Editorials

Just Say NO, to No Touch

Male early childhood (EC) educators face stereotypes that portray us as potential child abusers on a daily basis. Clearly, children must be protected from child abusers, yet a principle reason many men give for not entering or staying in the field of early childhood education (ECE) is fear of being accused of harming young children […]

Are male teachers the answer?

Career & Education shares with you this week the thoughts of Vivienne Turnbull concerning the value of male teachers in the classroom and how Jamaica could, potentially, attract more men to help educate and mentor the island’s boys. Turnbull is an image and communications consultant. WHEN I attended high school and college, there was no […]

Men teaching in the news

Every day we see more and more stories about men teaching – the attention to this topic is hopeful and we believe an indication of the interest. Both the posting of the article to ABCNews.com and the Good Morning America segment generate more than 30,000 hits in one day to the MenTeach.org website! We’ve been […]

The energy of young male teachers

Where in the world do Men Change Diapers?

If you’re like many of those associated with MenTeach, you’ve probably surprised many different people in many situations with your “Men who change diapers change the world” bumperstickers.   Kitt Cox got T. Berry Brazelton, the famous pediatrician to pose with a bumper sticker. And Bryan Nelson gave one to Matt Lauer of the Today […]

Do you want to start your own male teacher training program?

Sometimes on quiet days (or when we want a distraction from all the work we have) we’ll do a search on the internet about male teachers, men teachers, or this time “male teacher training programs.” We found a very interesting program called: MATES – Male Teacher Support program, where else but Australia. The interesting thing about […]