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Fundamentals of Organizing: Education

Fundamentals of Organizing: Education. Teaching & Discipline. Forms of Organizing. Accepts existing power relationships. Challenges existing power relationships. Direct Service Self Help Education Advocacy Direct Action. Direct Action Organizing.

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Fundamentals of Organizing: Education

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  1. Fundamentals of Organizing: Education Teaching & Discipline

  2. Forms of Organizing Accepts existing power relationships Challenges existing power relationships Direct Service Self Help Education Advocacy Direct Action

  3. Direct Action Organizing • Wins real improvements in people’s lives • Makes people aware of their own power • Alters the relationships of Power • NAACP version attacks structural racism • Decision-makers factor NAACP in beforehand

  4. Dual Forms of Bias

  5. Speaking truth to power

  6. Our Goals • Put theory into action! • Attack institutional racism in education with a national campaign for Excellence & Equity A campaign is a sustained plan for change using strategies that impact our issues. • Identify issues in agenda • Identify promising strategies • Apply known tactics to each strategy

  7. Our Issue Agenda • Improving Teaching • Improving Discipline • Increasing Resource Equity • Ensuring College & Career Readiness *All applied to turnaround schools

  8. Our request – Each unit/branch picks one • Participate in the Campaign for Equity & Excellence by: • Adopting (at least) one issue area in education • Committing to (at least) one strategy • Targeting turnaround schools • Applying tactics that fit your community • Working to perfect our education organizing capacity

  9. Focus on teaching Focus on teaching

  10. Teachers who close the achievement gap • fully prepared when they entered teaching, • had taught for more than two years, • certified in field &/or by National Board

  11. Strategies to improve teaching • Strategies: • Stronger, More Diverse Pipeline (preparation) • Tactics: ID future teachers, TEACH grants, residencies • More Mentoring & Coaching (slows turnover) • Tactics: Lead Teacher, mentoring, new teacher supports • More teachers with Advanced Certification (certification) • Tactics: Support for National certification, changes to state licensing

  12. Local tactics by function & engagement

  13. Putting it all together – medium engagement • Branches with a medium interest in advanced certification • Arrange a local media profile (communications) • Conduct & share a survey of teachers(education) • Form an advisory board (advocacy) • Hold ascorecard rally(direct action)

  14. Putting it all together – escalating tactics • Branches interested in strengthening & diversifying the teacher pipeline could: • Distribute information about TEACH grants (low, education) • Appeal to the school board for incentives (med, advocacy) • Raise funds & challenge board to supplement TEACH grants (high, direct action)

  15. Strategy Chart

  16. Wrap-up • Group debrief • Q & A • Evaluation

  17. Thanks for participating! tbethglenn@naacpnet.org 410-580-5104 (direct) 410-358-3385 (fax)

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