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MenTeach E-News – March 2017
MenTeach E-News March 2016 1) Southern University to increase underrepresented male teachers 2) Caring for Black Male Students Requires More Than Good Intentions, According to Education Study 3) Male teacher adds ties to school’s male achievement lessons 4) Japan: Should male childcare workers’ roles be limited? 5) How storytelling is giving voice to a small […]
Read MoreTeach for America Struggles to Attract Male Teachers
Teach for America is typically flooded with job applicants from top colleges and universities, but according to Chanté Chambers, the managing director of recruitment at historically black colleges and universities at the New York City-based Teach For America, the high-profile teaching nonprofit isn’t flooded by male applicants. She says that low status of education is […]
Read MoreTrinidad and Tobago: No men to teach
It is becoming more and more difficult to attract young males to the teaching profession, says Principal of St Mary’s College, Fr Ronald Mendez. Mendez told the media yesterday at a press conference to launch the Sesquicentennial Anniversary Celebrations of the Arrival of the Holy Ghost Fathers and the Founding of St Mary’s College. The […]
Read MoreAn all-male Buffalo Public School to address differences in learning? It’s being considered
Schools Superintendent Kriner Cash was clearly surprised the discussions were far enough along to be brought to the board as part of a briefing on culturally and linguistically responsive teaching. That is according to Assistant Superintendent Fatima Morrell, who is working in that much larger field. She said more black males would benefit academically from […]
Read MoreDreams Becoming Reality – A Career for A Man
Growing up, teaching never jumped out to me. I never noticed it as a career opportunity or the career I would end up pursuing. Instead, I always thought on a bigger scale such as sports broadcasting or becoming a sports journalist. However, through many personal experiences and self-reflection, I eventually saw teaching as an ideal […]
Read MoreHow storytelling is giving voice to a small part of the early childhood workforce — men
In their own words, the men described the journeys that led them to work in the early childhood field — as teachers, counselors, coaches and administrators. One, a software salesman, helped his wife with a nannying job then decided to go back to school for an early childhood degree. Another discovered his passion for young […]
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