| Owner: |
Ana Julia Contreras
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| Owner Email: |
Ana.contreras@colorado.edu
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| Paper Title: |
The Potential for Pedagogies of Acompañamiento: A School Leader's Search for Cross-Cultural Solidarity
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| Session Title: |
Equity and Organizational Contexts in Educational Leadership (Table 6)
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| Paper Type: |
Roundtable Presentation
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| Presentation Date: |
4/15/2023
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| Presentation Location: |
Chicago, IL
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| Descriptors: |
Engagement, Immigration/Immigrants, Leadership
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| Methodology: |
Qualitative
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| Author(s): |
Ana Julia Contreras, University of Colorado - Boulder
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| Unit: |
Division A - Administration
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| Abstract: |
In this paper, I draw on pedagogies of acompanamiento (Sepúlveda, 2018) to explore how educators in a largely Latinx and African American high school attempt to build relationships with parents and develop a sense of belonging in their school. In this 3-year critical ethnographic study, I analyze how the principal leverages his immigrant identity as a “border broker” in helping families find a sense of belonging in the school and community. However, I also explore how in a community fragmented by racialized divisions, these pedagogies of acompañamiento may be perceived as exacerbating divisions. I argue that a wider view of border-crossing experiences—and shared struggles—can be a vehicle for developing belonging and solidarity in a divided Black and Brown community.
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| DOI: |
https://doi.org/10.3102/2011403
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