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Hiring Males Is School District Priority
Male teachers continue to be an area of need for Charles County and the state. The school system’s human resources department reported to the Charles County Board of Education on Tuesday that of the 170 new hires, 37, or 21.8 percent were men, and 132 or 78.2 percent were women. Sean McDonald, human resources specialist, […]
Read MoreGerman government campaigns for more male kindergarten teachers
It is still an unusual picture: Karsten Röttjer, a 1.90 meters (6’3 inches) tall male, surrounded by young girls and boys. Physical education is on the schedule today. The children bustle around the kindergarten teacher. Physical education is always exciting for the children and with their new kindergarten teacher Röttjer it is even more fun. […]
Read MoreMenTeach E-News – September 2013
MenTeach E-News September 2013 1) More male elementary school teachers 2) Spike Lee: We need options other than sports, rap and the corner 3) Minority male teacher shortage prompts legislation that aims to boost their numbers 4) The End of the Male Teacher: Seniority Rules 5) To Recruit More Black Male Teachers, Retain Those You […]
Read MoreBeing a male elementary school teacher
It’s an email from a Temecula school librarian that gets me thinking about what a rare breed I am. I’m a male elementary school teacher. While exact numbers are hard to come by in the state or nationally, in searching the web, men seem to represent about 10 percent of elementary school teachers. Locally, in […]
Read MoreChina trains male preschool teachers
Education authorities in south China are training male preschool teachers to provide suitable male role models in kindergartens, traditionally dominated by female teachers. Yang Linyun is among 100 male students who were recruited and subsidized by the government in south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region to be trained as preschool teachers. Before going to work […]
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