Step In with Coral Zayas

In this episode, Nancy, Misty, and Kathryn chat with Coral Zayas (@MsZbilED) about recruiting and retaining diverse educators. Coral is a bilingual educator and education policy fellow alum who shares ways to advocate for programs, for other educators, and of course, for students.

Coral mentioned:

• Northern Arizona College Resource Center
• Teach Plus
• Leadership ISD: Tarrant County
• If you listen, we will stay, Education Trust (and full study)

Additional resources:

• NASSP Position Statement on Educator Diversity
• The diversity gap for public is actually growing across generations, Brookings
• College faculty have become more racially and ethnically diverse, but remain far less so than students, Pew Research
• Teachers of Color: In High Demand but Short Supply, Learning Policy Institute