5.1.3 Teacher Glut
…It (The UC program) is part of a national effort to recruit more math and science teachers – known as “STEM” for science, technology engineering and math – particularly in rural or urban school systems that have a critical need for good teachers.
Principals and top school officials say they can find math and science teachers to fill openings, but luring the best ones to high-need public schools is dicey because college graduates can earn so much more money elsewhere. “They’re out there, but they have competing offers,” Rhodes said.
Projected shortage of Math and Science teachers: Source: American Competiveness Institute
2005: 24,546
2010: 25,575
2012: 26,034
2015: 27,214
Source: Growing STEM teachers, Program puts UC fellow in Hard-to-fill classrooms. By Cliff Peale Enq. 12/18/11 B1
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Springboro schools recently had 980 applicants for one open teacher position.
Source: District official August, 2011
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The teacher shortage many feared just a few years ago (across the country) has turned into a teacher glut.
Since last fall, school systems, state education agencies, technical schools and colleges have shed about 125,000 jobs, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
At the same time, many teachers who had planned to retire or switch jobs are staying on because of the recession, and many people who have been laid off in other fields are trying to carve out second careers as teachers or applying as substitutes to make ends meet.
Source: Teacher shortage? Now it’s become a glut. By Heather Hollingsworth / The Associated Press. Cincinnati Enquirer November 13, 2009
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