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Alternative Teacher Certification Programs Report Success Recruiting Men
When the Houston Alternative Certification Programs for teacher certification were first introduced in 1987, they were met with a great deal of opposition. Not only were some higher education institutions upset by the expedited process of certifying teachers, but teachers themselves were disgruntled by all of the “newbies” who seemed to take an accelerated course […]
Read MoreLiteracy project offers scholarship money to put men in classrooms
First-grade students’ reading skills would improve and high-poverty schools would employ more minority teachers with graduate degrees if a new partnership between the Charleston County School District and the College of Charleston works out the way officials say it will. The Literacy Intern Project is the latest in the school district’s efforts to focus on […]
Read MoreNumber of Black Male Teachers Belies Their Influence
Tynita Johnson had attended predominantly black schools in Prince George’s County for 10 years when she walked into Will Thomas’s AP government class last August and found something she had never seen. “I was kind of shocked,” said Tynita, 15, of Upper Marlboro. “I have never had a black male teacher before, except for P.E.” […]
Read MoreNew Teachers Edged Out Of Job Market
As school teachers prepare to return to the classroom, many with new teaching degrees are having a hard time finding jobs. Andy Middlen graduated from Augustana College in May and now helps with the Sioux Falls School District’s Kids Inc. summer program. It’s a temporary fix for a problem that has no easy solution. “My […]
Read MoreMale elementary teachers are lauded by educators
Preston Rogers’ fifth-grade students weren’t playing the board games they had on their desks Thursday morning — they were designing them. “I want them to be able to give instructions without them being there,” Rogers said as each student wrote down rules to the different games. Now in his second year at Grant Foreman Elementary […]
Read MorePodcast about MenTeach
Dawn Braa who teaches at the Dakota County Technical College in Minnesota hosts a blog that broadcasts different professionals each month. In April she has MenTeach talking about the importance of men teaching. After you are done listening to our interview, check out some of the others. You can listen to the podcast here.
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