[MenTeach] E-News - August 2008

[Newsletter about men teachers]

MenTeach E-News
August 2008

1) Join the Northeast USA mailing list or start your own
2) Pose with someone and we'll post your photo
3) A summer program that successfully recruits young men
4) Men on a Mission: Valuing Youth Work in Our Communities
5) The ongoing cartoon debate - offensive or lack of sense of humor?
6) Seeking men for a research project
7) You Teach What? The experiences of a teacher-principal-coach
8) Do you want to start your own male teacher training program?
9) A teacher's hard lesson: 'Not guilty' is not enough
10) Resources - Find out about resources and websites about men 
teaching.

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1) Join the Northeast USA mailing list or start your own
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2) Pose with someone and we'll post your photo
Have you seen those photographs of famous people posing with someone. 
Well, we'd like to have you have someone famous pose with the "Men Who 
Change Diapers, Change The World" bumper sticker. Thanks to Kitt Cox 
for this great idea. Spread the word about the importance of men caring 
for children: http://www.menteach.org/node/761

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3) A summer program that successfully recruits young men
This year we got 131 young men who put working in Preschool as their 
first or second choice for the Mayor's Summer Youth Work Program. We 
were able to place 27 of them in Cambridge preschool. Read more about 
who did it: http://www.menteach.org/node/788

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4) Men on a Mission: Valuing Youth Work in Our Communities
Read a new book by William Marsiglio's that is based on a new 
qualitative study. He interviewed and observed men in a wide range of 
youth work settings, including elementary, middle, and high school 
teachers. I also have a separate section on men and schools in the 
book. To read more: http://www.menteach.org/node/794

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5) The ongoing cartoon debate - offensive or lack of sense of humor?
We continue to have posting about the cartoon by Tom Scott posted to 
MenTeach: http://www.menteach.org/node/719. Are men being whiny? What 
do you think?

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6) Teacher Shortage or Teacher Turnover
Shaun Johnson, who taught the first graduate course focusing on men 
teachers, is continuing his recent and needs some volunteers. Do you 
have an opinion? http://www.menteach.org/node/800

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7) You Teach What? The experiences of a teacher-principal-coach
What's it like to be 6'5" and work with first graders. A principal 
tells his story about his experiences teaching and coaching. Read his 
and others' stories. And of course, tell us your story: 
http://www.menteach.org/mens_stories

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8) Do you want to start your own male teacher training program?
Sometimes on quiet days (or when we want a distraction from all the 
work we have) we'll do a search on the internet about male teachers, 
men teachers, or this time "male teacher training programs."

We found a very interesting program called: MATES - Male Teacher 
Support program, where else but Australia. Download the curriculm: 
http://www.menteach.org/node/805

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9) A teacher's hard lesson: 'Not guilty' is not enough
A powerful and painful story about what happened to a male teacher who 
is false accused and the impact on his life. Have you ever been falsely 
accused? Do you know anyone who has been? Read the entire story: 
http://www.menteach.org/node/791

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10) Resources - Find out about resources and websites about men 
teaching.
There is scholarship, loan forgiveness, tuition free programs as well 
as instructions on how to get alternative teacher certification. Check 
out the Resources: 
http://www.menteach.org/resources/links_to_other_sites

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