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Exploring Gender Diversity 2) The Status of Male Teachers in Public Education Today 3) Register Today for the Working Forum Men In Early Childhood Education 4) Perspective about male teachers from Guyana 5) Batman in the classroom? What do you think? 6) Men for Excellence in Elementary Education 7) Teach in an all boy school 8) Great summer job for young men to teach 9) Men's Stories - Clarence Little receives a Schott Fellowship 10) Let us know what's going on in your part of the world ABOUT MenTeach JOIN or DONATE to MenTeach VOLUNTEER for MenTeach Forward Our Message To be Removed From the List --------------- 1) Where are the Men? Exploring Gender Diversity On Tuesday, April 8, 2008, three nationally-known speakers will present their views on this topic and engage in dialogue with participants. They collectively hold a wealth of experience and insight in the field of early education. http://www.menteach.org/node/700 --------------- 2) The Status of Male Teachers in Public Education Today This is a Policy Brief out of the University of Indiana written by Shaun P. Johnson who taught the first graduate course with a focus on men in education. Bryan G. Nelson of MenTeach provides a commentary at the end of the policy brief. At http://www.menteach.org/node/701 --------------- 3) Register Today for the Working Forum Men In Early Childhood Education For the first time in history there is a gathering of men and women from all over the world in Hawaii, USA in May 2008. If you are interested in presenting what you know about men teaching, consider submitting a workshop proposal: http://www.worldforumfoundation.org/wf/projects/men_ece/ --------------- 4) Perspective about male teachers from Guyana Find out what the percentage of male teachers is in other parts of the world. Do you think it's the same as for the United States? http://www.menteach.org/node/688/ --------------- 5) Batman in the classroom? What do you think? There have been some very interesting discussions about whether it's okay for boys to role-play as Batman. What do you think? It seems like a simple policy at first but read the posting to find out: http://www.menteach.org/node/687 --------------- 6) Men for Excellence in Elementary Education More and more teacher training university programs for men are showing up. Read about MMEET in Missouri. http://www.menteach.org/node/682 --------------- 7) Teach in an all boy school Are you willing to relocate? Do you want to teach in an all boys'school. Find out more: http://www.menteach.org/node/681 --------------- 8) Great summer job for young men to teach Find out about a great job for the summer for young men (and women). You get paid and you get to work with middle school students who want to be there! Read more about the program: http://www.menteach.org/node/677 --------------- 9) Men's Stories - Clarence Little receives a Schott Fellowship Clarence has an interesting story about how he got into teaching. He's been working in education for over 32 years. Read his story: http://www.menteach.org/node/666 --------------- 10) Let us know what's going on in your part of the world Send us a message about your work or a program in your community that is helping recruit boys and men to teaching. Or send us a photo and tell us your story. And of course, join the discussions in the Forums: http://www.menteach.org/forum --------------- ABOUT MenTEACH: This email Newsletter has been distributed by MenTeach - a clearinghouse with a mission to increase the percentage of men teaching. Forward Our Message - be sure to forward this message to anyone you think might be interested in teaching children. 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