Description
The Teachers of Color (TC) (a University-Community Links (UC Links) program) is designed for undergraduates from UC Berkeley (UCB) to draw from EDUC 181 & EDUC 150 classroom material, and apply into practice in PreK-12 site placements throughout Oakland Unified School District's (OUSD) after-school programs. During the semester, students focus on topics such as the Role of Race in Urban Schools, and explore - how do ethnoracial and academic identities interact for students and teachers, the experiences of Indigenous Teachers and Teachers of Color, how teachers of color support students’ social and emotional development as well as academic learning, and the COVID-19 pandemic’s unique impact on teachers of color to understand how to re-imagine schools to support these educators’ success in service of the students in their classrooms.
Additionally, students use the Handbook of Research on Indigenous Teachers and Teachers of Color as their anchor text, co-authored by Dr. Travis J.Bristol (Associate Professor at the Berkeley School of Education and PI for TC). As UCB students move into their placements they will continue to document practices that educators of color use in their after-school placements.
In their OUSD placements, UCB students will have two foci:
1.) attending to OUSD students’ social and emotional development, and
2.) on literacy development.
It is with great pleasure that we want to share the great news that Professor Travis Bristol (UC Berkeley) has been awarded the
2024-2025 Chancellor’s Awards for Public Service:
Community Engaged Teaching Award
Professor Bristol’s public service work includes a research-practice-partnership in collaboration with Oakland Unified School District (OUSD). In 2023-24, the Teachers of Color UC Links program (TOC) served approximately 100 undergraduate students, 493 K-12 students and teachers and staff in after-school programs across 13 OUSD schools.
Through EDUC 150 & EDUC C181/AFRICAM C133A, the TOC supports the preparation of future teachers of color while engaging undergraduates with course material focused on topics such as the role of race in urban schools. Courses allow students to engage with the assigned course materials and apply it in the after-school program placements. Through theory and practice, undergraduates are able to learn how to build rapport with students, teaching skills, and gauge interest in pursuing a career in teaching.
Read more about this important accomplishment on our UC Links News Website.
Please join us in congratulating Travis for this great accomplishment.
Dr. Travis J. Bristol and AERA Conference 2023