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Former coach influencing lives as special education teacher
Teachers at Spanish River Community High School in Boca Raton call Ray Berger the “gentle giant.” His former football players call him “coach.” A big man, Berger works with almost 30 special needs students, many of whom have severe physical disabilities. Now the school’s “crisis intervention” teacher, Berger, 50, is respected, not feared. “I wanted […]
Read MoreIncreasingly, male teachers found at head of elementary class
“Kids had issues with me being a strong figure. They’re used to hearing it from their moms or aunts.” Tyrone Johnson, above, a third-grade teacher at Ashley Elementary (Andy Cross, The Denver Post) Each weekday, students filing into Denver’s Ashley Elementary School come face to face with a relatively rare educational experience. They call it […]
Read MoreHiring Males Is School District Priority
Male teachers continue to be an area of need for Charles County and the state. The school system’s human resources department reported to the Charles County Board of Education on Tuesday that of the 170 new hires, 37, or 21.8 percent were men, and 132 or 78.2 percent were women. Sean McDonald, human resources specialist, […]
Read MoreThe U.S. Teach Campaign to recruit more male teachers
he Federal Teach campaign was designed to get more minorities, especially men into teaching. An estimated 1 million teachers will retire in the coming decade, and that means there will be a lot of positions to fill. Education leaders want to fill some of the openings with a more diverse workforce. Christopher Drake has been […]
Read MoreTo Recruit More Black Male Teachers, Retain Those You Have
New research sponsored by the National Academy of Education seeks a deeper understanding of why there are so few black male teachers in U.S. public schools. The backdrop for the work by Travis Bristol of Teachers College, Columbia University and Ron Ferguson of the Harvard Achievement Gap Initiative is the startling fact that black males, who are […]
Read MoreThe End of the Male Teacher: Seniority Rules
More lucrative occupations, cutbacks in salaries, fear of harassment charges, and possible parent bias against them are driving men from the K-12 teaching field. But the unseen culprit in this demise could be seniority. As men retire or leave the profession their replacements may well be female elementary school teachers who have maintained their secondary […]
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