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Survey of male early childhood and elementary teachers (PK-5)
The attached is a letter distributed to numerous school districts in the nation (United States). We would like your help in getting the survey out to more men in teaching. I am enclosing a short survey and introduction letter for our study of male early and elementary school teachers. If you have previously taught those levels or […]
Read MoreMale teacher makes a difference in West Indies
With the absence of men in most households in Jamaica, Kayson Jones said a male teacher was very important in his mentoring process. “I find that the children (boys) are excited to have a male role model, someone they can talk to, someone who look like them, someone who smell like them,” said the educator. […]
Read MoreNew Teachers Edged Out Of Job Market
As school teachers prepare to return to the classroom, many with new teaching degrees are having a hard time finding jobs. Andy Middlen graduated from Augustana College in May and now helps with the Sioux Falls School District’s Kids Inc. summer program. It’s a temporary fix for a problem that has no easy solution. “My […]
Read MoreMenTeach – E-News – April 2010
MenTeach E-News April 2010 1) Schools Employ Bouncers Instead of Teachers 2) Number of male primary school teachers rising 3) Real men teach kids 4) Male elementary teacher candidates: Initial career choice 5) MenTeach – New England (Men in Education Network) honors teacher 6) Fatherless boys have significantly higher feelings of self worth with male […]
Read MoreMen welcome at nursery
A new recruit makes up a quartet of men working in a south London nursery. Ruskin House School, a family-run childcare business in Herne Hill, has had men on the staff for the past ten years. For Howard Blackman, age 25, who started at the nursery earlier this month, it is his first job in […]
Read MoreMale elementary teachers are lauded by educators
Preston Rogers’ fifth-grade students weren’t playing the board games they had on their desks Thursday morning — they were designing them. “I want them to be able to give instructions without them being there,” Rogers said as each student wrote down rules to the different games. Now in his second year at Grant Foreman Elementary […]
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