Jason Terrell and Mario Jovan Shaw, co-founders of Profound Gentlemen were featured on the Leadership for Educational Equity website. Driven by the belief — and backed up by studies — that “highly effective educators are the single ingredient most likely to impact student achievement,” Profound Gentlemen provides career support for black male educators so they can, in turn, serve as mentors to boys of color, ultimately improving the students’ social and emotional well-being and increasing their opportunities for success. Read the full article at Leadership for Educational Equity. The post Le ..read more

Profound Gentlemen (PG), announced plans to expand to Tulsa at an event during Juneteenth week on Thursday. Profound Gentlemen (PG) emerges as a dedicated non-profit organization based in Charlotte, North Carolina, with a mission to bolster the support system for Black male educators, ensuring their retention in the field. Read the full article at the Black Wall Street Times The post The Black Wall Street Times: Profound Gentlemen empowers Black male educators to thrive appeared first on Profound Gentlemen ..read more

Written by Derick Lee on May 29, 2023, this EdNC article features Profound Gentlemen as part of an overview on organizations and initiatives that are impacting the teacher of color pipeline. Profound Gentlemen is set out to continue building “a community of male educators of color who provide a profound additional impact on boys of color.” Their efforts target the disparity of the representation of males of color in the field of education. Read the full article at EdNC. The post EdNC: The DRIVE Task Force tour continues in Robeson County appeared first on Profound Gentlemen ..read more

Profound Gentlemen was recently featured PBC Carolina’s Carolina Impact. Charlotte based Profound Gentlemen works to keep male educators of color in the classroom. The post PBS Carolina Impact: Profound Gentlemen Feature appeared first on Profound Gentlemen ..read more

Profound Gentlemen, and our eighth annual Community Impact Assembly (CIA), were recently featured on EdNC. Profound Gentlemen centered this year’s CIA on the theme of “(re)grounding ourselves in our purpose, values, and mission to build communities of male educators of color that have a profound additional impact on boys of color.” The assembly welcomed participants from across the nation for three days of professional development sessions, discussions, and fellowship activities. Read the full article by Derick Lee on EdNC. The post EdNC: (Re)grounding in the mission to retain male educators ..read more

My first Black male teacher, Mr. Gordon at F. L. Stanton Elementary School in Atlanta, was the most impressionable history teacher I ever had. Mr. Gordon was cool because his son was in the same grade asme . He definitely had the swag of that era. All the kids loved and respected Mr. Gordon. As I reflect on Mr. Gordon, I see  how my colleagues are inspiring and helping build up the next generations of thinkers, builders, and creators. Teachers, yes teachers, are doing the work of building the next generations of thinkers, creators, laborers, educators, Civil Rights leaders, and builders ..read more

Profound Gentlemen was featured in an article by Yahoo Life in February, 2022. “They can’t be what they can’t see,” Shaw tells Yahoo Life, “so if there are Black boys just growing up and not being able to see Black male teachers, then you don’t even think that you can become one.” Read the full article at Yahoo Life. The post Yahoo Life: Black men comprise just 2 percent of U.S. teachers, but one activist is inspiring the next generation appeared first on Profound Gentlemen ..read more

The lack of training, poor implementation of services for students identified as being in need of accommodations including Individualized Educational Plans (IEP), Individualized Health Plans (IHP), SST (Student Support Team), 504 (health related), Behavior Intervention Plan (BIP) are direct results of co-teaching not being made a priority. Co-teaching shouldn’t be optional if it works for students; it should be a priority.  The bigger question though is why haven’t public schools made co – teaching a mandatory part of learning? In my experience this is the case in very few schools and tru ..read more

Parents and educational advocates are doing some amazing work. At the onset of the pandemic, I had a conversation with parents and educational leaders and said, “This is the time that parents, students, and teachers are going to have to truly ban together in order to reimagine education!” Unfortunately, the educational system and power structure did what it does best and caused educational leaders, teachers, parents, and students to be more deeply divided than ever. Over the three school years that we have been working to educate children in public schools during the pandemic, I have attended ..read more

Profound Gentlemen was featured in a Charlotte Observer article written by Anna Maria Della Costa on December 22nd, 2021. Read the full article here. The post Charlotte Observer: How two former Charlotte teachers are helping CMS prioritize diversity appeared first on Profound Gentlemen ..read more