Too few male teachers in primary schools?

[edupak]

I'm interested in parents' views concerning what I rightly or wrongly perceive as the ongoing feminisation of staffing in primary schools. Most state primary schools seem unable to attract a balanced mix of male and female staff. Is this necessarily an issue? Several friends have told me that they would prefer their boys to have a mix of male and female role models/teachers. Would be great to hear other views/experiences...

I'm a primary school teacher and my class is made up of lists of individuals with their own characters, strengths and weaknesses. The day they become mere numbers is the day I resign.

Lots not lists (I hate predictive text!????)

Sorry I haven't rtft. Our primary school doesn't seem to have any male teachers or TAs. I wonder whether that puts off male applicants who wouldn't want to be the only man on the teaching staff.

I also wonder if there is a tendency for professions with increasing proportions of female staff to have their status and pay eroded as a result (perhaps subconsciously). I think this may be where medicine is heading next, particularly for GPs.

From parent's point of view, it really does not matter if the teacher is male or female, as long as they are passionate about teaching and willing to help children.
My ds had male and female teachers, they could be both good or bad.
Nothing to do with gender, more to do with their personality or commitment or something else.

Wow. This is a very special zombie thread. It just keeps on giving

I have almost three years' experience of working in schools and I have worked closely with children of all ages and with a range of specific needs. I also have a degree and will soon be in a position to train as an early years teacher after returning to work from childcare responsibilities for my two young children. It is suspicious, to say the least, when I find myself excluded from a short list for a role, which I am clearly very experienced for, in a school which actually has no male representation at all (yep, even the caretaker is female). Does this sound like a case of missing out due to lack of experience (remember this is shortlisting, not actual hiring), or would the fact that I prefix my name with 'Mr' have anything to do with it. It is difficult not to consider this as a possibility.

I very much doubt it Professor. I'm assuming this job is as support staff? These jobs are highly sought after. It will have a clear set of criteria the will be used to short-list, experience being one of them. Did you mention or allude to planning to go into teacher training?

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