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Kidsfirst leads the pack in boosting men in ECE in New Zealand
Men make up just 1.6 percent of New Zealand’s early childhood workforce, one of the worst male participation rates in the western world – but the South Island’s largest kindergarten provider is taking a strong stance in addressing this statistic, and enriching the early childhood education environment with a greater gender balance. Kidsfirst Kindergartens was […]
Read MoreCall for men to teach, become role models
They are the minority in every staff room but are highly in demand. Male teachers make up just one-fifth of the teaching population in Victorian state schools. In the Grampians region, there are 700 male teachers and 1328 female teachers in state schools. For the Catholic diocese of Ballarat, there are 934 female teachers and […]
Read MoreSeeking more male teachers in Barbados
. . . The whining schoolboy with his satchel and shining morning face, creeping like snail unwillingly to school. – William Shakespeare There are just not enough male schoolteachers, says Captain Errol Brathwaite. And it won’t be the first time the utterance has been made by an educator. The new principal of Ellerslie Secondary School […]
Read MoreUniversity Sees More Men Applying to be Primary Teachers
The number of men applying to Bath Spa University to be primary school teachers this year has risen dramatically. The 66% increase in applications mirrors a national trend: figures announced by the Training and Development Agency for Schools ( TDA ) show a 52% rise in the number of men applying to primary teacher education […]
Read MoreAfrican American male teacher shortage & programs fixing the problem
It’s a nationwide problem, the shortage of black male teachers. Only two-percent of the nation’s nearly five million teachers are African American. Watch the video story Twenty-eight-year-old Craig King has taught third grade at Whittaker Elementary School for six years. His students say there’s never a dull moment in Mr. King’s class, also known as […]
Read MoreLots of men in this New South Wales Program
Male teachers are becoming rarer in New South Wales public schools, but these four teachers from Bowen Public School aren’t planning on going anywhere soon. The men share decades of public school teaching experience between them and are standing strong in a public sector that is seeing a decrease in male employees. A report from […]
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