Who Is Here to Help Me? The Work-Related Social Networks of Staff of Color in Two Mid-Sized Districts

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Title

Who Is Here to Help Me? The Work-Related Social Networks of Staff of Color in Two Mid-Sized Districts

Abstract/Description

Despite the benefits of educators of color to various outcomes for students of color, large-scale research has not explored these educators? on-the-job interactions with colleagues outside of large urban districts. Using social network analysis, this study examined the work-related social interactions of staff (teachers and administrators) of color in two mid-sized school districts. Where staff of color were likely the only faculty members of color?and where math professional development and curricular change were district-wide foci?staff of color were less likely to seek out colleagues for math advice. Staff of color were generally not sought for advice any more or less than White colleagues. Implications for policy and practice related to staff of color are discussed.

Author/creator

Bristol, Travis J.

Shirrell, Matthew

Date

2019

In publication

American Educational Research Journal

Volume

56

Issue

3

Pages

868-898

Resource type

en Research/Scholarly Media

Resource status/form

en Published Text

Scholarship genre

en Empirical

Language

en

Open access/full-text available

en Yes

Peer reviewed

en Yes

ISSN

0002-8312

DOI

10.3102/0002831218804806

URL

Official Publisher's Webpage (SAGE Journals)

Full-text PDF Shared by Author (Academia.edu)

Citation

Bristol, T. J., & Shirrell, M. (2019). Who Is Here to Help Me? The Work-Related Social Networks of Staff of Color in Two Mid-Sized Districts. American Educational Research Journal, 56(3), 868–898. https://doi.org/10.3102/0002831218804806

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Critical Social Network Analysis as a Method for Examining How Power Mediates Improvement Efforts

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