Member Spotlight

Conex­ión Améri­c­as is pleased to invest in the Ten­nessee Edu­ca­tors of Col­or Alliance (TECA). TECA’s mis­sion is to ampli­fy the voice and pres­ence of edu­ca­tors of col­or while remain­ing stu­dent-cen­tered and solu­tions-ori­ent­ed. TECA works to iden­ti­fy advo­ca­cy tar­gets that deter­mine key poli­cies, and estab­lish an Edu­ca­tor of Col­or Advo­ca­cy Coun­cil com­prised of edu­ca­tors of col­or from across Ten­nessee to engage in edu­ca­tion pol­i­cy. This alliance is for edu­ca­tors who iden­ti­fy as African Amer­i­cans, His­pan­ic, Native Amer­i­can, Asian, and oth­er under­rep­re­sent­ed races and eth­nic­i­ties. Con­ven­ing edu­ca­tors of col­or to iden­ti­fy and dis­cuss pol­i­cy issues sets the stage to cre­ate stronger account­abil­i­ty sys­tems for all stu­dents in Ten­nessee.