The minority teacher shortage: Fact or fable?
Recruitment, retention, and
the minority teacher shortage.
The data indicate that new teacher recruitment strategies alone do not address a major contributor to
the minority teacher shortage: turnover.
In an effort to address the male
minority teacher shortage, a new program offers teacher training to recent black and Latino male graduates with hopes that they will launch a teaching career in urban schools.
«But, the data also suggest that recruitment alone will not solve
the minority teacher shortage if large numbers of those same teachers then leave within a few years,» he said.
This brief summarizes the results of a study of the recruitment, employment, and retention of minority k - 12 teachers, examining the extent and sources of
the minority teacher shortage and offering evidence - based solutions to addressing the low proportion of minority teachers in comparison to the increasing numbers of minority students in the school system.
The NEA offers many reasons for
the minority teacher shortage.
Not exact matches
That is ultimately the justification for traditional
teacher certification, regardless of its consequences for
teacher shortages or for the recruitment of
minority teachers.
If that is so, then both the teaching
shortage and the paucity of
minority teachers can be alleviated by opening the classroom door to all college graduates, not just to those who have taken the required courses associated with state certification.
Each year, the
shortage of
teachers becomes more acute — and the disparity between white and
minority teachers grows.
Is the
shortage of
minority teachers real — or is it a result of hidden, and unintended, racism.
In the 2000 — 01 school year, during the last round of acute
shortages, 40,000 California
teachers were working on emergency credentials, the vast majority of them in high -
minority and high - poverty schools.
Districts are also facing a
shortage of
minority teachers while their student bodies are becoming increasingly diverse.
By 2025, the MDE has set a goal of increasing the number of
minority teachers in critical
shortage school districts by 25 %, better reflecting the student population in these districts.
Thirty - four percent of schools serving a high proportion of
minority students experience
teacher shortages in one or more subject areas compared to only 18 percent of low
minority schools.
An article on the National Education Association's website admitted this when describing reasons for the national
shortage of
teachers of color: «Salaries are low for
teachers compared to salaries for other professionals, which lowers the prestige and social value of a career in teaching for many potential
minority teachers.
California faces an increasing
shortage of qualified
teachers to meet students» needs — and
minority communities are bearing the brunt of this shortfall.
Teacher Supply, Demand, and
Shortages in the U.S and
Minority Teacher Recruitment, Employment, and Retention: 1987 to 2013 — here.
Wisconsin resident,
minority, undergraduates can take out a loan of between $ 250 - $ 10,000 per year for up to $ 30,000 for their entire academic career to pursue licensure in a discipline identified as a
teacher shortage area.