Summer program at KSU created to expose Black male middle and high school students to careers in education

From left to right: Dr. Jabari Cain, an associate professor in the Bagwell College of Education and the director of the Call Me MISTER program at Kennesaw State, and Alexander Shannon, a Tapp Middle School teacher and community partner for KSU Call Me MISTER program. The veteran educators discuss the lack of Black male teachers and efforts to increase the Black male teacher pipeline through the Call Me Mister and the Future MISTERs Academy programs. (Photo courtesy of the guest listed above)

Educators Dr. Jabari Cain and Alexander Shannon know the power of representation and the dire need for it.

Both are Black male veteran teachers who are on a mission to recruit, mentor and empower the next generations of educators through the Call Me MISTER and Future MISTERs Academy programs at Kennesaw State.

Cain serves as an associate professor in the Bagwell College of Education and the director of the Call Me MISTER program at Kennesaw State. Shannon is a Tapp Middle School teacher and a community partner for KSU Call Me MISTER program.