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Teaching Assistants-Sex Discrimination?

Paranoid
Paranoid Posts: 149 Forumite
in Employment, jobseeking & training
Are there any male Teaching Assistants out there?
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  • spugzbunny
    spugzbunny Posts: 1,235 Forumite
    One of my male best friends was a TA for 3 years before he trained to be a teacher.
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  • kingfisherblue
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    Two men in my son's school were TAs before they trained to be teachers. There are also a few male TAs in other schools in my area, but there are far more female TAs.
  • supercat92
    supercat92 Posts: 110 Forumite
    My Uncle is a male teaching assistant. Think there needs to be more,break down a few barriers. Men have qualities to offer to the classroom.
  • dmg24
    dmg24 Posts: 33,920 Forumite
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    edited 19 October 2010 at 5:45PM
    Paranoid wrote: »
    Are there any male Teaching Assistants out there?

    Surely a more appropriate question should be, are there any suitably qualified males applying for TA roles? The reason that they are under represented is that few males choose to go into that area, not because of discrimination.
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  • tesuhoha
    tesuhoha Posts: 17,971 Forumite
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    I work in a school where there are about 15 female teaching assistants and one male teaching assistant.
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  • mandyc
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    edited 19 October 2010 at 5:48PM
    My son was a teaching assistant for twelve months before he started his PGCE. He did it to confirm that this was really what he wanted to do. It really helped him because a number of his fellow students dropped out after the first teaching practice as they did not realise it was such hard work!!

    It appears that more males use the teaching assistant post as a stepping stone to becoming a qualified teacher rather than females who do the job because it fits in with their childrens' school hours. Sorry if I'm stereotyping.
  • Paranoid
    Paranoid Posts: 149 Forumite
    Spongbong wrote: »
    Very few I think and a good job too since all men are latent sexual predators who only need the opportunity to give in to their desires...

    This really is a sad and bigoted reply.

    Thanks everyone else who has volunteered useful objective information.
  • tesuhoha
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    Paranoid wrote: »
    This really is a sad and bigoted reply.

    Thanks everyone else who has volunteered useful objective information.

    TBH I took that as a tongue in cheek reply but maybe I was wrong.
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  • Paranoid
    Paranoid Posts: 149 Forumite
    tesuhoha wrote: »
    TBH I took that as a tongue in cheek reply but maybe I was wrong.

    It would be nice to think you are right! But I wouldn't hold my breath..............
  • Gleeful
    Gleeful Posts: 1,979 Forumite
    There are no male TA's at my school, nor at any schools I have ever worked in.

    HOWEVER, I agree with mandyc for the reasons why!
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