With a growing shortage of teachers of color in public schools, the author asserts a necessity for more Critical Educators of Color—educators from racially marginalized backgrounds willing to confront injustices plaguing under-resourced communities of color. Rooted in her formative K12 experiences as a student of color exposed to critical pedagogies and Critical Educators of Color coupled with the extant research literature, the author argues that there are immediate and practical steps educators can take to promote the field of teaching for minoritized students. The author suggests actions school leaders and classroom teachers can take currently to plant the seeds in nurturing the next generation of Critical Educators of Color, such as the following: (a) engender a school culture where staff, students, and families actively talk and address issues related to systemic oppression; (b) promote critical pedagogies in classrooms and throughout the school; and (c) elevate the voices of minoritized students through approaches such as critical youth research.

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播下种子：教育工作者现在可以做些什么来促进少数族裔高中青年的教学领域

随着公立学校有色人种教师的日益短缺，作者断言需要更多批判性的有色人种教育者——来自种族边缘化背景的教育者愿意面对困扰资源不足的有色人种社区的不公正现象。基于她作为一名色彩学生接触批判性教学法和批判性色彩教育者以及现有研究文献的形成性 K12 经历，作者认为，教育工作者可以采取直接和实际的步骤来促进少数族裔学生的教学领域。作者建议学校领导和课堂教师目前可以采取的行动为培养下一代有色人种的批判性教育者播下种子，例如：(a) 营造一种学校文化，让教职员工、学生、家庭积极谈论和解决与系统性压迫有关的问题；(b) 在课堂和整个学校推广批判性教学法；(c) 通过批判性青年研究等方法提高少数族裔学生的声音。