Let's Talk: An Examination of Black Male Elementary Teachers' Decision to Teach

• In Event: Saturday Roundtable Session 11:25 am
  In Roundtable Session: Critical Investigations of Early Childhood Teacher Contexts and Identities (Table 38)

Abstract

Currently, Black male teachers in PK-12 make up less than 2% of the teacher workforce. Although there have been efforts to increase their representation in the field, there remains a lack of Black males entering the classroom as teachers. More specifically, when considering the public elementary schools in the United States, Black male elementary teachers are often rare or unheard of outside the physical education setting. In addition, limited research has examined ecological systems' influence on Black male teachers' elementary teacher decisions to teach in early childhood education. This proposed qualitative Endarkened Storywork study highlighted Black males' perceived influence in early childhood education through the ecological systems.

Author

• Trevor McCray, University of Wisconsin - Madison