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‘The Pied Piper’ of kindergarten
Eric Ord stands out at his workplace. For one thing, he wears red tennis shoes and a matching red tie. And he towers over everyone else in the room. Of course, everyone else is 5 years old. For the past 17 years, Ord has taught kindergarten at Whited Elementary School in Santa Rosa, where colleagues […]
Read MoreAre There Enough Male Teachers in Kindergarten and Elementary Schools?
According to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 18.8 percent of elementary and middle school teachers are male. In pre-kindergarten and kindergarten the number of male teachers is just 2.4 percent. According to the National Education Association the sector could become even more female dominated, because fewer and fewer men are entering the profession. […]
Read MoreMenTeach E-News – September 2010
1) Malaysian Ministry to recruit more male teachers 2) Some education jobs pay women more 3) The Daddy Day Carers 4) Fall Meeting of New England MenTeach 5) Kindergarten male nanny in China – watch the english video news report 6) Principal successfully recruits black male teachers 7) It’s elementary, guys: Male teachers bring diversity […]
Read MoreManny or Nanny?
As the actress Keeley Hawes has hired a manny to look after her kids it has fired up discussion on men working in childcare again. Does it matter if you nanny is male or female? Would you have issue if your child had a male teacher at school or nursery? After working in the childcare […]
Read MoreTeachers walk fine line in interacting with kids
A veteran elementary school teacher, Louis Watson has mastered the “side hug” and the high five. The moves help him dodge the bear hugs his young students initiate. “Being a male teacher, you never hug a kid from the front area,” said Watson, 63. It’s a lesson Watson has learned over time as teachers face […]
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