A National Network for Men in Early Childhood Education (New Zealand)

• To promote Early Childhood Education as a great career for men

• To network with other men involved in Early Childhood Education

• To support men in the early childhood education sector and those in training

• To promote the role of men as carers and educators of children

• To collect and promote research in relation to men in early childhood care and education.

• To research and disseminate the benefits to children of having males as educators and care givers

• To advocate on behalf of men involved within the Early Childhood Sector within New Zealand/Aotearoa

• To lobby for initiatives to increase numbers of men teaching in early childhood education