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Saldaña  \n&  \nKevin G. Welner  \nUniversity of Colorado-Boulder  \nSusan Malcolm  \nWood, Smith, Henning & Berman LLP  \n&  \nEleanore Tisch  \nIndependent Researcher  \nUnited States  \nCitation: Saldaña, C. M., Welner, K. G., Malcolm, S., & Tisch, E. (2021) . Teachers as market influencers: Towards a policy framework for teacher brand ambassador programs in K-12 schools.  \nEducation Policy Analysis Archives, 29(109). [https://doi.org/10.14507/epaa.29.5654](https://doi.org/10.14507/epaa.29.5654)  \n[Abstract:](Abstract: Marketing in schools has a new twist)[ Marketing in schools has a new twist](Abstract: Marketing in schools has a new twist), and teachers are at the center. Corporate firms, particularly those producing education-technology products, have contracted with teachers to become so-called brand ambassadors and micro-influencers. Scant research, however, has examined these brand ambassador arrangements, leaving policymakers uninformed about the implications for students, teachers, and schools. In this article, we delve into what it means to be a teacher brand ambassador (TBA) and micro-influencer by examining the context in which these programs arose and studying current examples of  \nTBA and TBA-like programs offered by Google, Amazon, Apple, and Microsoft. Wereview how these recent instantiations of marketing compare to similar practices used to sell prescription drugs to and through doctors, and we explore ethical, legal and policy issues associated with the recruitment and contracting of teachers as brand ambassadors. Further, anticipating the need for the protection of students’ and teachers’ interests as TBA programs grow as a presence in public schools, we offer a model policy framework to regulate the use of these marketing practices in schools.  \nKeywords: Commercialism in schools; teacher influencers; teacher brand ambassadors; marketing in schools; educational technology; privatization; ethics; conflicts of interest  \nLos docentes como influenciadores del mercado: Hacia un marco de políticas para los programas de embajadores de la marca docente en las escuelas  \nResumen: El marketing en las escuelas tiene un nuevo estilo y los profesores están en el centro. Las empresas corporativas, en particular las que producen productos de tecnologíaeducativa, han contratado a profesores para convertirse en los llamados embajadores demarca y microinfluencers. Sin embargo, pocas investigaciones han examinado estosacuerdos de embajadores de marca, lo que deja a los legisladores desinformados sobre las implicaciones para los estudiantes, los profesores y las escuelas. En este artículo, profundizamos en lo que significa ser un embajador de marca docente (TBA) y un microinfluencer examinando el contexto en el que surgieron estos programas y estudiando ejemplos actuales de programas TBA y similares a TBA ofrecido s por Google, Amazon, Apple. y Microsoft. Revisamos cómo estas instancias recientes de marketing se comparan con prácticas similares utilizadas para vender medicamentos recetados a médicos y a través de ellos, y exploramos cuestiones éticas, legales y de políticas asociadas con el reclutamiento y la contratación de maestros como embajadores de la marca. Además, anticipando la necesidad de proteger los intereses de los estudiantes y maestros a medida que los programas de TBA crecen como presencia en las escuelas públicas, ofrecemos un marco de políticas modelo para regular el uso de estas prácticas de marketing en las escuelas.  \nPalabras-clave: Comercialismo en las escuelas; influenciadores docentes; embajadores dela marca docente; marketing en las escuelas; tecnologia educacional; pr","cbCaiiYS25QTEpD1","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiiYS25QTEpD1","pdf",506481,36,"English","# Abstract\n## Focus and Definitions\n## Program Origins and Examples\n## Ethical, Legal, and Policy Issues\n## Policy Framework","[{\"question\":\"What role do teachers play in these brand ambassador programs in K-12 schools?\",\"answer\":\"Teachers are contracted to act as brand ambassadors and micro-influencers for corporate firms, particularly those linked to education-technology products.\"},{\"question\":\"Why does the article argue that policymakers need more information?\",\"answer\":\"It notes that scant research has examined these arrangements, leaving policymakers uninformed about implications for students, teachers, and schools.\"},{\"question\":\"What does the article provide for regulating marketing practices in schools?\",\"answer\":\"It offers a model policy framework intended to protect the interests of students and teachers as TBA programs grow in public schools.\"}]","Teachers as Market Influencers - Towards a Policy Framework for Teacher Brand Ambassador Programs in K-12 Schools | PDF",1792093972,91]