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MenTeach – E-News – April 2010
MenTeach E-News April 2010 1) Schools Employ Bouncers Instead of Teachers 2) Number of male primary school teachers rising 3) Real men teach kids 4) Male elementary teacher candidates: Initial career choice 5) MenTeach – New England (Men in Education Network) honors teacher 6) Fatherless boys have significantly higher feelings of self worth with male […]
Read MoreMen welcome at nursery
A new recruit makes up a quartet of men working in a south London nursery. Ruskin House School, a family-run childcare business in Herne Hill, has had men on the staff for the past ten years. For Howard Blackman, age 25, who started at the nursery earlier this month, it is his first job in […]
Read MoreMale elementary teachers are lauded by educators
Preston Rogers’ fifth-grade students weren’t playing the board games they had on their desks Thursday morning — they were designing them. “I want them to be able to give instructions without them being there,” Rogers said as each student wrote down rules to the different games. Now in his second year at Grant Foreman Elementary […]
Read MoreTeenager urges men to try out the world of childcare
A teenage would-be teaching assistant has added his voice to calls for more men to work in the early years sector. Scott Davidson, from Blaenclydach, Rhondda, is currently undertaking a childcare course at Tonypandy College and encouraged others to consider following suit in a bid to address the low number of men entering the profession. […]
Read MoreRecord numbers of men are training to be primary school teachers at the University of Exeter
What was once a female-dominated profession is becoming increasingly gender-netural, and more men than ever before are applying for post-graduate certificates of education (PGCE) in the field. The university has launched Men in Primary, a scheme offering support for male students through a mentoring programme and a series of workshops. Two male primary school teachers […]
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