Jade Bollond: Turning a Passion for Working with Children into Reality
By Arwen Hann Jade Bollond always had a passion for early childhood teaching, which he pursued in high school, but his life took a different turn and instead he had a number of jobs including spending...
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Robert Barlow: From Company Director to Being a Father and Discovering ECE...
By Arwen Hann Robert Barlow was the director of a successful company when he decided to sell his business to become a stay at home dad to his eldest son who was 10 months old.
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By Arwen Hann As a father of four, Patrick Lockley has plenty of experience looking after children, but didn’t always believe he was good enough to actually become an early childhood teacher....
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Ben Goris: Working with children is inspiring and preferred to being in IT work
By Arwen Hann Auckland based Ben Goris is swapping computers for children as he embarks on his new career in early childhood teaching. Ben has been working as a self-employed I.T. technician, but has...
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Joshua McKay: Taking up training to be an early childhood teacher to give...
By Arwen Hann For Joshua McKay, working in early childhood education is something of a family occupation. His wife Sarah is an ECE teacher and Joshua says it was she who inspired him to study.
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Atsushi Ukito: My reflections on being a male teacher of infants and toddlers
By Atsushi Ukito© ChildForum I have worked as an infant and toddler teacher for 11 years in New Zealand after emigrating from Japan in 1999. Before then I had been a waiter, truck driver, kitchen...
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Matthew Lambert: Finding work that feels right and makes one happy
By Arwen Hann After a few jobs that did not feel like they had any purpose, 27-year-old Matthew Lambert settled on teaching as a possible career. A first-hand look at the classroom during a period as...
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Josh Allen: Twenty-one year old says early childhood teaching is a perfect...
At just 21 years of age Josh Allen is one of the youngest recipients of the ChildForum Men in Early Childhood Education Invitation Grant Award. ChildForum’s chief executive, Dr Sarah Alexander was...
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