2011
Attracting More Men to Child Care – How to…and why you should
It’s a well known fact: the vast majority of people working in child care are females. Figures from the ABS show that at least 95 per cent of the working population of child care workers are female. Attracting men to the industry is difficult and complicated: there are issues surrounding parental suspicion of men and […]
Read MoreWanted: Black Male Teachers Across the Nation
It’s a nationwide problem – the shortage of Black male teachers. Only two percent of the nation’s nearly five million teachers are African American. “That’s one in 50 teachers. Something is wrong with that picture,” says U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. “As a country, we have a huge challenge to make sure many more […]
Read MoreMenTeach – E-News – November 2011
1) Percentage of men seem to be increasing at 2011 national conference 2) Men from China attending national conference 3) Role as father prepared this teacher for the classroom 4) African American male teacher shortage 5) Man discovers passion for education, finds next career 6) Kidsfirst leads the pack in boosting men in ECE in […]
Read MoreFederal Law Title IX covers more than sports
Ask someone about Title IX and he or she is likely to tell you that it has to do with girls and sports. Ask many educators this question, and you are likely to receive a similar (but far windier) answer. Title IX was legislation passed in 1972 that reads: “No person in the United States shall, […]
Read MoreFalsely accused teacher struggles to cope
A Quebec elementary school gym teacher says he is struggling to rebuild his life after having been falsely accused of sexual touching. A rumour began circulating at Henri Fournier’s school in February 2008 involving 19 girls between the ages of eight and 13 who accused him of inappropriately touching girls, sometimes in front of other […]
Read More58% rise in Welsh male graduates opting for teaching
Wales has three times as many women teachers as their male counterparts and the gap is growing, says the General Teaching Council for Wales (GTCW). The GTCW said the situation was worse at primary level where women teachers outnumber men by more than five-to-one. Women now make up 55% of headteachers in Wales, but mainly […]
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