Improving Managerial Interviews

Authors Glenn E. Singleton and Curtis Linton in Chapter Five of Courageous Conversations About Race broach the topic of race, by asking the reader to evaluate his or her own consciousness of race. According to the authors, in order to address the achievement gaps between African American students and White students, educators should shift their energy towards focusing on the factors that they have direct control of inside the classroom rather than on the factors that influence this achievement disparity between races outside the classroom.

Positive interaction with colleagues and clients is essential to successful business. Using activities to demonstrate effective interaction with members of staff and clients can promote a positive outcome.

My research proposal will focus on the different issues African American women face while trying to advance within society. I will discuss how these women are paid less because they are women as well as African American. I will also be comparing their struggles to Black men, and White men and women. My next topic will include how these women are often discriminated against. And finally I will discuss how these women are often over looked for receiving promotions at work, even if they obtain more experience.

African American students account for the larger majority of minorities in public schools in the United States. Most areas in the northern part of the United states and coastal areas are ethnically diverse. However, down south this is not the case. Students of color will experience a harder time in the education system. African American students meet the obstacle of educators who will not want them to succeed based on a preconceived thought. In fact, Caucasian teachers make up for 85% of all

African Americans are not the only ethnicity group to be singled out with behavior. Racial and ethnic minority students report experiencing low teacher expectations, having less access to educational resources, being placed on lower educational tracks, and being steered toward low-paying employment (Kozol, 1991; Olsen, 2008).This low expectation is causing

This proposal will explore two significant issues Black women face in the work place. The first issue involves African American women being less likely to be considered for promotions, in comparison to Caucasian women. The second issue involves African American women receiving less pay than Caucasian women. The theoretical perspective that best understand why these issues exist is the social conflict theory. This theory explains that groups, such as social classes, gender, or race, compete for limited resources, as

Gloria Ladson-Billings is an author, teacher educator and former public school teacher. Currently, she is the Chair of the Department of Curriculum & Instruction and Faculty Affiliate of the Departments of Educational Policy Studies and Afro American Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Ladson-Billings wrote numerous journal articles and books on pedagogical practices of teachers who are successful with African American students and the Critical Race Theory in regards to education.

The purpose of the study was to describe the African American female secondary educators’ challenges in their educational working relationships. Research states that African American women typically have different reasons for learning than typical students. These included: maintaining social relationships, meeting external expectations, serving others, advancing professionally, stimulating intellect, and satisfying interests.

This perspective, at first glance, can be seen as appropriate but a closer examination reveals several weaknesses to this perspective. Principal Foster is a white female elementary principal at a suburban school district. Foster describes her school as being a “fairly homogenous group of students, but I would say we do have some racial diversity. I’d say maybe our African-American population for a suburban area might be a little larger than some other schools around this area.” Here, principal Foster reveals that compared to other suburban school district’s her school has a great proportion of black

Some of the major challenges that African American women face in higher education are (a) being able to balance family, community, and career (b) hiring and promotion (c) sexism and racism and (d) isolation and tokenism. First, I will begin this the literature review with a brief explanation of how the literature review was conducted. Second, I will provide a historical synopsis of African American women in higher education. Third, I will discuss the barriers affecting African American women administrators in higher education associated with recruitment, retention and

My colleagues have contributed to my professional growth in many ways. They have kept open lines of communication

This is an ideal conversation between Gary Howard, Peggy McIntosh, Joel Spring, and myself. I will address issues such as racism, white privilege, and the American school system. The purpose of this interview is to see each of their different views. I would also like to see the contrast between their perspective and also the points they agree on.

Lawrence, an African American male principal, definition of the achievement gap was focused on how his school is educating black and other minority students in comparison to white students. Yet, Lawrence also revealed a strong disposition and a moral courage to engage with issues of race in his school. Flores decided to engage Lawrence in a discussion regarding Lawrence’s emphasis on culturally responsive and culturally relevant pedagogy with his teachers:

A second element relevant to equity leadership-straddlers is the capability to differentiate social interaction with various educational stakeholders (i.e, teachers and students) to achieve the coveted goal of fairness and justice. Principal Stanfield reveals something of how she takes different approaches to engage her black and white teachers. Stanfield tells me the story of the context of the divergent approaches she takes both with her black and white teachers who struggle implementing equitable practices. Stanfield argues, “what I might do with one teacher could be very different than what I do with another.” First, Stanfield tells the story about a conversation she had with a black teacher who was struggling to provide equitable practices

Within the upper echelons of upper management is scant room for African American women. This mini-proposal outlines a research project that focuses on the phenomena of the nominal amount of African American women are in positions of management or organizational leadership within the City of Philadelphia.