Boys don't respond to lectures about manhood. They respond to open conversation.

Redefining Masculinity is a six-week, discussion-based SEL curriculum for boys in grades 6–12, facilitated by your existing staff. It helps them examine where their ideas about manhood came from, and whether those ideas are actually working for them.

PhD · Communication·MA · School Counseling·10+ Years K–12·Kirkus-Reviewed Author·Father of Two Boys
Ten years in schools convinced me we've gotten very good at managing what boys do, and far less practiced at reaching what they believe.

A boy acts out and the system does its job: the referral, the consequence, the behavior plan. All of it necessary. But the behavior usually traces back to something quieter: an idea about what a man is supposed to be, absorbed from screens and peers and the adults who never quite found the words for it. Leave that idea unexamined and it keeps producing the same behavior, and the same paperwork. Redefining Masculinity works one level down: six weeks for boys to examine the definition they inherited and decide, out loud and with each other, how much of it they actually want to keep.

A whole-school system

A curriculum for boys, and support for the adults around them.

Lasting change calls on all three groups: students having the conversations, staff reinforcing the ideas, and families carrying the practice home.

Component 01 · The Student Curriculum
Six weeks, one conversation at a time

Discussion-based and reflective, led by your own counselors or staff rather than an outside specialist, and designed for plug-and-play. Reach out for more details.

1
Breaking the Box
Mapping the 'man box': the unwritten rules boys are handed.
2
Beyond Anger
Naming what actually sits under the anger.
3
Accountability & Influence
Turning guilt into accountability: owning impact and making repair.
4
Entitlement & Power
Rethinking power as something shared, not held over others.
5
Values & Identity
Choosing the values their idea of manhood will stand on.
6
Commitment & Community
Committing out loud to the man they're choosing to be.
Component 02 · Facilitator Training
Your people, trained to lead it

Running these conversations well is a skill. Before the first session, the staff who'll facilitate get a 2.5–3 hour training: how to guide reflection instead of lecturing, how to hold the room when a boy says something difficult, and how to keep the space emotionally safe. The through-line is curiosity over correction.

Component 03 · Parents & Staff
Everyone around him, on the same page

Six weeks of rethinking manhood can unravel fast if the adults around a boy keep sending the old signals. This 90-minute session gives families and staff the same grounding the boys get: the Man Box, what is really underneath the anger, and why meeting a boy with curiosity opens him up where correction shuts him down. It is the same session, run once for parents and once for your staff. Parents leave with a resource guide and language they can use that night.

Your own staff run all of it.
The curriculum, the facilitator training, and the parent and staff sessions each come with the slides, scripts, and guides your team needs to run every piece in-house, on your schedule, your way. Nothing here depends on an outside specialist, unless you want it to.
Three middle-school boys sitting together and talking on school steps
What educators say

Colleagues who've worked alongside him.

Educators who spent years in the building with Munib, on what he's like with boys and with staff.

I worked with Dr. Rezaie for five years across middle and high school. At a time when boys are buffeted on all sides by messages about what it means to be a man, he is a champion of what I'd call "avuncular masculinity." He holds them to clear, firm, high expectations while extending the care of an uncle for his own nephews. I sat in on student meetings where a boy's consequences were laid out, and the balance was unmistakable: they left committed to change, because they understood why and felt their principal's support in making it.
Richard P.Teacher
Munib was the most compassionate and empathetic school leader I have worked for. Even under stressful situations, he remained a calming, stable force for staff, students, and parents. He has a unique ability to see a path forward that honors the agency of everyone he works with.
Joseph K.Teacher
Pricing

Start where you are.

Whether you're a middle school counselor looking for an SEL program for boys or a high school building a broader initiative from the ground up, there's a starting point. Ask about discounted pilot pricing.

Small Group
Curriculum Only
$500 lifetime license
Includes
  • Complete 6-week curriculum guide
  • Student worksheets & activities
  • Pre & post assessment instruments
  • Facilitator notes & discussion guides
  • Kickoff call

Pilot pricing available with a data-sharing agreement. Ask us.

Most Popular
Single School
Full Implementation Kit
$4,500 lifetime license
Includes
  • Everything in Curriculum Only, plus:
  • Facilitator training: slides, scripts, and guides for the staff who'll run the sessions
  • Parents & Staff session: the 90-minute awareness session, for families and staff
  • Kickoff call & wrap-up call
  • Email support throughout

Want Munib to lead sessions? Facilitation available as an add-on. Pricing based on scope.

Build Your Program
À La Carte
Custom
Mix and match
  • 6-week curriculum facilitation
  • Facilitator training for your staff
  • Parents & Staff awareness session
  • Ongoing consultation

Pay for what you select, nothing more. Also available for multi-school rollouts and district-level partnerships.

Funding note: Title IV-A (Student Support and Academic Enrichment, specifically the "safe and healthy students" priority) is the best funding match for this program. We can provide documentation to support your grant application.