Program Trains Black Male Teachers for Preschools
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The Leading Men Fellowship trains young Black and Latino men to become early literacy teachers in preschool classrooms across the United States.
男性领袖联谊会培训年轻的黑人和拉丁裔男性，使其成为美国各地学前班的早期识字教师。
The program aims to deal with several problems at the same time. First, officials say there is a shortage of educators for preschoolers. Another problem is there are few Black and Latino male teachers. And there are many problems that boys face in schools because of their race and sex.
该计划旨在同时处理多个问题。 首先，官员们表示，学龄前儿童的教育工作者短缺。 另一个问题是黑人和拉丁裔男教师很少。 由于种族和性别，男孩在学校面临许多问题。
Ivan Douglas is with the Literacy Lab based in Washington, D.C. It is a nonprofit group that operates the Leading Men Fellowship, which started in 2016.
伊万·道格拉斯 (Ivan Douglas) 在位于华盛顿特区的读写实验室工作。 这是一个非营利组织，负责运营 2016 年启动的领袖人物联谊会。
Douglas said, “We’re not only affecting change in the classroom with these school students, but (we’re) also developing these young future educators.” One of the fellows in the program is Davontez Johnson.
道格拉斯说：“我们不仅影响这些学生的课堂变革，而且还培养这些年轻的未来教育工作者。” 达文特兹·约翰逊是该项目的研究员之一。
He is 19 years old and is currently gaining experience in a preschool at Dorothy I. Heights Elementary in Baltimore, Maryland. Fellows like Johnson are recruited after they finish high school.
他今年 19 岁，目前正在 Dorothy I 的幼儿园积累经验。 马里兰州巴尔的摩市的高地小学。 像约翰逊这样的研究员在高中毕业后就会被招募。
After a summer of intensive training, they go to work in school earning between $16.50 and $18 an hour. Johnson is unusual.
经过一个夏天的强化培训后，他们去学校工作，每小时收入在 16.50 美元到 18 美元之间。 约翰逊是不寻常的。
He is a former high school offensive lineman in American football. It is a position held by the biggest players on the team. Some parents say he looks out of place in a classroom. Federal government information says that less than one percent of elementary and early education schoolteachers are Black men.
他是一名前高中美式橄榄球进攻前锋。 这是由球队中最大的球员担任的职位。 一些家长说他在教室里看起来格格不入。 联邦政府信息显示，不到百分之一的小学和早期教育学校教师是黑人。
Johnson said that is part of the reason he wanted to teach preschoolers.
约翰逊说，这是他想教学龄前儿童的部分原因。
“I really thought it was a great opportunity.
“我真的认为这是一个很好的机会。
Because I know if I saw someone like me, you know, in pre-K, I’d be pretty excited,” Johnson said. Black teachers can help Black students The Associated Press (AP) recently reported on the Leading Men Fellowship.
因为我知道，如果我在学前班看到像我这样的人，我会非常兴奋，”约翰逊说。 黑人教师可以帮助黑人学生 美联社 (AP) 最近报道了领袖人物奖学金。
The AP says there is growing evidence that Black teachers can help Black students—especially boys.
美联社表示，越来越多的证据表明黑人教师可以帮助黑人学生，尤其是男孩。
For example, boys are more likely than girls to be expelled from school. Some people are saying that having teachers of the same race is important for young Americans. The AP says there is research showing Black students who have at least one Black teacher are more likely to graduate from high school and less likely to get suspended or expelled.
例如，男孩比女孩更有可能被学校开除。 有人说，拥有同一种族的老师对美国年轻人来说很重要。 美联社称，有研究表明，至少有一名黑人老师的黑人学生更有可能从高中毕业，并且被停学或开除的可能性较小。
The AP says research suggests that training found at historically Black colleges might be part of developing an effective teacher. A recent study of elementary school students in North Carolina, for example, said Black students performed better in math when taught by a teacher trained at an HBCU, or a historically black college or university.
美联社表示，研究表明，历史上黑人大学的培训可能是培养高效教师的一部分。 例如，最近一项针对北卡罗来纳州小学生的研究表明，黑人学生在由受过 HBCU（或历史悠久的黑人学院或大学）培训的教师授课时，在数学方面表现更好。
Nicholas Papageorge is an economist at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. He said his research shows that Black teachers have higher expectations of Black students than non-Black teachers.
尼古拉斯·帕佩乔治是巴尔的摩约翰·霍普金斯大学的经济学家。 他说，他的研究表明，黑人教师对黑人学生的期望高于非黑人教师。
His research also suggests that Black students who have a Black teacher are less likely to drop out of high school and more likely to attend college. The preschool classroom Leading Men fellow Johnson has found that singing and dancing are a big part of preschool education. He has been told that children learn best through repetition and when they can link information with movements and music.
他的研究还表明，有黑人老师的黑人学生高中辍学的可能性较小，而上大学的可能性更大。 学前班教室 男主角约翰逊发现唱歌和跳舞是学前教育的重要组成部分。 有人告诉他，孩子们通过重复以及将信息与动作和音乐联系起来学习得最好。
Bridget Jeffreys has Johnson working in her preschool classroom.
布里奇特·杰弗里斯让约翰逊在她的学前班教室里工作。
She said she has been watching Johnson grow more confident with her students. “It was so beautiful because usually you don’t see men really get down to the child level,” Jeffreys said.
她说她一直看到约翰逊对她的学生越来越有信心。 “这太美妙了，因为通常你不会看到男人真正降到孩子的水平，”杰弗里斯说。
She said the children see him as a “big kid.” Johnson is also studying political science at the University of Maryland Global Campus. He hopes to go into politics. But at this time, his fellow teachers want him to stick with teaching. On a recent October day, Johnson worked individually with students to help them write their names.
她说孩子们把他视为“大孩子”。 约翰逊还在马里兰大学全球校园学习政治学。 他希望从政。 但此时，他的老师们希望他继续教学。 十月最近的一天，约翰逊单独与学生一起帮助他们写下自己的名字。
During free-play time, he helped a student who was making an impression of a leaf on paper. She looked to him for approval and support for her work. “You’ve done a wonderful job,” Johnson told her.
在自由玩耍的时间里，他帮助一名正在纸上留下叶子印记的学生。 她向他寻求对她工作的认可和支持。 “你做得非常出色，”约翰逊告诉她。
I’m Mario Ritter, Jr. Moriah Balingit reported this story for the Associated Press.
我是小马里奥·里特。 莫里亚·巴林吉特 (Moriah Balingit) 为美联社报道了这个故事。
Mario Ritter, Jr.
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