Letters
Standing up for male teachers
[MenTeach: A director wrote asking advice about how to respond to parent’s concerns.] In your recent MenTeach newsletter you had a response for a director who had a parent that did not want his child to have contact with an excellent male teacher. I thought your response to the director was luke warm at best. […]
Read MoreCareful not to slag women
I was reading some of the blogged reaction to the program the other night and was surprised to see the overwhelming audience criticism of the female presenters. The difficulty with framing messages around this topic is that most of the evidence that it’s important is anecdotal. Until we have quantifiable data that somehow shows that the presence […]
Read MorePrejudice against male teachers
I had to laugh in frustration at the recent article by Corinne Hess on why more men don’t teach in schools. I’m a elementary substitute teacher with a master’s degree in education, who in 2002 switched from working in the business world for more than 14 years and went back to school to get my […]
Read MoreSome Schools Won’t Hire Men
[MenTeach was interviewed for a Newsweek article this fall and there has continued to be comments. Read one below.] This is a prime example of the gender bias found in education today. There is no shortage in male candidate, yet there is a shortage in male teachers. I was a candidate once but despite all my efforts, […]
Read MoreSome families are uncomfortable with male teachers – What do you do?
I have a family at my center who is very uncomfortable with my preschool excellent male teacher. His postion is that this male teacher can’t be left alone with girls because he is a guy. I already explained to him our rigorous background check process and talked to him about how good of a […]
Read MoreTeaching a University Course about Men In Early Education
[Paul Proett has taught a university course for over ten years.] We are in are 10th year of doing the 1 unit, Community College ECE class. Now are expanding to two colleges. We continue to “morph” the class. Many of the issues to the “newer” generation entering the field are different, but the reality of […]
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