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Male teacher drought may hurt boys in Australia
There’s plenty to be said for life as a primary school teacher: a decent starting salary, quick career progression, enviable working conditions and more leave than you can shake the proverbial stick at. Add to that the low barrier to entry, with teaching degrees having among the lowest Australian Tertiary Admission Rank scores, and you’d […]
Read MoreMales in childcare in Australia
My names Jeremy and I’m a 25 year old male working in a long day care centre. I have been doing so for about 6 years and have 2 modules left in my diploma and I’m smashing through it. I have had it for about 3 months and I’m nearly done. I’m just wondering if […]
Read MoreMen in Childcare in the United Kingdom
The Childcare Strategy team are hosting the next Men in Childcare course at North Inch Community Campus, Perth on Monday 24 August 2015 6.30 pm – 8.00 pm Perth & Kinross Council would like to encourage more men to work in childcare so the Childcare Strategy Team is offering a number of standalone units that […]
Read MoreFirst jobs hard to find for primary teachers in New Zealand
New Waikato primary teaching graduates are struggling to find work, with some schools seeing 100 applicants applying for the one job. While Waikato high schools have the opposite problem – with trouble filling certain positions. Teachers are being told they may need to be more flexible in where they live to secure a job, and […]
Read MoreMale Teacher in India Makes a Difference to Young Children
Sabu Thomas has a way with the tiny ones, they take to him like flies to a sugar pie. It has been so for the past 15 years, ever since he chose to tread a path that few men opt for. Sabu is one of the two male pre-primary teachers in the state and the […]
Read MoreWhy aren’t we doing more to encourage men to be primary school teachers?
Mothers outnumbered fathers at our primary school sports day last week in the normal ratio for a day in the working week – maybe 10/1. Among the staff and volunteers organising the event, however, women outnumbered men by more like 20/1. The only man making his presence felt was the nerd with the unusual enthusiasm […]
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