Claudio Sisera on Men in the Childcare Sector

Claudio Sisera joined the Early Years sector after a friend, who was a room leader at a nursery, suggested that he applied for a job at the nursery. What started as a casual suggestion became a life-changing path as Claudio rapidly worked his way up, becoming a nursery manager and eventually owning his own setting.

During the lockdown, Claudio had the rare opportunity to pause, reflect and connect with other male educators, hearing their stories, and realised his struggles weren’t unique, inspiring him to create Male Childcare & Teaching Jobs.

Claudio shares practical strategies for recruiting and supporting male educators in your setting. Learn how to address parental concerns before they arise, understand the real benefits of gender-diverse teams for children’s development, and discover a five-pillar framework that actually works to increase male representation in early years.

In this episode you’ll:

• Discover why gender stereotypes form between 18-24 months—and how male educators prevent misogyny before it starts
• Learn the five-pillar framework that tackles everything from recruitment to regulatory compliance in one holistic approach
• Find out what to put on your website and in your prospectus to stop parental concerns before they even arise
• Hear how a spontaneous skateboard session became one nursery’s most successful marketing tool
• Understand why “I’m fine” from male staff members should always trigger further investigation

Watch this episode to learn how to create a truly gender-inclusive setting that attracts, supports and retains male practitioners whilst addressing parental concerns with confidence.

Episode Links:

Main website: https://malechildcareandteachingjobs.co.uk/
Membership offerings: https://malechildcareandteachingjobs.co.uk/gender-diversity-memberships/
Mentoring programme: https://malechildcareandteachingjobs.co.uk/meet-the-early-years-mentorship-team/
Upcoming events and all the links you need: https://link.v1ce.co/your-journey-to-a-diverse-teaching-workforce
About our founder: https://malechildcareandteachingjobs.co.uk/meet-our-founder-claudio-sisera/
Informative PDF about our organisation: https://malechildcareandteachingjob-my.sharepoint.com/:b:/g/personal/info_malechildcareandteachingjobs_co_uk/EeBKboCeKcRPl5gqpWOCUAABXWTQTT0ah-bnwmFiu0fX-w?e=P4eubW

Links to research and further reading:

DfE data on male underrepresentation in the early years: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-catalogue/data-set/520bce27-6982-4887-a790-d0ed2a286bec
Research on gender stereotyping forming early on: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3747736/#:~:text=Children%20who%20knew%20and%20used,between%2018%20and%2024%20months
Practices to address gender stereotypes in education: https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/gender-stereotypes-in-education_a46ae056-en.html
Study on men’s careers in early years: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10146579/7/McHale_10146579_thesis_amended_v2_redacted.pdf
Gender flexible pedagogy: https://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/78135/1/Warin_and_Adriany_author_accepted_MS.pdf?utm_source=chatgpt.com
Misogynistic pathways to radicalisation: https://www.isdglobal.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Misogynistic-Pathways-to-Radicalisation_Recommended-Measures-for-Platforms-to-Assess-and-Mitigate-Online-Gender-Based-Violence.pdf?utm_source=chatgpt.com
Prevent Duty guidance: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/prevent-duty-guidance
Cognitive differences across genders: https://research-repository.griffith.edu.au/server/api/core/bitstreams/3ac03251-cda0-58bd-9f42-b4c9b5e3325f/content
Addressing the barriers for men in childcare: https://thelink.slough.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2019-06/Men into Childcare.pdf
Gendered careers expectations of students: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-catalogue/data-set/520bce27-6982-4887-a790-d0ed2a286bec
Approaches to supporting PSED in children: https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/early-years/evidence-store/personal-social-and-emotional-development