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A Discussion About Men Teachers

There’s been a great discussion over at a weblog by Dr. Helen. Below is my comment in response to the discussions: What a great discussion! First, I want to thank Dr. Helen for starting this discussion. I work with a national non-profit called MenTeach. You can see our website about men teaching at MenTeach.org. People were asking about data about […]

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First Year Teacher Struggles

[MenTeach: We wanted to share this letter with everyone. Some of these challenges are faced by all first year teachers AND some are unique challenges for male teachers.] I did not realize how political the public school game is! I just want to learn how to be a great teacher. I have people here that […]

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Another first year male teacher’s struggles

  I did not realize how political the public school game is! I just want to learn how to be a great teacher. I have people here that I feel are not really out for my best interest. I have an old scatter brain assistant that won’t stay on task with my lesson plan. Every […]

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Male instructors rare

Jim Smallwood and Bill Hardin are rarities. The two men, both social studies teachers at Byram Middle School, are the only male instructors many of their students have ever had. They’re in short supply nationwide, but even more so in Mississippi. New 2005 data compiled by the National Education Association show Mississippi has the lowest […]

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Schools see shortage of male teachers

After 20 years of working with cows, Rick Beal decided to take on a different animal: kindergarten students. In his second year at Northeast Elementary School, Beal is one of seven full-time elementary male teachers out of 61 total — 11.5 percent — within the Rutland City public schools. Statewide, men fill 13 percent of […]

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Determined to succeed – #8

was the last post we received of The New Kids e-mails. He said that he was leaving the school and was going to look for another teaching job in another state. We hope we’ll hear from him again to find out what happened.] Wow, what a two weeks! The past two weeks were utterly crazy […]

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