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MenTeach E-News – July 2013
MenTeach E-News July 2013 1) Math teacher James Whiteley nominated for Pride of Australia Medal 2) From Rugby to Kids: Tackling the Little Issues 3) MenTeach – New England Annual Reception a Great Success! 4) Student Group Promoting Men Teaching 5) Special Education Doctoral student is Florida’s 2013 Teacher of the Year 6) New Zealand […]
Read MoreMister Rogers viral image: The story of the boy
The boy’s name was Tommy Paulhamus. The “was” should tell you that his story does not have a happy ending. But on the day my father captured the now-iconic image of him with Mister Rogers in 1978, which was widely shared after the Newtown shootings — when he was not yet five years old, living […]
Read MoreNisswa resident one of few men in early childhood education
Bill Cruz is not your average student. In fact, he’s the exact opposite of the 19-year-old white woman that typically sits in the desk of Jeanette Rydberg’s early childhood classes. At 47, Cruz is the second man in two decades to graduate from Central Lakes College’s Early Childhood AAS program at the Brainerd campus. That’s […]
Read MoreOp-Ed: We Are in Desperate Need of More Male Elementary School Teachers
Early in my career, before I was married, I admit that I enjoyed all the comments and attention that came with being a male elementary school teacher. “Awww, that’s so cute” or “You must be sensitive” were ones I heard quite often. I remember that even in my teacher prep program, there were only three […]
Read MoreSalaries 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 […]
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