2018
2018 M.E.N. Interest Forum – National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) Awards
2018 NAEYC M.E.N. Interest Forum Champion for Men and Children Award Dr. Valora Washington is the CEO of the Council for Professional Recognition. Throughout her career Dr. Washington has co-created several institutions, such as Michigan’s Children, a statewide advocacy group, the Early Childhood Funders Collaborative, and The CAYL Institute. Frequently tapped for senior-level service, she […]
Read MoreMen Teaching: In the Face of Adversity
After finishing up my student teaching placement and having time to reflect on all the challenges, accomplishments, peaks and valleys, I realized never to judge something before you get the chance to experience it. When I found out that I would be doing one of my student teaching placements in a four-year-old kindergarten classroom, I […]
Read MoreMen who care: attracting men into the caring professions
At the same time as efforts rightly focus on getting more women in leadership positions and into male-dominated industries, there is also a movement to encourage more men into the careers dominated by women. In particular, the caring professions are bereft of men. Early years teaching and nursery workers are almost exclusively female, as is […]
Read More£50,000 fund has been announced to help boost the number of men working in Scotland childcare
Around 4% of the current workforce for children’s daycare across Scotland are men. The Scottish Government’s new Men in Early Years Challenge Fund will be split into two awards of £25,000 and given to two colleges to run pilot projects which support men in childcare. Colleges across the country will be able to make bids […]
Read MoreMenTeach – New England Meeting
Vanessa Reiss-Vaughn, Sarah Montoya and Clarence Little are helping to call a meeting/networking gathering of men in early education. This is sort of a restart of activities of MenTeach – New England. If you know of people that maybe interesting please pass this along the attached flyer. Please respond if you are interested and can’t […]
Read MoreMen who care: attracting men into the caring professions
Attracting men into the caring professions faces some societal challenges but there is a movement to encourage more men into caring roles At the same time as efforts rightly focus on getting more women in leadership positions and into male-dominated industries, there is also a movement to encourage more men into the careers dominated by […]
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