June, 2008

Photos from the Working Forum MECE in Hawaii, USA

Here are two of the photos from the 2008 Working Forum Men in Early Childhood Education. As we secure additional photos we'll post them. Included is Wakiki Beach, site of the conference hotel and the last gathering at the closing ceremony with the Leadership Team on stage.


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Schools work to recruit more male teachers

Times-Republican - Iowa, USA
Will Norton and Kevin Hahn have become what they never had themselves: male elementary classroom teachers.

Both Cedar Rapids men are in a minority nationwide, where the percentage of male teachers overall is at a 40-year low. It has dropped from 32.5 percent in 1970 to an estimated 24.1 percent in 2007, the National Education Association says.

The trend is similar for Iowa.
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Teacher Shortage or Teacher Turnover

MenTeach receives e-mails and comments from readers expressing their frustration about not being able to find a teacher job. This can definitely be a very frustrating experience. There are several issues that feed this seemingly contradictory problem - few men teachers and many schools saying they want more male teachers but men are not being hired.
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Dutch MP calls for more male school teachers

Radio Netherlands WorldWide
Dutch Christian Democrats (CDA) have called for an increase in the number of male teachers in primary schools. CDA MP Jan Jacob van Dyke claims that children are better off if they are taught by both men and women. At the moment, the majority of primary school teachers are women. According to the CDA, teacher training colleges need to change their curriculum in order to attract more male students.
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Working Forum - Men in Early Childhood Education

Don Piburn, Hawaii
The 2008 Working Forum (WF) on Men in Early Childhood Education (MECE) Honolulu was an incredible success. Like most everyone who assisted in the planning for the event, I know we all had some digging out to do. I received many personal expressions of appreciation regarding the WF MECE Honolulu from WF MECE attendees. Every single one of the comments I have received to date have been positive.

Here is an example:
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Ex-soldiers to be hired early for teaching jobs

by Susan Gvozdas - Baltimoresun.com
Anne Arundel County has become one of six counties and cities nationwide that have agreed to hire former military personnel as teachers two years before their military service ends.

The decision, announced this month, makes the county the second jurisdiction in Maryland, after Prince George's County, to agree to such advance hiring.
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Take A Shot At This - Men teaching in Scotland

by Karen Stewart - Daily Record - UK
A Football Coach Is Encouraging More Men To Follow His Example And Become Child And Youth Care Workers

STEVIE MORRISON may have fallen just short of achieving Scottish Cup glory at Hampden last weekend.

But the Queen of the South coach is still hoping to achieve another goal, and that's persuading men to take a shot at working to help young lads stay out of trouble.

Stevie wants to tackle the myth that being a youth care worker is not men's work.
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Free Tuition - African American Male Teachers

Do you know any African American males who are seniors in high school who want to go to college out of state for "FREE" ? Several Black Colleges are looking for future African American male teachers and will send them to universities/colleges for 4 years FREE.
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Abolishing Irish rule 'won't close gender gap' in teaching

by John Walshe - Education Editor - Independent IE
A NEW report has found that the abolition of the honours Irish requirement will not entice more men to become primary school teachers.

Politicians, such as former education minister Mary Hanafin, have suggested that dropping the honours Irish rule would help tackle the gender imbalance in national schools.

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