The Missing Male Teacher: An Interview with Shaun Johnson
May, 2011
A visit to hands on male involvement in Hawai'i
We're in Hawai'i and getting a great opportunity to see how some cultures - the Hawai'i Language Immersion programs - celebrate a culture and language. They have more than 15% of their staff working with children are men.
Here are some photos of a group being taught how to make foods of Hawai'i and to make games to play.
Greeting or Welcome to the event.
Here are some photos of a group being taught how to make foods of Hawai'i and to make games to play.
Greeting or Welcome to the event.
Educators say more men needed in childcare
Males lack a significant role in childcare centres, said a Humber early childhood educator.David Lockwood is the only male ECE professor at Humber. He said children need both female and male role models in their lives.
World Forum gathering of men teachers
We're attending the 2011 World Forum Conference in Hawai'i where there is a large network of men and women that want more men to teach. It's been an interesting gathering. I've realized that we have really moved a long way from when I first began working on this efforts. U.S. Colleges, Universities Step Up Recruitment With Looming Nationwide Teacher Shortage
With a third of the country's more than 3.4 million teachers expected to retire by 2013, many states may face a dwindling pool of qualified teachers in the near future. To address this potential shortage, many education programs are stepping up their recruitment efforts -- particularly in urban and underserved communities.Free Graduate Teacher Training Program
My name is Yvette Dalton-McCoy and I am the Associate Director of Graduate Diversity Programs at Tufts University located in the Boston Metro area. Attached you will see a flyer for our "Biannual Prospective Graduate Student Days". New Book About Male Teachers: Go Where You Belong
A new book by Lemuel W. Watson and C. Sheldon Woods, Go Where You Belong: Male Teachers as Cultural Workers in the Lives of Children, Families, and Communities is available. "The purpose of this book is to continue the dialogue about the importance of men in the lives of young children and the teaching profession. Black male teachers scarce - but needed
Tigrett Middle School eighth-grader Bobby Bond credits his fifth-grade teacher as the first to encourage him as a student.He was the first black man that I've had for a teacher," said Bond, 13, who is also black. "He always told me to do my best. He would sit and talk to me, and he mentored me."
Bond said he has a positive relationship with his eighth-grade science teacher, Ray Yancy, who is also black.
"He's a good example," Bond said. "He's encouraged me."
Bond said he has a positive relationship with his eighth-grade science teacher, Ray Yancy, who is also black.
"He's a good example," Bond said. "He's encouraged me."
Malaysia: Gender equality for teachers
The Education Ministry will offer teacher training courses to an equal number of men and women, in an effort to ensure a balance of male and female teachers in future.The intake will also comprise 40% trainees from the peninsula and another 30% each from Sabah and Sarawak.
"This way, the ministry can ensure that those from Sabah and Sarawak can be posted back to their home states while those from the peninsula work here.
Grand Bahamas male teachers take part in one-day seminar
In the wake of the many sexual allegation cases that rocked the nation involving teachers and students, male teachers from various schools on the island participated in a one-day seminar hostedby the Bahamas Union of Teachers (BUT) yesterday to share their concerns about the profession.