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The coming crisis: Too few teachers for NC
--21 The percentage decrease that N.C. State University saw in the number of students majoring in education between 2010 and 2013
--40 The percentage decrease in education majors at UNC-Asheville over the same period
--39 The percentage decrease at Winston-Salem State
--29 The percentage decrease at UNC-Chapel Hill
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Problematically, N.C. public and private colleges of education produce only about 61 percent of the teachers needed to fill our classrooms. The remaining teachers come primarily from other states, and a small number enter through other routes into the profession. Reliance upon teachers from other states moving to North Carolina was tricky in good times. Now, with N.C. education budgets and salaries squeezed, the allure of teaching in our public schools is certainly diminished.
The shortage of trained teachers means it is harder for public schools to fill teaching positions, with schools having to hire more individuals through lateral entry and without formal teacher education and, in many cases, relying on long-term substitutes. Our students are facing the consequences of this gap in qualified teachers, and it is most pronounced in rural and urban districts.
Additionally, just as North Carolina is seeking to expand schools that have a science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) focus, these are precisely the teaching fields that are in shortest supply.
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Scott Imig, Ph.D., is an associate professor of education at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. Robert Smith, Ph.D., is a professor of education at UNCW.
Read more here: http://www.newsobserver.com/2014/11/08/4302959/the-coming-crisis-too-few-teachers.html#storylink=cpy
--40 The percentage decrease in education majors at UNC-Asheville over the same period
--39 The percentage decrease at Winston-Salem State
--29 The percentage decrease at UNC-Chapel Hill
....
Problematically, N.C. public and private colleges of education produce only about 61 percent of the teachers needed to fill our classrooms. The remaining teachers come primarily from other states, and a small number enter through other routes into the profession. Reliance upon teachers from other states moving to North Carolina was tricky in good times. Now, with N.C. education budgets and salaries squeezed, the allure of teaching in our public schools is certainly diminished.
The shortage of trained teachers means it is harder for public schools to fill teaching positions, with schools having to hire more individuals through lateral entry and without formal teacher education and, in many cases, relying on long-term substitutes. Our students are facing the consequences of this gap in qualified teachers, and it is most pronounced in rural and urban districts.
Additionally, just as North Carolina is seeking to expand schools that have a science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) focus, these are precisely the teaching fields that are in shortest supply.
....
Scott Imig, Ph.D., is an associate professor of education at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. Robert Smith, Ph.D., is a professor of education at UNCW.
Read more here: http://www.newsobserver.com/2014/11/08/4302959/the-coming-crisis-too-few-teachers.html#storylink=cpy
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