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Where’s the man?

For Jayson Curtis, family is the reason to teach. “I’ve had jobs in the past where I’ve worked 12-hour days,” says the elementary education major at Utah State University. “I just missed so many birthday parties and things. … I wanted to watch my daughter grow up.” But family – combined with a handful of […]

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A Report about – A National Symposium – Men in the Lives of Young Children

MenTeach.org, Chattahoochee Technical College (CTC), National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) – Men in Education Network (M.E.N.) and the Child Care Information Exchange held A National Symposium – Men in the Lives of Young Children on Wednesday, November 9, 2006 as a pre-conference session at the annual NAEYC National Conference. The symposium featured developments on men in the lives of […]

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City boys’ schools happy with male teacher numbers

The principals of two Hamilton boys’ schools are happy with their male staff numbers, and will not consider in-house training to encourage more men into the profession. Nelson College principal Gary O’Shea is so worried by the shortage of male teachers he has suggested an in-school teacher-training facility at the college. It would give a […]

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Men-only teacher training planned

A proposed men-only teacher training facility in Nelson could avoid discrimination rules if it proved boys had been disadvantaged in the past, the Human Rights Commission says. The principal of prestigious boy’s school Nelson College is so worried about the male teacher shortage he has suggested starting an in-house teacher training facility, the Press newspaper […]

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Classroom Distinctions – One man’s classroom experience

MenTeach: This opinion piece appeared in the New York Times. Tom Moore, a 10th-grade history teacher at a public school in the Bronx, is writing a book about his teaching experiences. IN the past year or so I have seen Matthew Perry drink 30 cartons of milk, Ted Danson explain the difference between a rook […]

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