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The primary mission of the Call Me MiSTER (CMM) program, founded in 2000 and headquartered at Clemson University, was originally developed in collaboration with three private historically Black institutions to address the significant shortage of African American men teaching in K-8 public elementary school classrooms.
Feb 9, 2023 · Call Me Mister, He Is Me Institute and Men of CHS Teach are three programs that aim to recruit and retain more Black male teachers in U.S. schools.
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- Yi-Jin Yu,Tesfaye Negussie
Mar 26, 2023 · Mark Joseph of “Call Me Mister,” a program that supports diverse students pursuing careers in education, joins John Yang to discuss why there are so few Black male teachers.
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- John Yang,Kaisha Young
Jul 25, 2021 · Rebecca Koenig spotlights Call Me MISTER, a leadership development program supporting Black male teachers throughout their education. What can funders do to support programs like Call Me MISTER that provide resources for Black male educators? Learn about why teacher representation matters to students of color.
- Where Did All The Black Male Teachers Go?
- ‘The Best You Possible’
- Changing The Equation
- ‘It’s A Lifestyle’
Twenty-one years ago, when Jones looked at South Carolina’s school statistics, he found them sobering. Although 40 percent of students were African American, just 1 percent of their teachers were African American men. In the state’s 600 elementary schools, there were fewer than 200 Black men teaching. “So a vast majority of the elementary schools i...
In the 1967 movie “In The Heat of the Night,” there’s a scene where a Black detective and a white sheriff disagree about the details of a criminal case. The sheriff pokes fun at detective Virgil Tibbs’ first name and mockingly asks what he’s called back home. With a steely look, the detective replies, “They call me Mr.Tibbs.” That line inspired the...
At Riverside Middle School near Greenville, South Carolina, there is one Black male teacher. A seven-year veteran of the profession, Kerry Highsmith serves as chair of the math department, stays after school to keep working with students, and mediates between teachers and the administration when necessary. Before all that, he was a Mister. “I don’t...
Call Me MISTER didn’t stay a South Carolina secret for long. Five years into the program, a foundation asked Jones to share what he had learned about recruiting Black men into teaching. Hundreds of people from around the country showed up for the conference. “They were stunned,” Jones says. Now, Jones regularly fields inquiries from far-flung insti...
- Rebecca Koenig
Call Me MISTER is building the next generation of Black male teachers. You’re an undergraduate education major in one of the following programs: Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education, Middle-Level Education, Secondary Education, Special Education, or Art, Music, and Physical Education.
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Aug 12, 2021 · Dr. Tristan Glenn, associate professor and Call Me Mister program director, addressed the disparities plaguing many Black students because of the lack of Black educators, particularly among...
