Letters
Letter: I’m interested in teaching young children
As far as your inquiry as to how I found out about your site, I have recently been thinking of going back to college for possibly early childhood education either general or special ed students. The grade level that most interests me are the younger ages K-4th. I recently have even been considering becoming an […]
Read MoreLetter: Children Appreciate Male Teachers in Malaysia
Male teachers being accepted positively among children and parents of childcare centres in Malaysia. Early childhood in Malaysia is growing rapidly in our beautiful country of Malaysia. Currently more and more male teachers are involved in this industry. As such higher learning institutions, universities and colleges offer early childhood Diploma and Degree courses. Surprisingly the […]
Read MoreTeacher Facing a False Allegation of Abuse
A female and male student, both 6th graders in my class room, teamed up to falsely accuse me, a 12 year veteran, second career male teacher. Both claimed inappropriate touching. The boy wanted to get out of after school tutoring. The girl, frequently off task and written up more than once, wanted to retaliate, and […]
Read MoreHelp with a conference presentation
“I am presenting in a couple weeks at our state conference and my topic is “Open forum: Understanding the Male ECE Teacher.” I am hoping to get a lot of questions and discussion to help create future presentations. I attend men in Early Childhood Education sessions when they are offered at conferences and I feel […]
Read MoreOrganizing Men in Early Childhood Education in Illinois
Things have been somewhat slow recruiting men in ECE for me the past two years. My energies have been required to be focused in other directions because of the roll out and now IL Dept. of Children and Family Services mandate of the Gateways Registry (all DCFS licensed providers must now be Registry members) and […]
Read MoreMale Teachers wanted to hire to teach
Overview George Jackson Academy (GJA) is the only school of its kind in New York City: an independent, nonsectarian upper elementary and middle school for academically capable boys from lower-income and underserved families. The school was created to engage boys from 4th to 8th grade, a time when young men are particularly vulnerable to disengaging […]
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