Reports

We showed the Expect Male Involvement video at Housatonic during the Week of the Young Child sponsored by the ECE Program at the college and the Fairfield County (CT) AEYC. About 50 people showed up, which was a smaller number than events held during that week in the last couple of years, but decent. There were 18 men in attendance which I thought was a huge success - virtually all of them were childcare workers or ECE students. The open discussion after the showing of the video was lively but supportive.

1) Hiring male teachers in Washington, DC
2) Male teachers Western Pennsylvania elementary classrooms
3) It will soon rain men at kindergartens in China
4) It's elementary, guys: Male teachers bring diversity to primary grades
5) 5th grade teacher honored by President Obama
6) Aboriginal Men in Early Childhood Education about 25 percent
7) United Kingdom drive shows success bringing men into childcare
8) Guyana campaign announced to reverse male teacher shortage
9) Report from Canada

Yesterday marked the date of our last MECE meeting for this school year. Adam Manicom (my partner in leading this group) and I were thrilled to host the meeting of a small but enthusiastic group.

1) Do we need more male teachers?
2) A Few More Few Good Men in New Zealand
3) Mr. "Magg" talks about Washington Post blog
4) Florida school encouraging more black men to become teachers
5) University program aims to attract more African-American males to teaching
6) The latest percentage of male teachers in the United States
7) One man's struggles to be a teacher
8) Special Report: Men Teaching in Canada
9) A male teacher refuses to leave teaching
10) A Success! 5th Annual Summit of EC-MENZ in New Zealand

1) Websites about male teachers in Germany and Europe
2) Men in Early Childhood Education in Austria
3) Mentoring programs in Dallas schools aim to give boost to young black males
4) A few good men: Male elementary teachers in Georgia
5) From a Criminology degree to Early Childhood Education
6) Successful Black Male Teachers
7) Men teaching in Asian countries
8) 2 male teachers sue School District, claim gender-bias
9) Morehouse College wants more Black male teachers in American classrooms
10) 5th Annual Summit of EC-MENZ in New Zealand

1) Male teachers in Canada primary grades
2) Male teachers express importance of their presence
3) Vietnam: Lack of male teachers reinforces stereotypes
4) Lack of male primary teachers sparks concerns in United Kingdom
5) Kindergarten teacher receives Award in Canada
6) Looking for male role models in Australia
7) Where have South Australia's male teachers gone?
8) New Jersey schools are looking for quite a few good men
9) Good for the goose, why not the gander? Irish men caring for young children

Nipissing University Schulich School of Education professors Dr. Douglas Gosse and Dr. Mike Parr have released a new report that discusses the importance of, and the barriers faced by, male teachers in the primary/junior classrooms in Ontario.

1) Malaysian Ministry to recruit more male teachers
2) Some education jobs pay women more
3) What do parents think about male teachers?
4) African-American male teachers are a missing ingredient
5) A good Kindergarten teacher is worth $320,000 a year
6) Where the Guys Aren't: Addressing the Lack of Gender Diversity in the Early Education Profession
7) No male teachers at nearly 100 primary schools
8) Council looking at ways to boost 'role models' for primary pupils
9) Department of Education Secretary Duncan wants more men teachers

MenTeach E-News
May 2010

1) Men in your teacher preparation program: five strategies to recruit & retain them
2) Survey of male early childhood and elementary teachers (PK-5)
3) Literacy project offers scholarship money to put men in classrooms
4) 90% of Korean Teachers Back Quota for Male Teachers
5) Male teachers in the Philippines
6) Married to a man teaching in early childhood
7) Male teacher sessions aim to cut severe shortage of positive male role models
8) Male teacher makes a difference in West Indies

MenTeach E-News
March 2010

1) Radio Interview: Fear of Men In Early Childhood Education
2) New Zealand Teacher calls for more men to join the profession
3) 50% rise in men applying to be primary teachers
4) Canada: Bridging daycare's gender divide
5) In search of black male teachers
6) Men wanted - because teaching isn't just women's work
7) Program aims to channel more black males into teaching
8) See a video: Primary schools seek male teachers
9) Men's Stories: From Japan to New Zealand

1) It's important to challenge ALL gender bias
2) More men turn hand to teaching
3) Role male teachers have in lives of children with absent fathers
4) Can bankers make the grade as teachers?
5) Fear and Anti-Male Discrimination in the Classroom
6) Teacher quit corporate job to make difference
7) More men teachers: Back to class for men in Australia
8) Simply Teaching - One man's teaching journey
9) Call for Papers: 'Male Teachers, Masculinities, and the Teaching Profession'
10) MenTeach on national New Zealand Television

David Elkind will attend our MenTeach-New England reception at the MassAEYC conference March 26 in Westford. He is a longtime professor at Tufts University and well known author of the Hurried Child and other books. He is past president of NAEYC as well.

The reception is Friday March 26, 2010 - 5PM to 7PM.

I am pleased to announce that the local Manitoba Chapter of MECE (Men in Early Childhood Education) now has a leadership team. A special thanks and welcome to Adam Manicom from Assiniboine Castle Day Care who has graciously offered to help me organize our local meetings and guide the direction of the group. If you need to connect with Adam please e-mail him at adammanicom@hotmail.com .

1) Men teaching in Vietnam
2) What's happening with men in child care in California, USA
3) See the largest bibliography about male teachers!
4) More films about male teachers
5) Would you hire a male nanny?
6) $38,000 for Troops to become teachers
7) Male Teachers in Korea
8) Seeking manuscripts for Journal of Men's Studies
9) Female teachers talk more than male teachers
10) International Networks for men in early care and education

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[MenTeach: Groups of men, all over the United States (and other countries), gather to meet to share their common experience working with children. Here are two meetings that happened in the last month. Consider having your own meeting and showing the Frances Carlson's DVD.]