Ms Powell accused the government of denying there was a problem with recruitment, «despite the fact that half of all schools had
unfilled positions at the start of this academic year and some pupils are now having to travel to other schools for their maths and English lessons».
«When viewed in the context of the number of Generalist Classroom Teachers working in schools, the estimated total number of
unfilled positions at the time of the survey (0.6 per cent) is quite low,» the report says.
Not exact matches
Hiring freezes
at universities mean that more
positions will go
unfilled — an effect that young researchers are noticing, Newton says.
When it comes to recruiting we often enlist the help of higher education partnerships and invite trainee teachers who have completed their teacher training
at the school to apply for
unfilled positions.
And so, in its second year of Opportunity Culture implementation in four schools, Project L.I.F.T. saw a strong uptick in both the quantity — more than 800 applications for 27 spots — and quality of applicants for teaching roles
at schools that previously saw many
positions go
unfilled.
In the updated report — Teacher Turnover: Why It Matters and What We Can Do About It — Desiree Carver - Thomas and Linda Darling - Hammond share recent data revealing that in just 31 states, 82,000
positions are filled by underqualified teachers and
at least 5,000 are
unfilled altogether; extrapolated to all states, the total number is likely around 110,000.
Further, Legg sought the numbers of students affected by having the compliance calculation
at the school rather than classroom level, the number of teaching
positions eliminated or
unfilled because of this maneuver, and the amount of money districts have saved as a result.
Many
positions at the department remain
unfilled.
In fact,
at 116,000
unfilled positions in the construction sector, the number of open jobs is now
at a post-Great Recession high.