Event Overview
2022 Event Overivew
9:00-10:00
10:00-10:20
10:20-10:50
10:50-11:00
11:00-12:30
12:30-12:45
12:45-2:15
2:15-2:30
2:30-3:30
3:30-3:45
3:45-4:00
4:00-5:00
Registration and Optional Networking Breakfast
Welcome Remarks
Dr. Harold L. Martin, Sr., Chancellor, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
The Honorable Roy Cooper, Governor, North Carolina
Student Reflections
During this panel, students will reflect on the impact of educators of color on their educational journeys.
Break
Presentation of the DRIVE Action Plan
During this session, Action Plan Co-Chairs will present the DRIVE Action Plan. As part of the presentation, attendees will hear from practitioners on the best practices aligned to the Action Plan in the form of short remarks.
Structure:
Recruitment & Preparation - Dr. Anita Alpenfels
Overview of proposed actions
Examples of best practices in action
Support & Retention – Dr. Van Dempsey
Overview of proposed actions
Examples of best practices in action
Monitoring & Accountability System – Dr. Cherrel Miller Dyce
Overview of proposed actions
Examples of best practices in action
Transition to Lunch
Lunch and Keynote
Lunch will provide an informal setting for community building among stakeholders. Additionally, the keynote address will be geared towards building support and buy-in of the Action Plan to imbue a sense of urgency and action for attendees before the following breakout sessions.
Secretary Miguel Cardona
Assistant Secretary Roberto Rodriguez
Break and Transition
Breakout Sessions
During these action-oriented, professionally aligned breakout sessions, attendees will “workshop” putting specific levers of the plan into action within their respective roles/settings.
Break and Transition
Closing Remarks
Dr. Paula Groves Price, Dean of the College of Education, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
Dr. Anthony Graham, Chair, DRIVE Task Force
Optional Reception
Watch the 2022 DRIVE Summit Livestream
2019 Event Overview
7:30-8:15
8:15-8:45
8:45-9:45
Networking Breakfast and Gathering
Welcome and Opening Remarks
History of Racial and Ethnic Diversity in North Carolina Public Education
Attendees will engage in a discussion on the history of segregation, integration, and teachers of color in North Carolina
10:00-11:00
Looking to the Evidence: The Impact of Educators of Color
What does the evidence say about the impact of race matching? Attendees will hear from experts, as well as educators and students about the impact of educators of color have on students.
11:15-12:15
Morning Breakout 1: Recruiting a Diverse Educator Workforce
What does the evidence say about the impact teachers of color have in the classroom? How do Educator Preparation Programs, districts, and schools attract and recruit educators of color to enter the profession?
Morning Breakout 2: Preparing a Diverse Educator Workforce
How are North Carolina’s Educator Preparation Programs currently working to support future educators of color and ensure that all new educators are prepared to support a diverse range of students in a culturally competent classroom? How can EPPs and districts work together to support the placement of beginning teachers?
Morning Breakout 3: Retaining a Diverse Teacher Workforce
Attendees will be grouped by profession and will hear from leaders in their field who are directly working to improve educator diversity in North Carolina and across the country. Each group will be provided with guiding questions and discussion protocols.
12:30-2:00
Lunch and Keynote
The Honorable James B. Hunt Jr., Governor of NC (1977-1985; 1993-2001) and Board Chair, The Hunt Institute
Secretary John B. King Jr., President and CEO, The Education Trust
Rodney Robinson - 2019 National Teacher of the Year
Sonja Gantt - Emcee, Executive Director, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Foundation
2:10-3:10
Professional Perspectives and Brainstorming
Attendees will select a professionally aligned breakout sessions where they will hear from leaders in the field and engage in goal-setting.
3:25-4:40
Facilitated Strategy Sessions
Following panel discussion during the previous session, groups will work to establish actionable goals to improve educator diversity across the educator continuum.