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MenTeach E-News – August 2014
MenTeach E-News August 2014 1) Column: Men in Early Childhood Education – On the Retreat In Hawaii 2) Ten new University Programs to teach men teachers 3) Why Are There So Few Men in Jewish Nursery School Classrooms? 4) How Boston Public Schools Can Recruit and Retain Black Male Teachers 5) Jefferson welcomes district’s only […]
Read MoreMale Teachers Needed In Primary Grades
Often, when we think about the fields of elementary education, early childhood education, special education and even English, we tend to think about them as being female-dominated. Having a specific gender committed to these professions is wonderful, but poses a major problem for our public educational system. Why is this a problem? Numerous households in […]
Read MoreNew teachers, nervous as kindergartners, prepare for the first day of school
Along with the hundreds of thousands of students heading back to school across the region this week and next, there are hundreds of new teachers, some of them leading a classroom for the first time. And some of those teachers are just as nervous as the students. Bryan Curtis, who starts his first teaching job […]
Read MoreChildcare should be ‘actively promoted’ as a career for men
The Government should do more to encourage boys and men to work in the childcare sector, according to a new briefing by the Fatherhood Institute. The document calls on the Government to require careers advisers to actively promote childcare jobs to boys and men, while supporting girls and women in choosing careers that are not […]
Read MoreThe Pendulum Column: Where is Mr. Waldo?
[MenTeach: Don Piburn has been working in early education for years. He has been instrumental in recruiting and retaining men teachers through his work in hawaii hosting MenTeach retreats serving on the AEYC affiliate board and being a founding father of the World Forum in Early childhood education(MECE)] I take great pleasure in attending the […]
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