principal Promotions by Race and Gender")

Write up on the above study by Dr. Bailes written by Jessica Henderson for UD School of Education)

Check out PPE Policy Briefs of Parent Engagement and Information Use) and How Principals Shape Contests for Engagement).

UDaily Article, "Learning with Educational Leaders")

More Information on Ann Hlabangana-Clay: Ann Hlabangana-Clay also has her own podcast, Coaching You Through All Things Education, and has been featured in Delaware Public Media (DPM) podcast episodes, "While teacher shortage issue is a statewide problem, northern schools have more openings" and "Improving teacher diversity is a goal for Delaware's Dept. of Education." All of these resources and her email are linked below.

Ann’s email: [email protected])

Coaching You Through All Things Education)

DPM Podcast:

"While teacher shortage issue is a statewide problem, northern schools have more openings.")

"Improving teacher diversity is a goal for Delaware's Dept. of Education." )