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Where are minority male teachers?
YOU COULD always tell when the VIPS were on campus. They drove newer cars, wore softer clothes. It was easy to spot them among the denim-clad, recent high-school grads who made up most of the male student population on Temple’s main campus in the ’70s. Veterans in Public Service or Veterans in Public Schools, to […]
Read MoreShortage of male teachers
Ashburton Intermediate School principal Gavin Cooper has just six males on his teaching staff of 20, and would prefer a higher proportion of men. Ministry of Education figures show there were 12, 175 male and 27,361 female permanent teachers in New Zealand schools at April 2006. Mr Cooper said many boys were not experiencing male […]
Read MoreMale teachers try to make a difference in the classroom
Jacob Smith is a first-year math and science instructor at Carver-Edisto Middle School in Orangeburg Consolidated School District Four in Cope, but he’s no neophyte when it comes to working with male students. Smith has been working for the past five years as a youth program director at Branchville High School. He has a bachelor’s […]
Read MoreOfficials pleased, [the most percentage of male teachers in United States], even if they can’t explain it
Kansas makes the honor roll when it comes to the rate of male teachers in classrooms. Leading the nation with a 33.4 percent male teaching staff, Kansas is trailed by Oregon at 31.6 percent and Alaska with 31.5. Why so many? There’s no easy answer. But Brenda Dietrich, superintendent of schools for Auburn-Washburn Unified School […]
Read MoreSchools Seek a Few Good Men – Districts Try to Increase the Number of Male Elementary School Teachers
In a cheerful, colorfully decorated classroom at Alexander Elementary School in a poor, gloomy neighborhood of Greenville, S.C., Damon Qualls is surrounded by eager fifth graders. As he reads from a biography of Eleanor Roosevelt, the 15 fifth graders give him their complete attention, a measure of respect for Qualls in only his third year […]
Read MoreMen in Early Child Care and Teaching Summit – New Zealand
“Kiwi Men Can Do Anything” The Childforum Research Network warmly invites you to the inaugural national meeting of men in early childhood care and education services. This is a very important event for the sector. Please help by spreading the word and forwarding this notice to people you know who will be interested, and especially […]
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