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MenTeach E-News - April 2020
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1) What is it like to be a male teacher in early education?
2) Summit for male students of color discusses the difficulties they face in going to college — and finishing
3) Black Male Educators In St. Louis Have A Formula For Boosting Their Numbers
4) Why Men of Color Like Me Are Leaving the Classroom
1) What is it like to be a male teacher in early education?
2) Summit for male students of color discusses the difficulties they face in going to college — and finishing
3) Black Male Educators In St. Louis Have A Formula For Boosting Their Numbers
4) Why Men of Color Like Me Are Leaving the Classroom
Letter: More men needed in early childhood education in Canada
I am a second-year student in the early childhood education program at Lambton College and want to address the lack of men in the field.
I believe more men want to get in this field but feel the stigma is pushing them away. They should be welcomed and wanted in caregiving positions.
According to the College of Early Childhood Educators, 1.4 per cent of registered ECEs are male.
I believe more men want to get in this field but feel the stigma is pushing them away. They should be welcomed and wanted in caregiving positions.
According to the College of Early Childhood Educators, 1.4 per cent of registered ECEs are male.
Does the childcare field have gender discrimination?
Upon walking into a childcare facility, the majority of the teachers employed will be female. The ratio of men working in a childcare program compared to females is heavily skewed.Wright State University student Jacob Shaw has worked with children for most of his life.
He currently holds a position at a local childcare center as he pursues his bachelor of science in Elementary Education.
Half of Gloucestershire primary schools have no male teachers
Half of all primary schools in Gloucestershire have no male teachers.New analysis of school workforce figures has revealed that 52 primary schools in Gloucestershire have an all-female teaching staff.
Excluding schools where the gender split of teachers is not available, that works out as 50 per cent of all primaries in our area.
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Working with Children - Intertwined with Faith
My personal story is unavoidably intertwined with my being a part of a faith community. As an Evangelical Christian much of life is seen as the outworking of a God who has a specific purpose for each of us. Our job is to observe the gifts and passions he has placed in us and watch for the open doors that come our way, and then to courageously walk through these doors believing that we can do anything. All this helps to understand how a Mennonite farm kid from the prairies of Canada could possibly end up in Early Childhood.
