Men in Early Childhood Education | Alex Straus

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Title	:	Men in Early Childhood Education \| Alex Straus \| TEDxWWU
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I am a male preschool teacher, and I face a lot of discrimination and prejudice from both parents and coworkers By being a man at my job I'm immediately less valuable because more than half of the things I can't do because it involves things that parents are uncomfortable with men doing One of the hardest things about it is feeling alone and trying to push through it But there is one thing that keeps me going, knowing my very presence is teaching kids that men can work with young kids, can be compassionate, all of it, and that keeps me going through all the hardest moments!
Comment from : @kingpanda8861

Basically the soccer mom's Biznatch
Comment from : @pan2aja

This is hilarious given that education used to be dominated by men brEspecially in times when education was specifically paid, by the family, for their children
Comment from : @OniNoFro

Wonderful!! A standing ovation is needed 👏👏
Comment from : @lincolngaylebeddoe7684

Studies show that elementary school age kids tend to respect a male authority figure
Comment from : @Tgogators

Love it
Comment from : @tingluma2825

Love this! I've been teaching for 10 years with 5 being in Pre-K & kindergarten It's definitely my favorite! I am proud to be part of that 25 <3
Comment from : @logankelton2198

Don't work as a playworker if you're a manbrLittle girls love being around males and it makes everyone uncomfortablebrYoul get in trouble for any contact while the women break those rules Infront of youbr10 years in childcare, fired from 4 jobsbrNever working with kids again
Comment from : @dreghorn007

Excellent video! I am a man in Early Childhood Education It is great to see men in this field!
Comment from : @gregorymendoza9455

If you watch this and think it's a good idea to enter early childhood education, don't The pay is abysmal and the joy/light isn't worth questioning your masculinity/your ability to provide for your own family You better believe that joy and light only occurs when you are the right educational setting as well I grew up without a strong male precense to tell me this, so heed the warning
Comment from : @dualingramss2356

This is amazing I am currently studying my final year in Early Education I'm loving every part of my journey so far
Comment from : @darrenhart3141

Working in a childcare for a year already, tiring but rewarding!
Comment from : @jared7673

I needed to hear this I’m working on my degree for early childhood
Comment from : @erictyson6877

That’s just exactly what I’ve been looking for!
Comment from : @aloneboarder

I graduated with a bachelor degree in social studies education, but started working in childcare I love it
Comment from : @denny2265

ECCE means Pre Primary Education training for Anganwadi Pre School 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳 very nice video 👌 thanks
Comment from : @aryankrit857

Inspiring but the paycheck says no
Comment from : @Joshua_ChoNY

Umour family owned a Child Development Center for infants, toddlers, and pre-K My mom founded it I worked for the Center of coursein records I wrote parent and staff handbooks, reported attendance, took calls, managed parent, staff, and child documents, ran the facebook page, etc My brother workedin finance He did budgeting, accounts, and payroll My mom and sister, and an army of women, did everything related to actually interacting with children I stayed in the office Now when hiring came up, and the applications from men were invariably ignored, I asked about that My mom told me in her daycare and others, parents, especially mothers, objected to men in the centers Work as an assistant teacher might include something like changing a child's diaper, and they weren't keen on trusting a man to do that Men make the parents nervous I was told Parents wouldn't trust them I pointed out that that was gender discrimination and I was told that centers have lost business trying to be gender neutral This begs the question of whether people will hire men at all
Comment from : @peterlane1391

Shout out to to all the male early education teachers!!! You guys are the real deal!brbrIn Finland 🇫🇮 being a teacher is highly sort after from early childhood to High school It's highly sort after, deemed a very prestigious and Nobel profession Educators get paid as much as Doctors, lawyers, and engineers etc rightfully as professionals! brbrI'm Australian and honestly I hope one day it's seen like this globally!
Comment from : @keletube951

"Dads do not baby sit" 🤣🤣💯
Comment from : @jamieholmgren1135

Okay so what are the odds of this? I'm also a WWU student and I just happened to find this video as a source for a paper, without knowing it was hosted was hosted at WWU I'm an Anthropology major, BUT I've been a preschool TA for almost 6 years now, ranging from preschool and after school programs to summer programs and tutoring Everything you said here was so on point, I even get made fun of by small children for my beard also! In about 6 years of working with young children I've NEVER met another male teacher or teacher's assistant It really shows that we need to change the narrative
Comment from : @joeymartin4807

This is what early childhood education is about ! As an early childhood professional I appreciate this talk!
Comment from : @Lissarette

I men get to the field so we can get paid more LoL
Comment from : @wild4newlife

I'm an ECE in Canada, in my centre we're also just about 5 men
Comment from : @carma91

In year 15 of my elementary teaching career I've taught 3rd grade for 12 of those years
Comment from : @miguelreyes2192

Man’s role is leadership in front of the children like Jesus Christ
Comment from : @ChristinaOstil115

I am a MALE teacher, with facial hair and more hair on top than I have control of, instructing Pre-K Students Loved this Video! Unfortunately, male teachers in early childhood are "frowned" upon, as I have personally experienced But what I have ALSO experienced, is the gratitude and thankfulness of single mothers, who have their sons in my class I have also realized that having facial hair can be very controversial I have no idea why, but it is When I spoke with parents of different ethnicities as myself as well as different co-workers, I understood that having facial hair meant different things Being an Educator is such a rewarding position However, as an educator, one must put aside their own personalities/characteristics and become absolved into a melting pot of different identities in order to be an objective confidant to those Students in your class
Comment from : @nathanieladams2640

Why does he moan after every sentence?
Comment from : @user-fz3ip3ke8p

Honestly it's because those jobs don't pay enough Most men feel pressure to get a job that can provide for a family, and the salaries don't cut it It's a fixable problem
Comment from : @TalkingPoliticsWithCatsandDogs

The only early education I got was video games
Comment from : @logondash

I think it is wonderful We need more kind loving men helping us form our future leaders I’m 40 and I start early childhood education in January
Comment from : @mercytucker6990