Last school year, the rural school system had the fifth highest
teacher vacancy rate in the state, shows a report from the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction.
Four of the five districts with the highest
teacher vacancy rates in the state are located in the eastern region, and all five districts are rural.
Not exact matches
Currently, the Department for Education (DfE) monitors the national
teacher vacancy rate, but does not consider the fact that schools often compensate to cover gaps and place
teachers in front of classes.
«Despite a tightening labour market, trainee
teacher recruitment is holding steady - with low
vacancy rates in priority subjects like maths and science.
Should attrition continue at a higher
rate than expected and result
in job
vacancies in departments
in which
teachers were laid off, Martinez said the district would welcome terminated
teachers to apply for the
vacancies.
The number of new
teachers entering the profession
in England has dropped to its lowest
rate in five years — while
vacancy rates continue to rise.
«We're investing hundreds of millions
in teacher recruitment and the
vacancy rate has remained low at around 1 % over the last 15 years,» said an education department spokesman.
The DfE monitors the national
teacher vacancy rate, but this does not take into account the fact that schools do everything they can to cover any gaps and put
teachers in front of classes.
Four out of five districts
in the state with the highest
teacher vacancy rates last school year are
in Eastern North Carolina.
Pair that with a
vacancy rate of around 1 percent
in Asheville, and you've got problems recruiting new
teachers, Baldwin says, especially
in tough - to - hire areas like science, math and exceptional children.
Providers enjoy job - embedded professional learning and coaching, guaranteed full payment for a negotiated number of subsidy slots at the gold
rate when the program maintains overall 85 % monthly enrollment, assistance with recruitment to fill
vacancies, support with transitioning children to pre-k, and priority
in District degree and scholarship programs and financial incentives for
teachers.