Reports

1) Boys look to male teachers for guidance
2) Another man teaching even younger children in Vietnam
3) 4th Men in Early Childhood Education Summit 2010 in New Zealand
4) Would you hire a male nanny? [Correction]
5) Students doing research: Title IX and men in teaching
6) Can men really work with toddlers?
7) Men - please complete the survey and questionnaire
8) What Do Teachers Think about Men in the Lives of Children?
9) Ideas for Workshop?
10) Resources - Financial support - find money to go to be a teacher

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In California, we have been working to increase the participation of men in early care and education. The California Association for the Education of Young Children (CAEYC) has for several years now, had a committee on Men In Child Care. I am the current chair of this committee.

MenTeach E-News
September 2009

1) Order the new DVD about male teachers - Expect male involvement
2) Needed: More black male teachers in Florida
3) Correction: Additional movies about male teachers suggested by readers
4) What do children think: Does it matter if your teacher is male?
5) Mayor's Summer Youth Employment program is a great success!
6) Retired troops gain career in classrooms
7) Report from Men in Early Childhood Education in Austria
8) Student in Malaysia doing a Male Teacher Survey

MenTeach E-News
August 2009

1) Public mixed on gender roles in jobs; 7% prefer male elementary school teachers
2) Why boys fail
3) Additional movies about male teachers suggested by readers
4) New places to order the new DVD about male teachers - Expect male involvement
5) Write your story for a new book
6) Hundreds of ties means teacher doesn't wear same one twice all school year
7) MenTeach.org has had millions of hits
8) The few, the beloved, the male elementary teachers
9) Male Student Needs Help: How To Win Respect?

1) First early educator nominated for Minnesota Teacher of the Year
2) First male teacher in Winnipeg, Manitoba to win MCCA Award
3) Do men's brains change working with children?
4) New DVD about male teachers - Expect male involvement
5) Online university courses about men teaching and boy-ready classrooms
6) A One man school room
7) Missing: male teachers & elementary school principals
8) Three per cent of Britain's nannies are male: A campaign to increase their number
9) Today's lesson: Courage - a soldier and a teacher

In 2007, we accepted 256 male teachers nationally, which is 36% of our total.
We are just beginning to track information on how many of our teachers go into the teaching profession, so unfortunately, we don't have those numbers right now.

Our institutional memory, so to speak, tells us that 72% of our teachers go on to teach professionally, but we don't have the hard data to back that up just yet.

We serve approximately 2,500 students, with a balanced ratio of boys to girls, so 1,250 boys nationally.

Congratulations to Patrick Romero, a teacher at Horizons for Homeless Children Edgerley Family Community Children's Center. He has received an award at the 8th Annual Early Childhood Educators Gala. His award was for "Relationships" in early childhood education- This is what they said in presentation-"Patrick is an exceptional and inspiring teacher who utilizes his skills and warmth to build strong relationships with children. He uses developmentally appropriate strategies that have helped children to not only feel valued in the classroom, but also in the community.

1) Watch a video from two years ago about the lack of male teachers in New Zealand
2) Read the President of ECNewZealand's perspective after two years of work
3) Turning trash into treasures - a man who recycles for children
4) What are the biggest obstacles you see a man facing when he begins to teach?
5) Is it worth it to substitute teach in schools to get experience?
6) Do states have reciprocity for teaching licenses?
7) Norway - Changing Gender Roles
8) New Role for the ece-men Listserv

In the beginning (before there was a MenTeach.org website) there was an ece-men listserv. A true listserv is an email program where you send an email to a central site and it gets distributes to everyone who has subscribed to this program.  Answers to this email also gets sent out to everyone on the subscription list, which stands now at about 90 email addresses.  The ece-men listserv was launched in January 2001 and has served the men and women who support men in early childhood education quite well since then.  

Friday, March 27- 5-6:30PM
Reception in Support of Men in Early Education and Care
The presentation of the First Annual Steve Shuman Award in Support of Men in Early Education and Care to Steve Shuman at the Massachusetts Education for the Education of Young Children  (MassAEYC) Annual Conference at the Westford Regency Inn, Westford MA

Saturday, March 28, 2009- 1:15-2:45 PM

The CAYL Institute will sponsor at the Men's Interest Forum Reception on Friday, March 27, 5 - 6:30 PM, at the MassAEYC Conference. The network MenTeach - New England (Men in Education Network) will be on hand to answer questions. This event is free and all are welcome to attend. For more information and to RSVP, please contact Craig Simpson, cs4202144@yahoo.com or 617-623-9293.

NHAEYC Conference and Men in Education Workshop

1) Call Me Mister researcher
2) Hunt is on for more men to lead classrooms
3) Obama win could have effects within classroom
4) Interviewing over 130 teens for summer program
5) A bit of history about male teachers in the United Kingdom
6) Plan to revitalize a European men in childcare network
7) Research - Male Students Referred to Special Education More Than Female Students
8) Male director hiring male teachers in Australia
9) Saving our black boys
10) Resources - Seen any good movies about male teachers? Check these out!

A year ago (2007) four of us met in the backyard of Jeffrey Robbins' house near Hanover, New Hampshire.

Last month in late October, 2008, we had seven men on Jerry Parr's porch in Londonderry, New Hampshire. That's almost twice the size. It actually seemed like more things were happening this time around.

1) Children benefit by having male teachers – read an interesting response
2) What is "male" culture?
3) New grant and loan forgiveness legislation
4) Are men in ECE really so special?
5) A plea for help: Policies against touch
6) The mistrusted male teacher – parental bias
7) It’s going GREAT! The experiences of a former attorney
8) It's not who, but how, boys are taught
9) Get your free DVD about men teachers...
10) Resources – Do you need some money to pay for school?

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2) Medic wants to become a teacher, how does he do it?
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