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A teacher’s hard lesson: ‘Not guilty’ is not enough
He came to the profession late in life, at the age of 35, after years of working jobs that held no real meaning for him. When Gregory Leontovich began his career as a special education teacher in 1992, he found his calling. Three years into it, his peers at his first school named him teacher […]
Read MoreYou Teach What?
“You teach what?” That is the phrase I often heard when I would tell my fellow coaches what I taught. Being a high school basketball coach and first grade teacher was not something they were expecting to hear. They expected me to tell them that I taught physical education or social studies, not that I […]
Read MoreFree Tuition – African American Male Teachers
Do you know any African American males who are seniors in high school who want to go to college out of state for “FREE” ? Several Black Colleges are looking for future African American male teachers and will send them to universities/colleges for 4 years FREE. The ‘Call Me MISTER’ program is an effort to […]
Read MoreEx-soldiers to be hired early for teaching jobs
Anne Arundel County has become one of six counties and cities nationwide that have agreed to hire former military personnel as teachers two years before their military service ends. The decision, announced this month, makes the county the second jurisdiction in Maryland, after Prince George’s County, to agree to such advance hiring. Program officials say […]
Read MoreSchools work to recruit more male teachers
Will Norton and Kevin Hahn have become what they never had themselves: male elementary classroom teachers. Both Cedar Rapids men are in a minority nationwide, where the percentage of male teachers overall is at a 40-year low. It has dropped from 32.5 percent in 1970 to an estimated 24.1 percent in 2007, the National Education […]
Read MoreOnly male kindergarten teacher in Lynchburg City Schools stands out
John Babcock plops his sturdy frame into a wooden rocking chair in his kindergarten classroom at William Marvin Bass Elementary School. He leans forward. Students sit on the carpet in front of him, legs crossed, eyes wide. They look up to their very own friendly giant. This morning’s lesson is about the five senses. It’s […]
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