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Scottish project to recruit young men to work in childcare
A project in Scotland, aimed at recruiting young and unemployed men into the childcare sector, has received 50,000 pounds of funding to increase training opportunities. The Coalfield Trust awarded the money to the Men into Childcare project, which aims to help young and unemployed men in former mining areas in East Ayrshire. The Trust was […]
Read MoreIrish Men In Childcare
Dublin City Childcare Committee & its neighbouring CCC’s operating in Dublin are seeking to make contact with men working in Early childhood Care & Education in Dublin. The Men in Childcare Network which is based in Waterford seeks to encourage more men to consider childcare as a career. The Network is about getting more men […]
Read MorePlease, sir! We need you to teach us
The children in Year 5 at St Elizabeth’s, in Litherland, are in a lucky minority. Their teacher, Thomas Cox, is male and their teaching assistant is a man, too. With soaring numbers of family break-ups, for some of these children these are the only adult males they’ll have regular contact with. But, despite the demand […]
Read MoreCan bankers make the grade as teachers?
The room was packed so full that they were standing at the back, but we were an orderly and attentive lot. “Hands up those of you who’ve been into a school recently,” our facilitator requested. A good number of hands shot up. “Those of you who didn’t put your hands up need to get into […]
Read MoreMore men teachers: Back to class for men in Australia
An Ipswich school is defying trends and putting men back in front of the class with more male teachers than women. St Edmund’s College has 33 male full-time teachers (57 per cent) and 25 female teachers (43 per cent) this year. But in comparison, there were almost seven female full-time teachers to one male teacher […]
Read MoreMale city primary school teachers in UK
Tim Caldwell is something of a rarity in Nottingham – a male primary school teacher. City council figures show he is one of only 161, compared to 1,052 women. In 2004, there were 187 male primary school teachers and 1,048 female. But Mr Caldwell believes more men should follow his example. He said: “It is […]
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