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October 2007 MenTeach Newsletter
USA National MenTeach Symposium in Chicago New Zealand – First NZ Men in Early Child Care and Teaching Summit Newsweek Article – Magazine NBC Nightly News – Television World Forum in Hawaii 2008 Australian Men Meet How to recruit 30 men to early education? MenTeach on Ontario Television panel discussion talking about men teachers On […]
Read MoreParents want their children to have male teachers
Training and Development Agency for Schools – United Kingdom “Three quarters of parents questioned believe that it is important for young children to have both male and female teachers and 83 per cent say that they would like to see more men teaching primary age children.” “Research reveals that one in four parents questioned (25 […]
Read MoreMale Teachers in Primary – An online video from the United Kingdom
This is a link to an video about Male Teachers – Careers in Primary Education. It was produced in the United Kingdom to promote male teachers. It’s about 15 minutes long and an interesting video.
Read MoreLanguage nests in Hawaii have high male involvement
The Aha Punanaleo Hawaiian language-nest early childhood programs are modeled after he Kohanga Reo Maori “language-nest” programs in New Zealand also have similar numbers of male staff in their early childhood programs and offer another exemplary model of male involvement in early childhood education (ECE). In the Hawaiian language-nest early childhood programs I frequent, there […]
Read MoreHow to advertise to recruit male teachers for early education?
Since returning from the World Forum on Early Care and Education in Malaysia, I have been busy trying to get some relevant statistics regarding men in ECE here in Manitoba. Thanks to Kathy Reid, the Director of the Manitoba Child Care Program, here are the latest known figures as of June 2007. 172 (untrained) Child Care […]
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