2008
Ex-soldiers to be hired early for teaching jobs
Anne Arundel County has become one of six counties and cities nationwide that have agreed to hire former military personnel as teachers two years before their military service ends. The decision, announced this month, makes the county the second jurisdiction in Maryland, after Prince George’s County, to agree to such advance hiring. Program officials say […]
Read MoreDutch MP calls for more male school teachers
Dutch Christian Democrats (CDA) have called for an increase in the number of male teachers in primary schools. CDA MP Jan Jacob van Dyke claims that children are better off if they are taught by both men and women. At the moment, the majority of primary school teachers are women. According to the CDA, teacher […]
Read MoreWorking Forum – Men in Early Childhood Education
The 2008 Working Forum (WF) on Men in Early Childhood Education (MECE) Honolulu was an incredible success. Like most everyone who assisted in the planning for the event, I know we all had some digging out to do. I received many personal expressions of appreciation regarding the WF MECE Honolulu from WF MECE attendees. Every […]
Read MoreTeacher Shortage or Teacher Turnover
MenTeach receives e-mails and comments from readers expressing their frustration about not being able to find a teacher job. This can definitely be a very frustrating experience. There are several issues that feed this seemingly contradictory problem – few men teachers and many schools saying they want more male teachers but men are not being […]
Read MoreSchools work to recruit more male teachers
Will Norton and Kevin Hahn have become what they never had themselves: male elementary classroom teachers. Both Cedar Rapids men are in a minority nationwide, where the percentage of male teachers overall is at a 40-year low. It has dropped from 32.5 percent in 1970 to an estimated 24.1 percent in 2007, the National Education […]
Read MorePhotos & video from the Working Forum MECE in Hawaii, USA
Here are two of the photos from the 2008 Working Forum Men in Early Childhood Education. As we secure additional photos we’ll post them. Included is Wakiki Beach, site of the conference hotel and the last gathering at the closing ceremony with the Leadership Team on stage. The conference was held at a hotel on […]
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