[MenTeach] E-News - November 2008

[Newsletter about men teachers]

MenTeach E-News
November 2008

1) Boys want male teachers - read a new study
2) My son had an amazing experience teaching
3) Every Head Start required to indicate male involvement
4) It's like having four hundred grand kids
5) ABCNews report continues to attract some controversial comments
6) Research - Early childhood textbook images reflect rules for male 
teachers
7) Can a male teacher who is gay be open about it?
8) Do you want to be a television star?
9) The missing father: How male teachers are seen by students from 
divorced settings
10) Resources - Do you know what the percentage of male teachers are? 
See the data.

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1) Boys want male teachers - read a new study
Jack Kammer, who created The Center for Men and Boys in Social Policy 
forwarded a new study that comes from the Maine Boys Network has come 
out with The Gender Divide in Academic Achievement (2008) that 
interviewed boys about their attitude about schools. Read the details 
of the report: http://www.menteach.org/node/876

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2) My son had an amazing experience teaching
Read a very proud mother's letter about her son's experience teaching. 
http://www.menteach.org/node/877

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3) Every Head Start required to indicate male involvement
One of the men working with Head Start monitoring was able to get an 
addition in the monitoring of Head Starts to include male involvement 
indicators - like books and posters showing men nurturing. One person 
can really make a difference: http://www.menteach.org/node/880

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4) It's like having four hundred grandkids
I am a retired Federal analyst. I retired at 55 with 32.5 years service 
(counting an Army stint). When I mentioned to a teacher friend/golfing 
buddy that I needed something to do, he suggested teaching school.  
Read the rest of his story at:  http://www.menteach.org/node/882

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5) ABCNews report continues to attract some controversial comments
MenTeach.org has had over 30,000 hits after these reports came out. 
Both Good Morning America and the ABCNews.com have had hundreds on 
comments. Perhaps you want to add your own opinion: 
http://www.menteach.org/node/890

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6) Research - Early childhood textbook images reflect rules for male 
teachers
Men in early childhood classrooms encounter implicit rules for engaging 
with children that are different from those encountered by female 
teachers. An article in the Fall 2008 issue of Early Childhood Research 
and Practice examines how these implicit rules are reflected in images 
depicting touch in early childhood education textbooks. Get the free 
link to the article: http://www.menteach.org/node/896

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7) Can a male teacher who is gay be open about it?
With the passage of Proposition 8 in California there has been 
discussion in the forums about men in education.  One student asks: Are 
there any gay elementary school teachers out there? Read the rest of 
his question at: http://www.menteach.org/node/898  and in another 
posting one teacher writes about our assumptions: 
http://www.menteach.org/node/900

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8) Do you want to be a television star?
My name is Pamela and I'm a television producer in Los Angeles, working 
for the tv development company, Target Entertainment. I am currently 
doing research for a tv series in development about dads in daycare. I 
want men who have chosen child care as their full time profession, 
either in their home or at a facility. Read about how you could become 
a star: http://www.menteach.org/node/899

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9) The missing father: How male teachers are seen by students from 
divorced settings
One man writes in the forum: Over the span of my career, I have worked 
in two different juvenile detention facilities. In both cases, I have 
seen the effects that a male educational figure can have in the 
classroom. Girls, in particular, form early opinions and attachments to 
male teachers depending upon their background. Read the rest of his 
experience at:   http://www.menteach.org/node/739

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10) Resources - Do you know what the percentage of male teachers are?
You can find out what the percentages of male teachers for each 
education level. We post the Bureau of Labor Statistics data: 
http://www.menteach.org/node/34

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