Black men, you're needed in the classroom" (Interview)

[valet]

Detroit teacher says Black representation in schools has ‘revolutionizing effect’

Me and bro went to college together. Very said that on 2% of teachers are men. Teaching not my thing but I'm studying to be a school counselor for similar reasons

 

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[LurkMoar]

Facts

 

[Prynce]

I would be a teacher but it don't pay enough

I got a offer to get a masters in education so I could be trained to be a teacher

 

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I would be a teacher but it don't pay enough

I got a offer to get a masters in education so I could be trained to be a teacher

That’s always the issue.
Men also aren’t amenable to putting up with some of the work fukkery that some female teachers do. They gotta pay teachers better and make it a more attractive profession.

 

[ViShawn]

Horrible pay

 

[MajesticLion]

For that to happen, you're going to have to start up far more black private schools. Qualifications aren't the issue, there are tons of qualified black male teachers. Pay isn't the issue, there are tons of black teachers, male and female, who do it because they love teaching.

The problem for black male teachers is the automatic assumption that they'll inevitably be sexual predators, and need to be hamstrung in everything they do. That one boogeyman shadow has been used to keep diverting black men away from classrooms for at least three decades now. Those that are left tend to default into coaching, and that is a nightmare hellscape all it's own.

 

[ba'al]

 

[Prynce]

That’s always the issue.
Men also aren’t amenable to putting up with some of the work fukkery that some female teachers do. They gotta pay teachers better and make it a more attractive profession.

Ye i remember the drama as a kid lol but the real issue is pay for me

I didn't go to college and might go get a master's to just make 60k

 

[fckyoupayme]

For that to happen, you're going to have to start up far more black private schools. Qualifications aren't the issue, there are tons of qualified black male teachers. Pay isn't the issue, there are tons of black teachers, male and female, who do it because they love teaching.

The problem for black male teachers is the automatic assumption that they'll inevitably be sexual predators, and need to be hamstrung in everything they do. That one boogeyman shadow has been used to keep diverting black men away from classrooms for at least three decades now. Those that are left tend to default into coaching, and that is a nightmare hellscape all it's own.

I feel you but Black men are the holy grail of urban and progressive school districts. They are highly sought after. So much so that once they get in the classroom within a few years they are tapped into leadership and taken out of the classroom

 

[fckyoupayme]

Horrible pay

Depends on the city, state and school district

 

[HarlemHottie]

I had a bm teacher in sixth grade, it was a magnet program. He was just the teensiest amount zesty (he had came up in the boys choir of Harlem ), but i only recognized it bc i was volunteering at gmhc at the time. I don't think the other kids noticed, or if they did, nobody cared.

He was a great teacher. Iirc, this was the year malcolm x came out, and i remember we took a class trip to go see it (paid for by the city). Parts of out were filmed in Harlem (including on my god sister's stoop, her nana kept that on the low ), so it was kinda a big deal.

Shouts out to you, Mr [name redacted].

 

[Strapped]

It takes to long for teachers to make a decent salary

 

[Jean Jacket]

For that to happen, you're going to have to start up far more black private schools. Qualifications aren't the issue, there are tons of qualified black male teachers. Pay isn't the issue, there are tons of black teachers, male and female, who do it because they love teaching.

The problem for black male teachers is the automatic assumption that they'll inevitably be sexual predators, and need to be hamstrung in everything they do. That one boogeyman shadow has been used to keep diverting black men away from classrooms for at least three decades now. Those that are left tend to default into coaching, and that is a nightmare hellscape all it's own.

I have to disagree with you. It depends on where you live.

In the South...Black male teachers are respected and sought after. From coaches to trades etc.

The pay is just wack, and the stress is high due to the kids having too much familiarity with you and try to cross the line...plus the parents don't train their kids at home.

 

[Anerdyblackguy]

I’m sorry but you can’t provide for a family on a teachers salary. Even in NYC where the starting salary is 63k it’s tough out here.