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£50,000 fund has been announced to help boost the number of men working in Scotland childcare
Around 4% of the current workforce for children’s daycare across Scotland are men. The Scottish Government’s new Men in Early Years Challenge Fund will be split into two awards of £25,000 and given to two colleges to run pilot projects which support men in childcare. Colleges across the country will be able to make bids […]
Read MoreMenTeach – New England Meeting
Vanessa Reiss-Vaughn, Sarah Montoya and Clarence Little are helping to call a meeting/networking gathering of men in early education. This is sort of a restart of activities of MenTeach – New England. If you know of people that maybe interesting please pass this along the attached flyer. Please respond if you are interested and can’t […]
Read MoreMen who care: attracting men into the caring professions
Attracting men into the caring professions faces some societal challenges but there is a movement to encourage more men into caring roles At the same time as efforts rightly focus on getting more women in leadership positions and into male-dominated industries, there is also a movement to encourage more men into the careers dominated by […]
Read MoreBritish College celebrates first male graduates in 126 year history
Norland College, the specialist provider of childcare training and education based in Bath, has celebrated the first male degree graduates in the college’s 126 year history, at its annual graduation ceremony. Liam Willett, 21, and Harry Pratt, 21, have become the first males to complete the college’s BA (Hons) degree in Early Years Development and […]
Read MoreMenTeach appears on ABC News Good Morning America
MenTeach (represented by Jonathan Maiden and Bryan G. Nelson) appeared on ABC New Good Morning America Story Monday, October 20th, 2008 on a brief segment about the rewards and challenges that men face working with young children. Jonathan Maiden was interviewed at his program in Kentucky, he has worked with children for many years and has presented […]
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