{"id":8000,"date":"2021-08-03T10:52:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-02T22:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oece.nz\/general\/men\/position-teacher-gender\/"},"modified":"2021-08-08T11:50:19","modified_gmt":"2021-08-07T23:50:19","slug":"position-teacher-gender","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oece.nz\/public\/big-issues\/male-teachers\/position-teacher-gender\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Position on Teacher Gender and What we Have Done"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The OECE&#8217;s position on teacher gender.    <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Our position on teacher gender is that men must be recruited into early childhood teaching as well as women. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We believe that the current gender imbalance in staffing in early childhood services hampers&nbsp;efforts to achieve high quality learning and care for children.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe class=\"mce-item-media mce-item-iframe\" style=\"display: block; margin: 10px auto;\" title=\"Video on Men in Early Childcare Teaching\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KHWrCfAIVlE\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/p><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What we have done&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We have been at the forefront of raising awareness of gender discrimination and developing arguments for <a href=\"https:\/\/oece.nz\/public\/big-issues\/male-teachers\/male-teachers-men-in-childcare\/\"><strong>men in childcare<\/strong><\/a> and teaching.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We have taken action, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Supporting men to have a voice in the sector and raising awareness of issues <ul><li>In 2007 we provided the first ever\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/oece.nz\/general\/men\/first-summit-men-in-early-childhood-teaching\/\">national summit on Men in ECE teaching<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0to bring male teachers from across the country to meet and discuss issues.\u00a0 This led to the formation of the EC-Menz Association.<\/li><li>We held a political summit<a href=\"https:\/\/oece.nz\/general\/men\/8th-national-summit-on-men-in-early-childhood-teaching-and-care\/\">\u00a0&#8220;<strong>Lifting the Lid on Gender Issues<\/strong>&#8220;<\/a>\u00a0in Wellington in 2014. <\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Undertaking a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/oece.nz\/general\/men\/2012-national-survey-of-ece-services-and-teacher-educators-on-their-support-of-men-being-in-early-childhood-teaching\/\"><strong>national survey<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0on ECE sector participant views concerning bringing more men into ECE and what benefits (or not) this would have.\u00a0 The survey revealed that it that better representation of men in teaching would:\u00a0 be of benefit to children\u2019s learning and social development, raise quality within the sector in various ways including improving staff dynamics by having a mixed gender team, and help Dads feel more comfortable staying with their child and participating in the ECE programme.<\/li><li>Encouraging more men into early childhood teaching. We provide the &#8220;Men in ECE Invitation Award&#8221;.\u00a0 Men need to be invited into ECE teaching.\u00a0 This Award is one way our sector shows men that they are welcomed.\u00a0\u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oece.nz\/general\/early-childhood-education-courses\/men-invitation-award\/\">Find Go to the  Invitation Award page to learn more.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The OECE&#8217;s position on teacher gender. Our position on teacher gender is that men must be recruited into early childhood teaching as well as women. 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