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Male student-teachers in elementary education
Over the past 20 years, the number of male teachers in both elementary and middle school grades have plateaued at around 16 percent, a number that remains true at La Crescent Elementary School. The school has five male teachers on staff and only one male student-teacher this year. Garrett Soper is that student-teacher and he […]
Read MoreAwards given at MenTeach – New England @ MassAEYC conference
On March 4 at the MassAEYC conference- MenTeach-New England and MassAEYC held our annual reception and award evening. Men Teach gave out two awards: 1) The Steve Shuman Award in Support of Men in Early Education and Care – this award was given to Stuart Cleinman now retired- longtime teacher, administrator, Director, Head Start […]
Read MoreEarly childhood education needs more male teachers in New Zealand
Dean Hodge comes to work with a smile on his face, every day. The Ascot Park resident has been a teacher at Adventure Kindergarten in Whitby for more than two years and has just finished his diploma in teaching with Te Rito Maioha/Early Childhood New Zealand. It is a relief to put the study behind […]
Read MoreIn Praise of the Dude Teaching at My Son’s Preschool
I turned to close the preschool gate the other day and looked back to see what my three-year-old son was up to. And this is what I saw: His teacher in a laughing jog, leading a pack of toddlers in a full sprint. A few weeks ago I saw this teacher sliding on the ice […]
Read MoreChina’s New Five-Year Plan: Be a Man
Two days before the temperature in my town dropped to -9°F, my dad asked me, as he tends to do at the coldest point in the winter, to join him on a backcountry ski trip to Mount Moosilauke. Moosilauke is in Benton, New Hampshire. It may not be hyperborean by the standards of Alert, Nunavut, […]
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