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Call for men to teach, become role models
They are the minority in every staff room but are highly in demand. Male teachers make up just one-fifth of the teaching population in Victorian state schools. In the Grampians region, there are 700 male teachers and 1328 female teachers in state schools. For the Catholic diocese of Ballarat, there are 934 female teachers and […]
Read MoreLow Number of Male Teachers Affects Youth
Education experts say that a lower salary and stereotypes are to blame for a shortage of male teachers across the Piedmont Triad. Bill Budusky is a Pre-Kindergarten teacher at Hunter Elementary School in Greensboro. Watch the video. Budusky is one of only six male teachers out of 75. The father of two said having male […]
Read MoreSeeking more male teachers in Barbados
. . . The whining schoolboy with his satchel and shining morning face, creeping like snail unwillingly to school. – William Shakespeare There are just not enough male schoolteachers, says Captain Errol Brathwaite. And it won’t be the first time the utterance has been made by an educator. The new principal of Ellerslie Secondary School […]
Read MoreAre you an alien? Experiences of a male Primary School teacher
“You’ll be on your knees by half term” a teacher told me today. I’m not sure if she meant exhausted or begging to keep my job. I seem to be in constant motion, if I wore regulation male teacher clothing I’d resemble a beige blur. I’ve developed a kind of speed walk, not fast enough […]
Read MoreUniversity Sees More Men Applying to be Primary Teachers
The number of men applying to Bath Spa University to be primary school teachers this year has risen dramatically. The 66% increase in applications mirrors a national trend: figures announced by the Training and Development Agency for Schools ( TDA ) show a 52% rise in the number of men applying to primary teacher education […]
Read MoreAfrican American male teacher shortage & programs fixing the problem
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. Watch the video story Twenty-eight-year-old Craig King has taught third grade at Whittaker Elementary School for six years. His students say there’s never a dull moment in Mr. King’s class, also known as […]
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