#37 | That Black Male Teacher “Hits Different” - w/ Jason Muse

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unMASKing with Male Educators: Creating Emotionally Safe Classrooms & Schools for Male Students

Ashanti Branch - Taking Off The Mask

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Only 23% of K-12 educators in America are male, a gender gap that has serious ramifications for male students - who often face DISPROPORTIONATE disciplinary action. This podcast is for male educators who want to embody a necessary change in schools, via healthy social-emotional outcomes. Come away with actionable lesson plans, relatable stories, and a renewed purpose. The US Surgeon General says the mental health of our youth is the "crisis of our time." Male educators are uniquely positioned to address this - because real men teach. Join our community: "Advocates for Young Men" at Skool.com

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#37 | That Black Male Teacher “Hits Different” - w/ Jason Muse - SFUSD Educator

unMASKing with Male Educators: Creating Emotionally Safe Classrooms & Schools for Male Students

50 minutes 39 seconds

2 months ago

#37 | That Black Male Teacher “Hits Different” - w/ Jason Muse - SFUSD Educator

Did you have a Black male teacher growing up? In high school? Middle school? Elementary school? The numbers go down as the grades get lower. But thankfully we have people like Jason.

Jason is an elementary school teacher based in San Francisco, California. He’s been teaching in some capacity for 13 plus years, and his passion for teaching is rooted in his passion for mentorship and commitment to ensuring young people have what they need for self-actualization.

Today, we discuss:

How to guide boys and cultivate a healthy relationship with anger
How Jason has achieved longevity in the teaching profession and made it sustainable
How adopting a broad definition of mentorship can be liberating and lead to impact in your classroom
Some encouraging things for male elementary school teachers at the start of this school year

(0:00) Class Session

(2:35) Jason introduces himself

(5:30) Ashanti and Jason share their teacher personas/masks

(14:00) The challenge of giving boys the space to express themselves, especially anger

(18:30) Achieving longevity in the teaching profession

(22:40) Infusing more mentoring in our communities, and embracing a broader definition of “mentor”

(32:40) Seeing former students in a mentorship role

(36:00) The role of Black male educators in elementary schools

(43:40) Jason’s message for all educators

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Connect with Jason Muse:

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