Reports
October 2007 MenTeach Newsletter
USA National MenTeach Symposium in Chicago New Zealand – First NZ Men in Early Child Care and Teaching Summit Newsweek Article – Magazine NBC Nightly News – Television World Forum in Hawaii 2008 Australian Men Meet How to recruit 30 men to early education? MenTeach on Ontario Television panel discussion talking about men teachers On […]
Read MoreParents want their children to have male teachers
Training and Development Agency for Schools – United Kingdom “Three quarters of parents questioned believe that it is important for young children to have both male and female teachers and 83 per cent say that they would like to see more men teaching primary age children.” “Research reveals that one in four parents questioned (25 […]
Read MoreHow to advertise to recruit male teachers for early education?
Since returning from the World Forum on Early Care and Education in Malaysia, I have been busy trying to get some relevant statistics regarding men in ECE here in Manitoba. Thanks to Kathy Reid, the Director of the Manitoba Child Care Program, here are the latest known figures as of June 2007. 172 (untrained) Child Care […]
Read MoreThe Schott Fellowship in Early Care and Education
Thanks to MenTeach member Kitt Cox for forwarding this scholarship information: What is the Schott Fellowship? We are now accepting applications for a one-year fellowship for early care and education professionals in Massachusetts . The fellowship offers twelve professionals the opportunity to engage in public policy, build their leadership skills and focus on social justice […]
Read MoreWorking Forum 2007 – Men in Early Care and Education (MECE)
We have come such a long way in the two years since the Men in the Lives of Young Children session generated “a great deal of interest” among delegates to the 2005 World Forum Montreal. When an early attempt to assemble a WF MECE in 2006 fell through, representatives of the World Forum Foundation, MenTeach.org, […]
Read MoreReport from Massachusetts AEYC – USA
A small contingent of childcare professionals met recently at the MassAEYC Annual Conference to share their thoughts on the history, present circumstances and future of men in early education. Roughly 600 people attended the conference between Friday and Saturday. Thirty participated in the two sessions held on this topic. Discussion stemmed, at both sessions, from […]
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