2013
Salaries of up to $99,000 and 12 weeks vacation
Salaries of up to $99,000, 12 weeks holiday and the chance to shape the next generation: they’re the selling points that will be put to WA students to boost the number of men taking up teaching. In the wake of new lows in male teacher numbers, Education Minister Peter Collier met the heads of the […]
Read MoreSpecial Education Doctoral student is Florida’s 2013 Teacher of the Year
When pre-K, special education teacher Alexandre Lopes stood on stage at the 2013 Florida Department of Education/Macy’s Teacher of the Year Award ceremony in Orlando the evening of July 12, he fully expected to hear the name of one the other four Teacher of the Year finalists announced as the winner. Alexandre Lopes, the Florida […]
Read MoreStudent Group Promoting Men Teaching
Yo, MenTeach! Dr. Bill Strader here! Professor, Early Childhood Education and Facilitator for the Student Interest Forum of NAEYC! We have had two presentation submissions accepted for DC in November. We will advocate and send on any of the students who would like to know more about MenTeach! Men in Early Childhood Education, etc.! Cool? […]
Read MoreNew Zealand – 7th EC-MENz Summit Report
This year’s 2013 EC-MENz summit was hosted by Albert Samuel with his family and the community at the Cook Island Centre, Flaxmere in Hastings. The Summit began officially on Saturday morning with a very warm Cook Island welcome by our hosts. Adam Buckingham, EC-MENz president, delivered his opening address for the two day gathering celebrating […]
Read MoreMenTeach – New England Annual Reception a Great Success!
In April MenTeach – New England held its annual reception at the Massachusetts AEYC Conferrence in Lowell. Many people didn’t attend because of the lock down in Boston after the bombings related the Boston Marathon. But we carried on despite. This year the MassAEYC asked if we could combine reception and it worked out very […]
Read MoreFrom Rugby to Kids: Tackling the Little Issues
He’s tackling a new career – but this time the team is a whole lot smaller. Former Sharks NRL star Colin Best has traded football for childcare – and loves it. “It is so rewarding to see the older kids getting ready for big school,” he said. “My main involvement is the maintenance and accounts […]
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