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Improving gender equality is the key to tackling Britain’s male teacher shortage
As it currently stands, less than 13% of the UK’s primary school teachers are male. A lot of this is down to the fact that primary teaching continues to be seen as a job only suitable for women. “Feminine” characteristics such as “caring” are seen as central to the role, and Western society mainly still […]
Read More2014 & 2016 EC-MENZ – New Zealand Reports
The 10th Annual EC-MENz Summit was held on 8th & 9th April 2016 at BTI (Bethlehem Tertiary Institute), Bay of Plenty Celebrating the many roles of men in ECE With international guest stars Craig d’Arcy (Australian National Males in Early Childhood Network) and Martyn Mills-Bayne (MENtor coordinator at the University of South Australia). Also starring […]
Read MoreWellington’s Y-Men programme trying to increase the low male ECE teacher numbers
It took a terrible affliction suffered by a sibling for Anaru Jones to find his calling in life. The 22-year-old from Stokes Valley helps out at Tui Park Kindergarten in Linden four days a week as part of programme run by Whanau Maanaki Kindergartens. The Y-Men initiative has seen 32 men, in four groups in […]
Read More2016 M.E.N. Interest Forum – National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) Awards
Rodney West – Champion for Men & Children Award Rodney West has been an advocate for young children for almost 40 years. He worked in the Early Childhood field as an Assistant, Teacher Resource Teacher, and Administrator. Rodney currently works as an administrator with San Diego Unified School District. He holds degrees in Child Development, […]
Read MoreThoughts from the Inaugural Northern California Men and Child Care Conference
Let me begin by apologizing for the press release-sounding language. We haven’t yet had the opportunity to collectively dive into our notes and conference evaluations and I wanted to get something out immediately. Close to 100 people were on hand at American River College for the Inaugural Northern California Men and Child Care (NorCal MaCC) […]
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