teacher shortages

Can anybody tell me or point me to a website that tells where the largest teacher shortages are found in our country?


thanks for the help,
drew

 

Some schools in the most lovely inner city neighborhoods are always recruiting in Canada.

 

Dennis,

what exactly do you mean by "lovely neighborhoods".





drew

 

The kind of neighborhoods where teachers are required to wear bullet proof vests?

 

I don't think that is what my wife is looking for. Besides, bullet proof vests don't come in designer colors.


drew

 

What level of education?

 

I am sorry, middle school or high school.


drew

 

Best Time to Apply

Right before school starts, principals are scrambling to find teachers. In a NEA Today article, part of the reason is that many urban school districts drag their feet hiring and then discover that all the really good applicants have already been hired by suburban districts. California has a budget problem but they still have students that need an education. The classrooms are already full, so it's not as though they can legally pack in more students.

Most of the jobs are at the secondary, or middle-to-high school level because of the baby boom of the 1980's.

 

Middle school and high school have teachers who are in specific subjects, so next question, what subject.

 

Yes, what subject and lets not foget the "where".



drew

 

I know that we have a huge lack of teachers in Texas, but I think its pretty much a nation wide problem.

 

There will be a shortage of teachers in Ontario within the next 24 months. Some 10,000 Ontario teachers are expected to retire between June of 2004 and June of 2005. That's going to leave the door wide open for new teachers. The only catch is that you get paid in Canadian dollars and the closest palm tree is located 1,200 miles away.

 

Here in California, the Science and Math teachers are in great demand, the schools emergency crudentia these teachers, while they are laying off all other subjects.

 

I don't think that teachers are being laid off in Massachusetts but if you're an experienced, or probably even an inexperienced math teacher (certified, of course) you can more or less pick the town where you want to work.
Jack

 

Special Ed is hurting big time

I inquired into the Special Education program at the university where I earned my teaching credential and discovered it was an additional 45 units! Even thuogh Special Ed classes are small, there is a ton of paperwork involved for each student (IEP).

Once a teacher accepts a position in Special Ed, it's nearly impossible to leave, unless he/she quits and is hired at another district. It's like the mob, once you're in, you never get out.

A childhood friend of mine has been teaching mild-to-moderately retarded students for many years, mostly Down's Syndrome, and loves it. Several years ago she taught a summer school class for students with autism and nearly had a nervous breakdown. It depends on how the teacher relates to a specific student population.

There is a greater math teacher shortage than science because many laid-off engineers have become science teachers.

 

I always thought that Engineers where math heavy

 

Yes, compared to your average History/English/Sociology major they are "Math heavy." However, I'd bet that in general, all those Physics, Chemistry, Materials, Mech Eng, etc. courses translate better into Science credits. You typically have to have minimum 18 credits (that's six courses, in general) to satisfy specialization criteria. My guess is that for most it's simply easier to translate the credits into science than math. There's probably not much question that they know the math.
Jack

 

Emergency Credentials

And thanks to the "No Child Left Behind Act", emergency credentials will disappear.

 

Re: Emergency Credentials

Why is that?

 

Re: Special Ed is hurting big time

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I've done Special ed since '69 but may quit soon. If anyone wants to live in Oregon, let me know