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Male teacher: Looking for a teaching job
[MenTeach: We receive letters from people asking for help. This letter is representative of the tight economy.] I’ve taught in inner city Houston schools for 17 years, mostly grades 2-4. I then taught in a suburban public school for two years. For the past 1 1/2 years I’ve taught in a private theraputic boarding school […]
Read MoreDiscovery Channel looking for fathers
MenTeach has been talking with Discovery Channel and it turns out they are changing their focus of their documentary from men in child care to fathers: We are looking to focus on a group of fathers who meet regularly so that there is a community component to it. It would be nice if that […]
Read MoreCan you help my son be a teacher?
[MenTeach: We receive many, many e-mails asking for help. They are powerful messages about young men wanting to teach – either from their parents or the young men themselves. We usually receive hundreds of these inquiries – and we welcome them – after news reports. Here is one that we are posting anonymously.] I was […]
Read MoreProgram staff should represent communities served
Women are the majority of the early care and education workforce. Recent Massachusetts workforce development policy recommendations for the early childhood field suggest that program staff reflect the diverse composition of communities served, yet men comprise less than 6% of that workforce. (Such data is not currently tracked in the Commonwealth, but nationally they constitute […]
Read MoreNumber of Male Teachers Shrinking Fast
At 6 feet 5 inches tall and nearly 300 pounds, Jonathan Maiden of Lexington, Ky., is hardly the image that comes to mind of a typical preschool teacher. But ever since his childhood spent on Chicago’s South Side, working with young children has been a calling for this father of two. “My mom was a […]
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