December, 2008

Hunt is on for more men to lead classrooms

by James Vaznis - Boston Globe Staff
If it didn't run afoul of employment laws, principal Thomas DeVito would consider taking out the following newspaper advertisement: "Wanted: Male teachers."

At his Ferryway School, where boys slightly outnumber girls, male teachers are a rare species, presiding over only four of the 35 classrooms.

"The district has a job fair every year, but we don't see a lot of guys," DeVito said.
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MenTeach E-News - November 2008

1) Boys want male teachers - read a new study
2) My son had an amazing experience teaching
3) Every Head Start required to indicate male involvement
4) It's like having four hundred grand kids
5) ABCNews report continues to attract some controversial comments
6) Research - Early childhood textbook images reflect rules for male teachers
7) Can a male teacher who is gay be open about it?
8) Do you want to be a television star?
9) The missing father: How male teachers are seen by students from divorced settings
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Obama’s win could have effects within classroom

by Kwame Griffith - Teach for America - Atlanta
Like so many people throughout Atlanta, I was awed by the celebration over Barack Obama's victory in the presidential election. I witnessed another poignant victory the next day, when I visited a high school history class in the southwest part of the city. The teacher played portions of Obama's acceptance speech and asked students for their reactions.
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Teachers Make a Difference: A Male Student’s Journey

Derrick Vestal doesn't mind being the only male in his Early Childhood Education classes at Cleveland State. In fact, he could not be more certain he made the right decision on his choice of a major.
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Report: Male teachers now an 'endangered species'

by St. John Barned-Smith - The Bay State Banner - Massachusetts
Male pre-kindergarten and early education teachers are almost as rare as komodo dragons, and they're getting rarer, according to recent findings and recommendations released by the Community Advocates for Young Learners (CAYL) Institute.
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A bit of history about male teachers in the United Kingdom

The National Union of Teachers (NUT) is a trade union for school teachers in England and Wales. It is a member of the Trades Union Congress. The Union only recruits qualified teachers and those training to be qualified teachers into membership and currently has over 292,000 members, making it the largest teachers' union in the United Kingdom and Europe.
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Uganda: Check Bias Against Male Nurses

by Robert Zavuga - Kampala, Africa
[MenTeach: It's useful to see that men in other professions all over the world face simliar problems as men teachers.]

I am a male nurse working in a very busy hospital. Some people believe the two are mutually exclusive. "Oh, so you are a male nurse", they say, not entirely convinced. Why do we need the qualifier "male" in front of the word nurse?
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Plan to Revitalize a European Men in Childcare Network

The next World Forum Networking Project has been selected. The project, "Plan to Revitalize a European Men in Childcare Network," will be led by Lauk Woltring from The Netherlands, together with Timothy Moran from Ireland and Kenny Spence from the United Kingdom.
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Illinois lacks diversity of male lead teachers in early education

A recent study, Who's Caring for the Kids? The Status of the Early Childhood Workforce in Illinois-2008, was conducted by researchers at National-Louis University's McCormick Tribune Center for Early Childhood Leadership and the Early Childhood Parenting Collaborative at the University of Illinois.
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Saving our black boys

[MenTeach: We've been following and also like to support programs and projects that can help recruit and retain male teachers that don't necessarily make that their primary focus. One such projects is the Black Star Project. Read about it here and then visit their website.]

Some disturbing data and a hopeful program that needs your support:
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