Reports

March 16, 2012 - 5:00 - 6:30PM
Westford Regency
Westford, MA
MenTeach - New England is proud to welcome you to a social event and award reception after the conference. We are a group representing various disciplines in the field of early education advocating for men in the lives of children.

For contact:

1) Percentage of men seem to be increasing at 2011 national conference
2) Men from China attending national conference
3) Role as father prepared this teacher for the classroom
4) African American male teacher shortage
5) Man discovers passion for education, finds next career
6) Kidsfirst leads the pack in boosting men in ECE in New Zealand
7) Federal Law Title IX covers more than sports
8) Falsely accused teacher struggles to cope
9) More men wanted for childcare jobs in Australia
10) 58% rise in Welsh male graduates opting for teaching

1) Are you an alien? Experiences of a male Primary School teacher
2) Low Number of Male Teachers Affects Youth
3) Seeking more male teachers in Barbados
4) Two articles about Men in Education: World Forum in Hawaii & NAEYC
5) Call for men to teach, become role models
6) Male Call: Recruiting More Men to Teach Elementary School
7) Jon Hamm (TV Actor) Talks About The Lack Of Positive Male Role Models
8) Male Educator Named State Teacher Of Year
9) Student Perspective: Benefits to being a man in a female-dominated teaching position

1) Men working with young children during disasters
2) Primary level teaching sees rise in male applicants
3) The Need for More Male Teachers
4) We're bucking trend on male teachers
5) Men & women organize and watch "Expect Male Involvement"
6) Men in early education Fall Meeting - MenTeach - New England
7) Lots of men in this New South Wales Program
8) African American male teacher shortage
9) University Sees More Men Applying to be Primary Teachers
10) Men's Stories: A brilliant, dignified teacher

1) Life is Good: Playmakers in Haiti
2) Singapore: More men entering early education
3) Read some Men's Stories: Gene Brugger, Teacher a St. Rita School for the Deaf
4) Male teachers wary of hugging students
5) Thank you for my male teacher
6) Daddy Daycare Planned in New Zealand
7) The Need for More Men to Be Interested in Child Care Policy
8) Parents welcome men into childcare: 98% now happy to let them work in nurseries
9) Kansas Ranks #1 (with 33.1%) For Most Male Teachers
10) Continuing to go after his dream at 50 years old

1) Pro football player spending the lockout as a substitute teacher
2) Council of European Union Recommends Increasing the Percentage of Male Teachers
3) New JOURNAL OF MEN'S STUDIES - Men and Teaching: Good Intentions and Productive Tensions.
4) Men in Early Childhood Education Report from Manitoba Canada
5) Do you need a job teaching? Hiring male teacher
6) Middle-Class African-American Male Teachers Teaching
7) Students wants to know whether male teachers should get bonuses
8) Male Teachers in Malta

1) The Missing Male Teacher
2) A visit to hands on male involvement in Hawai'i
3) U.S. Colleges, Universities Step Up Recruitment With Looming Nationwide Teacher Shortage
4) Free Graduate Teacher Training Program
5) Black male teachers scarce - but needed
6) Malaysia: Gender equality for teachers
7) Grand Bahamas male teachers take part in one-day seminar
8) Videos of Male Teachers from all over the World
9) New Book About Male Teachers: Go Where You Belong
10) Dear Mr. Matt - A father and male teacher's letter to another male teacher

1) The End of the Male Teacher: Seniority Rules
2) Gaming to re-engage boys in learning
3) Male Teachers Get Top Marks: Children have a better perception of male teachers
4) Teacher list discriminates against men in Greece
5) Spike Lee: Black Male Teachers Needed to Teach
6) Maryland Looks To Recruit More Black Men As Teachers
7) New calls to end discrimination against male childcarers
8) American Federation of Teacher Early Educator
9) Scottish project recruits young men to work in childcare

1) Good for the goose, why not the gander? Irish men caring for young children
2) Vietnamese male kindergarten teacher one of a kind
3) Male teacher 'really humbled' by $25,000 national award
4) New Leaders for New Schools - Chicago
5) Pupils make more effort with male teachers as they are seen as 'more fair'
6) Math educator recognized for excellence
7) Men's work in the United Kingdom
8) First male teacher graduated with Growing Our Own Teachers in Hawaiian program
9) Male primary teacher numbers in Wales

1) Male teacher numbers decline in parts of Australia
2) 'The Pied Piper' of kindergarten
3) New report looks at male teachers in primary-junior grades
4) Teacher Martin Martinez 'humbled' by $25,000 Milken Educator Award
5) Mentoring jobs in New York City, Boston, Baltimore, & Charlotte
6) Schools need best, diverse teachers
7) Barring Male Educators: Safety Concern, Fear-Mongering, Or Discrimination?
8) Free Tuition and Board for Trainee Male Kindergarten Teachers in China

1) Malaysian Ministry to recruit more male teachers
2) Some education jobs pay women more
3) The Daddy Day Carers
4) Fall Meeting of New England MenTeach
5) Kindergarten male nanny in China - watch the english video news report
6) Principal successfully recruits black male teachers
7) It's elementary, guys: Male teachers bring diversity to primary grades
8) Male teacher finds niche in kindergarten class
9) Apply for a National Child Care Teacher Award
10) Conferences - A chance to meet


ABOUT MenTeach

1) Men in your teacher preparation program: five strategies to recruit & retain them
2) Male teachers in Western Pennsylvania elementary classrooms
3) Stephen Colbert suggests men work in child care
4) Men in Child Care has trained over 1,300 men
5) Understanding the role of male elementary school teachers
6) Schools need best, diverse teachers
7) Barring Male Educators: Safety Concern, Fear-Mongering, Or Discrimination?
8) Free Tuition and Board for Trainee Male Kindergarten Teachers in China

MenTeach E-News
April 2010

1) Schools Employ Bouncers Instead of Teachers
2) Number of male primary school teachers rising
3) Real men teach kids
4) Male elementary teacher candidates: Initial career choice
5) MenTeach - New England (Men in Education Network) honors teacher
6) Fatherless boys have significantly higher feelings of self worth with male teacher
7) Teenager urges men to try out the world of childcare
8) Record numbers of men are training to be primary school teachers

Jim St. Clair is being awarded the second Steve Shuman Award in support of Men in early education and care for his longtime commitment in the field of Early Education and Care.

I spent this last week attending a great conference in New Zealand coordinated by the ECE Men in NZ.