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National Representative 2012 – 2013 Ways to Engage & Increase Male Membership. By the end of this workshop you will know:. The need for male engagement in children’s lives. Barriers for father involvement. Ways to engage males and increase PTA male membership.
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National Representative 2012 – 2013 Ways to Engage & Increase Male Membership
By the end of this workshop you will know: • The need for male engagement in children’s lives. • Barriers for father involvement. • Ways to engage males and increase PTA male membership. • How the PTA M.O.R.E. Alliance can help your PTA grow male membership and engagement.
Ways To Engage & Increase PTA Male Membership
Male Engagement By the Numbers
The Importance of Male InvolvementBy the Numbers – In the Home • In 2010, 33% of U.S. children live in homes where biological fathers are absent. • 20.3 million children lived with no father (biological, step, or adoptive) in the home. • In a study of 3.7 million unwed mothers, reports show roughly 40% of fathers had no contact with children during the previous year. • A father absent from the household sees his child an average of 12 days per month. www.pccwichita.org/dads
The Importance of Male InvolvementBy the Numbers –Education • Fatherless children are twice as likely to drop out of school. • Students living in father-absent homes are twiceas likely to repeat a grade in school. • 50% of all children with highly involved fathers in two-parent families report getting mostly A’s through 12th grade, compared to 35.2% of children of nonresident father families. www.fatherhood.org/media/consequences-of -father-absent-statistics
The Importance of Male InvolvementThe Impact of Positive Male Engagement • Role modeling • Making choices • Improved problem-solving abilities • Providing financial support • Providing emotional support • Improved student performance www.2.ed.gov/pubs/parents/calltocommit/chap1.html
Identifying Barriers for Father Involvement
Male Involvement BarriersPossible Reasons Fathers Are NOTInvolved • Getting fathers into the school building • Institutional practices • Language and cultural barriers • Disconnected community-based organizations • Education • No time • Not knowing what to do • Unsafe Neighborhoods • Spousal or adult support • Separation or Divorce www.2.ed.gov/pubs/parents/calltocommit/chap1.html
Engaging Males in Your PTA
Engaging Males in Your School & PTAHow to make your PTA “male-friendly” • Educate dads on the importance of their involvement • Emphasize getting involved doesn’t necessarily mean a large time commitment • Design invitation messages specifically for dads • Sign-up male and female PTA recruiters • Actively seek male membership in the community • Publicize men’s involvement in your PTA • Communicate effectively with men • Ask men to join www.pta.org/dadsandschools
Male Engagement Tips
Male Engagement TipsWays to Get Increased Results • Promote events with sports themes • Host scheduled Father-Child events at school • Use “male-friendly” language in messaging • Stay in contact with participating men • Encourage males to become PTA leaders • Show men you seriously note their suggestions • Promote male only “Men’s Talk” events
PTA M.O.R.E. Men Organized to Raise Engagement www.pta.org/pta_more.asp
PTA M.O.R.E. • Alexandria, VA • Founded by National PTA • Helps PTA Leaders & Units work with schools and communities to provide programs that engage fathers and positive male role models • Acts as a resource for fatherhood issues • Increases the visibility and outreach of the quality programming of the coalition members www.pta.org/pta_more.asp
Meet the PTA MORE Alliance Members
All Pro Dad • Tampa, Florida • Founded by Tony Dungy and a program of Family First • Dedicated to strengthening the family and male involvement • Hosts several father engagement events such as: All Pro Dad’s Day, NFL Father & Kids Experience, and Play of the Day • Provides easy to use materials for hosting father involvement events www.allprodad.com
The Black Star Project • Chicago, Illinois • Helps to improve the quality of life in African-American and Latino communities by eliminating the racial academic achievement gap • Provides pre-K through college educational services to help students achieve success • Fathers are encouraged to take their children to school on the first day of school • Have hosted over 200 Million Father Marches in various U.S. Cities www.blackstarproject.org
National Compadres Network • Hacienda Heights, California • Helps to strengthen, rebalance, and redevelop the traditional Latino extended family system • Encourages and supports positive involvement of males in families and the community • Engages Latino men in nurturing, guidance and development of their children, families, and communities www.nationalcompadresnetwork.com
National Fatherhood Initiative • Gaithersburg, Maryland • Works to improve the well being of children by increasing responsible father involvement • Develops leaders of fatherhood initiatives through training and technical assistance • NFI’s Golden Dads campaign rewards everyday fathers for spending quality time with their children • FatherSOURCE administers NFI’s workshops to reach fathers and assist local organizations in operating effective fatherhood programs
National Partnership for Community Leadership • Washington, DC • Strengthens the capacity to work with low-income parents and youth • Committed to reducing child poverty through building strong family engagement • Offers assistance with grant proposal writing to fund programs to help strengthen families • Offers training and technical assistance on a variety of services including: working with men and fathers, relationship building skills, family and fatherhood forums, and parenting education. www.nplcstrongfamilies.com
Strong Fathers – • Strong Families • Fort Worth, Texas • Training and facilitation organization focused on strengthening children by strengthening fathers and families • Conducts training for campus or district teams, conduct regional and state workshops, and • Conducts training for PTA regional or state conventions on effective father involvement • Works with over 10,000 fathers per year www.strongfathers.com
WATCH D.O.G.S. • WATCH (Dads of Great Students) • Shawnee Mission, Kansas • Program of the National Center of Fathering • Focused on prevention of violence in schools • Provides unobtrusive presence of fathers and father-figures in schools and adds enhanced sense of security for the school • Serve as positive role models for students • Men gain awareness of positive impact on students academic performance, self-esteem, and social behavior www.fathers.com
Steps Next Your Engaging Men in Your Community!
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