Reports

1) Scholarships for Minority Males in California
2) Virginia Education Association Symposium Highlights Need for More Male, Diverse Educators
3) We need to support more men to become primary teachers
4) Male teachers become rare breed in Korea
5) “Knights of the Kids’ Table” Men in Early Childhood Education conference in Winnipeg, Canada
6) F2MTC Project – $100 Stipend for Summer Bridge program for young men.
7) Nursery group in London launches action plan to recruit more men to work in the early years

MenTeach E-News
February 2018

1) What it's like to be one of the few black teachers in Wales
2) Australian childcare worker changing attitudes about male educators
3) University of Arkansas - Pine Bluff aids teacher recruitment
4) Men Can Make Great Elementary School Teachers Too
5) "Knights of the Kids' Table" Men in Early Childhood Education conference in Winnipeg, Canada
6) F2MTC Project - A community within a community

2017 NAEYC M.E.N. Interest Forum Champion for Men and Children Award

MenTeach E-News
October 2017

1) First experience important to new kindergarten teacher in 1977
2) 2nd Annual NorCal - Men and Child Care Conference "Advocacy to Action"
3) Wayne State University's Morris Hood Scholars Program making inroads
4) Student Looking for a Speaker to Visit His Student Club
5) There’s a Stigma Around Men Teaching Young Kids. Here’s How We Change It
6) Letter: My time as a male educator
7) Black male teachers are vital
8) Male teachers in Viet Nam stay the course on a difficult road

The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) Men in Education Network (M.E.N.) Interest Forum gives out two awards each year at the national conference. The first is the Champion for Men and Children Award which goes to a man, woman or organization that has made significant contribution to furthering our efforts to increase the number of men working with children. The recipient does not work directly with children.

Rodney West, co-facilitator, for the NAEYC Men's Interest Forum, retired as teacher and administrator in the San Diego School District. He was among those Educators in the African American community honored with a citation from the house and senate of California.

MenTeach E-News
June 2016

1) Black men teachers inspiring hope
2) Male Teacher Initiative - Today's Students, Tomorrow's teachers
3) Here's what male teachers of color want their districts to know about them
4) Go Teach, Young Man: Tweaking Risk and Reward to Recruit Male Teachers
5) Alberta, Canada facing shortage of male teachers in rural areas
6) Boston University professor Travis Bristol studies hiring, retention of teachers of color
7) Men in our classrooms in New Zealand

MenTeach E-News
March 2016

1) Southern University to increase underrepresented male teachers
2) Caring for Black Male Students Requires More Than Good Intentions, According to Education Study
3) Male teacher adds ties to school's male achievement lessons
4) Japan: Should male childcare workers' roles be limited?
5) How storytelling is giving voice to a small part of the early childhood workforce — men
6) An all-male Buffalo Public School to address differences in learning? It's being considered

MenTeach E-News
February 2017

1) Male recruitment advocates discuss gender gap with students
2) Column: How I learned my own value as a black male teacher
3) Metro State U, Osseo make a deal to help diversify Minnesota’s teacher corps
4) A-plus for effort! This cool teacher has an energetic personalized handshake for every pupil
5) Japan: Should male nursery teachers change girls' clothes, diapers?
6) Massachusetts teaching force remains dominated by women

MenTeach E-News
January 2016

1) How Rochester Schools Grapple With Their Teacher Diversity Gap
2) Switzerland: How do you get more men into primary teaching?
3) How to Become a Teacher in Lots of Steps
4) New Zealand: Women left holding the baby
5) MenTeach.org has had millions of hits
6) Kellogg Foundation Awards CSUN Grant to Tackle California’s Teacher Shortage – MenTeach lead consultant
7) Become an Urban Teacher
8) Path to a new life takes these minority high school graduates back to preschool

Rodney West - Champion for Men & Children Award

MenTeach E-News
October 2016

1) Wanted: Cosla wants more men to work in nurseries across Scotland to solve staffing crisis
2) Classrooms need more male teachers, charity says
3) Ireland has far more female teachers than male in all sectors
4) Male teachers in elementaries
5) Gender stereotypes breaking down in career choices
6) Want black male role models in our schools? Hire them as teachers.
7) African-American boys less likely to be suspended if teacher is black, research reports

MenTeach E-News
August 2016

1) Crisis in primary schools as almost a MILLION children don't have a male teacher
2) The Impact of a Black Male Teacher: The Day Harrison Died
3) Men in early childcare: ‘We’ve seen nothing but a positive impact’
4) Northern California Men in Child Care Conference
5) Report from Germany about percentages of Men Teaching
6) Should a daycare notify parents about male caregivers?
7) New Zealand Expert calls for government to act on lack of men in early childhood education

MenTeach E-News
June 2016

1) Why let the facts get in the way of a good story? Women will always be blamed for boys' underachievement
2) The remarks of Donovan Livingston at Harvard
3) 2017 World Forum Foundation – Men in Early Childhood Education proposals due
4) Northern California Men in Child Care Conference
5) New York mayor: Why our cities need more teachers of color
6) Only male teacher at Felbridge school explains why more men needed in classroom
7) Meet the male teachers changing the perception of nursery school education