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Teacher Shortage or Teacher Turnover
MenTeach receives e-mails and comments from readers expressing their frustration about not being able to find a teacher job. This can definitely be a very frustrating experience. There are several issues that feed this seemingly contradictory problem – few men teachers and many schools saying they want more male teachers but men are not being […]
Read MoreSchools work to recruit more male teachers
Will Norton and Kevin Hahn have become what they never had themselves: male elementary classroom teachers. Both Cedar Rapids men are in a minority nationwide, where the percentage of male teachers overall is at a 40-year low. It has dropped from 32.5 percent in 1970 to an estimated 24.1 percent in 2007, the National Education […]
Read MorePhotos & video from the Working Forum MECE in Hawaii, USA
Here are two of the photos from the 2008 Working Forum Men in Early Childhood Education. As we secure additional photos we’ll post them. Included is Wakiki Beach, site of the conference hotel and the last gathering at the closing ceremony with the Leadership Team on stage. The conference was held at a hotel on […]
Read MoreOne of the many groups at the World Forum
I’ve been trying to set the time aside to post to MenTeach but there has been so many e-mails to answer. One of the participants sent me a photo of our discussion group (there were several). It has taken five years to make the event happen – it was outstanding! It’s really hard to express […]
Read MoreOnly male kindergarten teacher in Lynchburg City Schools stands out
John Babcock plops his sturdy frame into a wooden rocking chair in his kindergarten classroom at William Marvin Bass Elementary School. He leans forward. Students sit on the carpet in front of him, legs crossed, eyes wide. They look up to their very own friendly giant. This morning’s lesson is about the five senses. It’s […]
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