The D and I Guy

I was speaking with a Black educator who was unhappy with how she was being treated at her campus. She works hard at building meaningful relationships with the most difficult kids, she puts out fires, she has started several groups and organizations for different students on campus, and she is a go-to person for people of color on her campus and their families. But she felt that her efforts weren't being valued by her administration team. Instead of seeing all of the things that she was doing well for her campus, she felt that her admin team focused on all of her mistakes and was searching for reasons to write her up and get rid of her. Because of this feeling, she was ready to leave her campus. School districts across the country are facing common HR problems: How do we recruit, hire, and retain quality and diversified faculty and staff? It is a tough time in education. There are more teachers than ever leaving the profession, and there are fewer teachers coming into the professio