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MentMenTeach E-News – May 2013
MenTeach E-News May 2013 1) Letter: Children Appreciate Male Teachers in Malaysia 2) School defies male teacher shortage 3) Black Male Teachers: Becoming Extinct? Show Me the Numbers 4) Teacher Facing a False Allegation of Abuse 5) Falsely accused teacher struggles to cope after name cleared 6) Nurturing Men – 10 years ago 7) Men […]
Read MoreSouth Carolina has 1st male Head Start teacher of the year.
When a young child can identify shapes, colors and numbers, it is like planting a seed to produce good fruit for head start teacher Marcus Tate. Nurturing a seed carefully is a lesson he learned growing up while working on the farm with his grandfather in Cherokee County. Tate, a teacher at Piedmont Community Action’s […]
Read MoreMy Quest to Teach: African American Men and Teaching
The recent news reports about the lack of African American teachers has caused concern that men are not choosing the profession of education. As an African American teacher at an elementary school and third generation educator. I find that effectively teaching African American youth does not rest in having more African American male teachers present […]
Read MoreCanadian School trustee calls for study on male teachers
Not long after public school board trustee Mike Ramsay raised concerns that male teachers are vastly under-represented in elementary schools, emails began to flood his inbox. “The response was overwhelming,” said the Waterloo Region District School Board trustee. Although the issue has been on Ramsay’s radar for nearly two decades, even he wasn’t prepared for […]
Read MoreHoping Black male teachers make a difference
Spend an hour at Maya Angelou Public Charter Middle School and you immediately notice something’s different. There’s an abundance of Black men and they’re not just custodians or security. “We are the counselors, the teachers and the principal here,” explains La’Mont Geddis, the school’s head man in charge. “Students see us in different positive roles. […]
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