Gender of preschool teacher

Reply to Gender of preschool teacher on Wed, 01 Jan 2020 12:39:55 GMT

Vanz — Wed, 01 Jan 2020 12:39:55 GMT

Answers in this thread sound biased to male teachers. I think gender is not really an issue, competence and qualifications of being a preschool teacher should be the basis whether he or she is a good teacher for your preschooler.

Reply to Gender of preschool teacher on Thu, 24 Oct 2019 08:34:14 GMT

CalvinS — Thu, 24 Oct 2019 08:34:14 GMT

I still prefer female teachers for my daughters. I am more comfortable if the teacher is female because I believe that they are more patient and caring than male teachers. And my kids will be more comfortable to ask questions if the teacher is a woman.

Reply to Gender of preschool teacher on Thu, 20 Jul 2017 13:13:10 GMT

schoolpre22 — Thu, 20 Jul 2017 13:13:10 GMT

Guest:
For http://www.2000days.net where caregiving is still required and helping in toilet usage is inevitable, female teachers would be more suitable and I would certainly prefer.

I know of student centres run by couples and the hubby usually takes the role of the school bus driver and the running of the preschool centre is left to the wife. i believe it is quite inconvenient for male to operate in a preschool environment or lower primary as the needs of young children can be nitty-gritty and there are too many things to consider before a male teacher or male head can act...makes the role tough.

Hello,

I am looking for female pre school teacher in Sydney,
So can you please suggest me a good preschool teacher??
Thanks in Advance

Reply to Gender of preschool teacher on Sun, 28 Feb 2010 04:22:48 GMT

jumping_gene — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 04:22:48 GMT

my opinion on this matter is probably less popular, but i actually prefer a childcare/preschool with a male teacher or at least, assistant teachers. this is because i think it’s healthy for children to be exposed to both genders during their early years. unfortunately, the early childhood years are usually dominated by females (even at home, babies and small kids spend more time with females). a good male figure in the preschool environment can help balance that out, which is important especially for boys.

Reply to Gender of preschool teacher on Sun, 28 Feb 2010 03:16:19 GMT

alangolf — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 03:16:19 GMT

Glad to find this thread. I am thinking of a career switch to childcare. However, being Male is something I accept is kinda disadvantage to guys. But then, being the 'limited edition' probably has it's strength too.

I like to think that males in this industry are driven by passion and chose this after careful considerations. Do give the males a chance KSP

Reply to Gender of preschool teacher on Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:51:26 GMT

childbook — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:51:26 GMT

1. Our society has become very anti-Male in the child care area. If your male, your guilty until proven innocent, unfortunately.

2. If your male, and teaching K-12 or even pre-school, you need to be super paranoid. It’s worse in K-5. Parents will automatically think the worse of you. Which is why there are not many male teachers K-5. Paranoid means never having just one female student with you in the room, never hugging a student, not letting them sit on your lap, etc. Even for female teachers these can get you in trouble. My daughter went to a Christian School for K-5, which luckily was very loving and not worried about the liability (my daughter had all female teachers).

3. No sane school in the US would allow a male teacher to have anything to do with bath, etc. issues due to liability. That is what female aids are for. I have seen this in special ed. when I was subbing, there would always be an assistant who got the lousy jobs.

4. Male teachers can be important role models for male students in K-5, especially for families that are single mothers families.

Reply to Gender of preschool teacher on Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:38:08 GMT

buds — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:38:08 GMT

Heyya MayKwan,

I don't mind. I've had colleagues, acquaintances and bosses in the
early childhood and enrichment industries who were male. No biggie.
At least for me, cos they were all learned guys who had great passion
for quality education for young children. They do not handle any kiddies
with regards to showering or toileting tho... their assistant teachers are in
charge of that..

As for the 'casual words', it is reali not a matter of gender in my opinion
cause i've came across female staff who were blatantly vulgar and rude.
(IN THE PRESENCE OF CHILDREN at that too!!?) If a person has tendency
to utter vulgarities at whim or is just rude most times is more a case of
personality and individual upbringing... and a lack of professionalism, esp
if coming from education industsry. :shock: Words like 'lame' and 'sux'
are also more of habit words, which children nowadays like to use. :roll:

Being male or female should not be a weighing factor over the efficiency
of a teacher.

Just my honest opinion.

Cheers.

:celebrate:

PS. I think child's teacher needs a visit from the parents..
Such issues that makes a parent feel uncomfortable esp with regards to
children's caregiving and the likes, shud quickly be addressed before it
deteriorates. Just pose it as more to a feedback rather than a complaint.

Then, gauge the teacher's response from there..

Reply to Gender of preschool teacher on Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:09:55 GMT

MayKwan — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:09:55 GMT

just curious… are you comfortable with leaving your daughter/son under the care of a male CC/SCC teacher? My colleague’s son went to a student care before and came home with words like jia sai, lame, sux…he said the male teacher said that alot…maybe to guys these words are casual stuff?

Reply to Gender of preschool teacher on Wed, 22 Apr 2009 05:00:23 GMT

buds — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 05:00:23 GMT

Han Seo:
I don't think male teachers do not do politics. I can cite many examples! Ha ha. This is really overgeneralization. I think this is not a gender issue but it all boils down to individuals - male or female.

Not that i've encountered in my time in this industry lah at least.
We are talking pre-school here in this thread, right?
Are you a male pre-school teacher? If you are, then
speak your mind lah. Get the view from the horse's
mouth even better, right..

But i'm sure guys are as capable of stabbing in the
back as well! :evil: And gossip like a girl? Wuahahahaa!
Ya! The climb up a corporate ladder can be vicious, aye..

Its a matter of principles and preference really, male or female.
Well, it's in the eyes of the beholder.

:celebrate:

Reply to Gender of preschool teacher on Wed, 22 Apr 2009 04:52:09 GMT

Han Seo — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 04:52:09 GMT

I don’t think male teachers do not do politics. I can cite many examples! Ha ha. This is really overgeneralization. I think this is not a gender issue but it all boils down to individuals - male or female.

Reply to Gender of preschool teacher on Tue, 21 Apr 2009 18:12:37 GMT

buds — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 18:12:37 GMT

chuamelody:
dear all kps, wondering if the gender of the preschool teacher makes a difference to your choice in choosing that particular preschool? i have this dilemma in which the preschool near my place while well recommended by my neighbors i am still not really comfortable with sending my DD to a preschool headed by a male.

Dearest chuamelody,

Hope you are doing well..
My apologies for this rather late reply to your query.
But aniwaes, still hope it isn't too late.

I've had the privilege working under male bosses in
this line of work. I have no issues so far. I've only
had one bad molestation experience but that was
long forgotten now and it was overseas aniwaes..
I take it as a lesson learnt. A GOOD ONE! Hahaa!

To not make it too lengthy, i'll just put them in point forms.

PROS OF HAVING A MALE COLLEAGUE IN PRESCHOOL
1.Men in this line work without the b****ing. Which i really like!
2.Contrary to the belief that the ladies know better abt child raising and
teaching our young children... all the bosses i have worked with have
tremendous knowledge of the world and i was blessed to have learnt
from the best!
3.Male colleagues who hafta teach/run classes usually have female
assistants running the toileting chores and stuff. They do help out well
with the boys though, which i find a blessing. Sometimes a female pantry
lady/auntie is put in place to help him in the absence of a female assistant.
4.Male teachers do not do office politics. Period.
5.Diplomatic attitude towards colleagues.
6.Humility in accepting their shortcomings willing to listen.
7.Gives the male... father figure... or uncle figure to the children, which
the children thoroughly enjoy.
8.More uninhibited during play time outdoors especially... with the rumble
and tumble and gym play in comparison to some of the just-watching
female staff...
*Er... i rumble and tumble too, but i'm the tomboy teacher... so different
a bit. :roll:
9.Helps with carrying the heavy furniture around 4 spring cleaning.
10.Follow deadline kinda guys... no nonsense.

NOW... FOR THE CONS...
1.Will always attract glare from conservative female colleagues and
parents.
2.The no nonsense attitude is sometimes rigid in a female dominated
industry.
3.Some male teachers can be harsh/rough but then again, i've seen a
fair share of female teachers who fit that description too. So i aint biased.
4.A few spoil market ones are real chee-ko's... (READ > few...)
5.The male attraction can be a distraction to the female colleagues at
times, especially if the male teacher looks like Louis Khoo. I know I'm
one to be distracted! Wuahahahaa! :evil:

This is just MY personal experience,
and not a sweeping generalization
for all male pre-school teachers..
Hope this helps.

*If your neighbours children are highly recommending it...
the guy must have done something right by them! Cheerios!
:celebrate:

Reply to Gender of preschool teacher on Tue, 21 Apr 2009 17:40:04 GMT

Han Seo — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 17:40:04 GMT

Just curious, why do most of you think a male preschool teacher has more ‘temptations’ than a female preschool teacher? It sounds like male preschool teachers are paedophiles. And what about the recent case of a female primary school teacher seducing her male P6 student?

Reply to Gender of preschool teacher on Mon, 13 Apr 2009 02:20:37 GMT

luvmum — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 02:20:37 GMT

I think it will be good if you can clarified with the male teacher if he will be informed in areas like toileting, bathing. If he is purely on the teaching side then I think it is still acceptable...otherwise I'm totally uncomfortable abt it. :idea:

But thus far, all the preschool teachers I met, except for those enrichment school are all females leh. Didn't see any male teacher.

Last time when my girl is on fullday childcare, the centre mgr is the only male there but he is only in charge of the school well being, nothing on the children...so to me is still fine. :love:

Reply to Gender of preschool teacher on Sun, 12 Apr 2009 16:37:23 GMT

chuamelody — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 16:37:23 GMT

buds:

Firstly, chuamelody... it should read... dear all KSP, lest it becomes
kiapsu instead of kiasu parents... hehehee...

Secondly, appreciate if you cud report to newbies asap.
Everyone's eager to welcome you and get to know you
better!

Lastly, heading a preschool and teaching the classes are
2 very different things...

Can you elaborate?

apologies, well i dont know if he is the head, but i do know that he is or will be one of the teaching staff, which means that he will have contact with the children. would like to know the opinion of other parents here. will not have chosen the preschool option but due to some recent family issue am considering it seriously.

Reply to Gender of preschool teacher on Sun, 12 Apr 2009 11:00:59 GMT

corneyAmber — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 11:00:59 GMT

For preschool where caregiving is still required and helping in toilet usage is inevitable, female teachers would be more suitable and I would certainly prefer.

I know of student centres run by couples and the hubby usually takes the role of the school bus driver and the running of the preschool centre is left to the wife. i believe it is quite inconvenient for male to operate in a preschool environment or lower primary as the needs of young children can be nitty-gritty and there are too many things to consider before a male teacher or male head can act…makes the role tough.

Reply to Gender of preschool teacher on Sun, 12 Apr 2009 08:22:01 GMT

buds — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 08:22:01 GMT

chuamelody:
dear all kps, wondering if the gender of the preschool teacher makes a difference to your choice in choosing that particular preschool? i have this dilemma in which the preschool near my place while well recommended by my neighbors i am still not really comfortable with sending my DD to a preschool headed by a male.

Firstly, chuamelody... it should read... dear all KSP, lest it becomes
kiapsu instead of kiasu parents... hehehee...

Secondly, appreciate if you cud report to newbies asap.
Everyone's eager to welcome you and get to know you
better!

Lastly, heading a preschool and teaching the classes are
2 very different things...

Can you elaborate?