Reports

1) Good for the goose, why not the gander? Irish men caring for young children
2) Vietnamese male kindergarten teacher one of a kind
3) Male teacher 'really humbled' by $25,000 national award
4) New Leaders for New Schools - Chicago
5) Pupils make more effort with male teachers as they are seen as 'more fair'
6) Math educator recognized for excellence
7) Men's work in the United Kingdom
8) First male teacher graduated with Growing Our Own Teachers in Hawaiian program
9) Male primary teacher numbers in Wales

1) Male teacher numbers decline in parts of Australia
2) 'The Pied Piper' of kindergarten
3) New report looks at male teachers in primary-junior grades
4) Teacher Martin Martinez 'humbled' by $25,000 Milken Educator Award
5) Mentoring jobs in New York City, Boston, Baltimore, & Charlotte
6) Schools need best, diverse teachers
7) Barring Male Educators: Safety Concern, Fear-Mongering, Or Discrimination?
8) Free Tuition and Board for Trainee Male Kindergarten Teachers in China

1) Malaysian Ministry to recruit more male teachers
2) Some education jobs pay women more
3) The Daddy Day Carers
4) Fall Meeting of New England MenTeach
5) Kindergarten male nanny in China - watch the english video news report
6) Principal successfully recruits black male teachers
7) It's elementary, guys: Male teachers bring diversity to primary grades
8) Male teacher finds niche in kindergarten class
9) Apply for a National Child Care Teacher Award
10) Conferences - A chance to meet


ABOUT MenTeach

1) Men in your teacher preparation program: five strategies to recruit & retain them
2) Male teachers in Western Pennsylvania elementary classrooms
3) Stephen Colbert suggests men work in child care
4) Men in Child Care has trained over 1,300 men
5) Understanding the role of male elementary school teachers
6) Schools need best, diverse teachers
7) Barring Male Educators: Safety Concern, Fear-Mongering, Or Discrimination?
8) Free Tuition and Board for Trainee Male Kindergarten Teachers in China

MenTeach E-News
April 2010

1) Schools Employ Bouncers Instead of Teachers
2) Number of male primary school teachers rising
3) Real men teach kids
4) Male elementary teacher candidates: Initial career choice
5) MenTeach - New England (Men in Education Network) honors teacher
6) Fatherless boys have significantly higher feelings of self worth with male teacher
7) Teenager urges men to try out the world of childcare
8) Record numbers of men are training to be primary school teachers

Jim St. Clair is being awarded the second Steve Shuman Award in support of Men in early education and care for his longtime commitment in the field of Early Education and Care.

I spent this last week attending a great conference in New Zealand coordinated by the ECE Men in NZ.

MenTeach E-News
January 2010

1) Teacher of Year blends lessons together
2) Reader's Comments about why so few male teachers
3) Coming soon! 4th Men in Early Childhood Education Summit 2010 in New Zealand
4) Career changers wanting to going into teaching
5) John Suur: A caring man to the rescue!
6) School is hiring male teachers
7) Florida College creates $300,000 minority teacher program
8) Things happening in Manitoba, Canada with men teaching
9) New Teaching Men site in Australia

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.