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How do I get my teaching license?
We get many e-mails from readers about useful links. Some are from people trying to promote a product or service – not always very useful. Recently, we received a e-mail about a site that lists all the states requirements to get a teaching license – it even lists alternative certification. A very useful resource. Check […]
Read MoreCommercial pilot lands new career in classroom
As a corporate pilot, Paul Lindsay once spent his days chauffeuring the globetrotting elite, but a dramatic career switch now has him grounded in the classroom instead of on the runway. Lindsay, a resident of The Woodlands, was at the beck and call of wealthy Houston and Dallas families for 15 years, but after the […]
Read MoreFewer men than ever in today’s classrooms
One teacher, a father of four, left the business world where he had worked 24 years as a design engineer in telecommunications and had owned his own business for 15 years. “While sitting in church listening to a sermon on a purpose-driven life, I felt God was speaking to me,” said Roy Barga, an eighth-grade […]
Read MoreMenTeach NEWS – March 2008
1) Where are the Men? Exploring Gender Diversity in the Early Childhood Workforce 2) The Status of Male Teachers in Public Education Today 3) Register Today for the Working Forum Men In Early Childhood Education 4) Perspective about male teachers from Guyana 5) Batman in the classroom? Some say, “no” others say, “yes.” 6) Men […]
Read MoreNumber of male teachers hits 40-year low
School districts across the nation are on the prowl for a few good men because the number of male public school teachers has hit a 40-year low. Men represent about a quarter of teachers nationwide, which is why colleges are taking a stronger approach to recruit men to major in education. Franklin Elementary School teacher […]
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