Reports
New Zealand – Men in Early Child Care and Teaching Summit
On 29th March an extraordinary event in education – a Summit on Men in Early Child Care and Teaching – was held in Christchurch. It was probably the first time that men outnumbered women at an early childhood meeting – and what a different atmosphere it was. Above is a photo from the event – […]
Read MoreWorld Forum for Men In Early Childhood Education (MECE) – Kuala Lumpur, Maylaysia
In May, several of us are off to Kuala Lumpur Malaysia for the 2007 World Forum on Early Care and Education. Our international leadership team, which includes Craig D’Arcy of Australia and me as the co-coordinators, delegates from five continents, several members at large, and Bryan Nelson in the role of consultant, is doing planning […]
Read MoreMale director hiring male teachers in Australia
I am a male Director of a long day care centre. It is being built at the moment and will be operating in 8 weeks. I’ll be looking to employ one or two male workers as part of a team of ten. In the Australian context, this will be fairly innovative to have a few […]
Read MoreA Hawaiian MenTeach Retreat
Perhaps all you mid-West retreat attendees and planners will have more experience or a different spin, but I have some impressions to share from our first Hawaii AEYC Men in Education Network retreat back in October. We followed the suggestions outlined in the NAEYC bulletin on the topic by our very own Bryan Nelson. http://www.journal.naeyc.org/btj/200211/MenGather.pdf. […]
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