To volunteer and support students, parents, staff, and the community by enhancing the learning environment through the active presence of men in individual schools.

Parents are not only their children’s first teachers; they are probably the most important teachers their children will ever have. Research shows that the male role model is a critical and essential ingredient in the learning process. Fathers, however, have not been involved in the education of their children to the degree that they should.

DADS FOR EDUCATION is a national program of men (fathers, grandfathers, uncles, cousins, brothers, and other men). It is governed by five elements. The program’s focus is to volunteer in individual schools in an effort to fulfill the mission of the school district.