Dice, Associate Professor and Executive Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at the Dr Jo Watts-Williams School of Education, served as panel moderator and co-facilitator of a workshop at the Guilford Dialogues 2023 conference in March 2023.
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Cherrel Miller Dyce, Associate Professor and Executive Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at the Dr. Jo Watts-Williams School of Education, served as panel moderator and co-organizer of a workshop at the Guilford Dialogues 2023 Conference in March 2023.
The session was titled “Partnership Models – How can educational institutions participate in creating opportunities for students?” It is critical for all educational institutions to collaborate with actors in various sectors, such as corporations and non-profit organizations, to create effective educational opportunities for their students. These partnerships allow institutions to develop innovative capabilities for their students and help them reduce racial achievement gaps. This session brought together speakers from the private, public and not-for-profit sectors who are driving different partnership models with educational institutions. The purpose of this session was to learn from the panelists about their partnership models, the challenges they face and how they overcame them.
Participants in the session were Ann Flint, Director of the Eastern Workforce Initiative, Guilford Apprenticeship Partners at Community Enterprise of Greater Greensboro; Valerie Holton, Executive Director of the Urban and Metropolitan University Coalition; and Lisa Lake, director of first-year partnerships abroad at the Council on International Educational Exchange.
In addition to moderating the session, Dice co-facilitated a session with Anthony Graham, provost and vice president for academic affairs at Winston-Salem State University, titled “Recruitment, Retention, and Support of Educators of Color: A Report from Governor Roy’s Cooper DRIVE Task Force.”
In their workshop, participants engaged in a discussion about recruiting, retaining, and supporting teachers of color through the lens of the Cooper Develop a Representative and Inclusive Vision for Education (DRIVE) staff. Recommendations are provided by the DRIVE staff, focusing on how to build intergroup coalitions and partnerships to increase the percentage of teachers of color in American schools.
With twenty years of experience in the social justice field, Dyce is a fierce social justice advocate, K-12 scholar, educator and social theorist. She believes in uplifting marginalized communities through education. She emphasizes racial equality, social justice, and critical self-reflection in all research projects.
Dyce is a diversity, equity, and inclusion consultant who provides professional development in racial equality to public schools, charter schools, higher education institutions, and private organizations. She has published several journal articles and two books. Her recent co-authored book is The Importance of Black Males: A Blueprint for Creating a School and Classroom Environment to Support Their Academic and Social Development.
Dice’s belief is central to how she approaches her personal, professional, and academic endeavors. Its mission statement is, “I want my work to resonate in the souls of mankind, to overshadow inferiority, muffle the institutions of power, upend privilege and discrimination, and eradicate racism.”
About the Guilford Dialogues
the Guilford Dialogues Leaders from different fields, generations, viewpoints and regions are invited to Guilford College to consider relevant social problems and strategize on values-based solutions.
The 2023 Explore Educational Opportunity and Inclusion conference tapped individuals from across the educational spectrum (Pre-K, Grade 12, and higher education) to explore strategies for ensuring equal educational opportunities. The project built on the 2022 Guilford Dialogues, which focused on the topic of economic inclusion.