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FACTS
The
Search for Qualified Teachers
Paying for Top
Talent
Teacher
Turnover
Greatest
Needs
Teachers Supply and Demand in the
U.S.
The
Search for Qualified Teachers:
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By
2008, national public school enrollment will exceed 54 million,
an increase of nearly 2 million children over today. Enrollment
in elementary schools is expected to increase by 17 percent and
in high schools by 26 percent.
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In
high-poverty urban and rural districts alone, more than 700,000
new teachers will be needed in the next 10 years.
Source:
National Center for Education Statistics, The Baby Boom Echo
Report, 1998
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Paying for Top Talent:
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Nationally,
beginning teachers made $25,735 on average in the academic year
1997-98 (Beginning teachers average salary in Nebraska is
$21,949). New engineering graduates earned $42,862, while new
computer scientists' salaries reached $40,920.
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The
national average teacher salary in the 1997-98 school year was
$39,347.
Source:
American Federation of Teachers, National Survey, 1999
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The
national average teacher salary in the 1998-99 school year was
$40,582; Nebraska's average salary for teachers was $32,880 ÷
$7,702 below the national average.
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The
national average teacher salary in the 1999-00 school year is
$41,575; Nebraska's average salary for teachers is $33,473 ÷
$8,102 below the national average.
Source:
National Education Association, National Survey, 12-99
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Teacher Turnover:
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In
a typical year, an estimated 6 percent of the nation's teaching
force leaves the profession and more than 7 percent change
schools.
Source:
National Center for Education Statistics
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In
urban districts, close to 50 percent of newcomers flee the
profession during their first five years of teaching
Source:
Darling-Hammond & Schlan, 1996
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Greatest Needs:
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The
greatest teaching shortages are in bilingual and special
education, mathematics, science (particularly the physical
sciences), computer science
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English-as-a-Second-Language
and foreign languages.
Source:
Amer. Assoc. for Employment in Education
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Teachers Supply and Demand in the
U.S., 1998:
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About
42 percent of all public schools in the United States have no
minority teachers. Minority students make up 33 percent of
enrollment in U.S. public schools, while the total of minority
teachers reaches just 13.5 percent. By the early 21st century,
the percentage of minority teachers is expected to shrink to an
all-time low of 5 percent, while 41 percent of American students
will be minorities.
Source:
National Center for Education Statistics, Digest of Education
Statistics, 1998
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Teachers
in high-poverty urban districts are the most likely to be
under-qualified. Between one-third and one-half of all secondary
math teachers in these districts have neither a college major
nor minor in math.
Source:
National Center for Education Statistics, Condition of
Education, 1998
Source:
Council for Exceptional Children
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Less
than half of the teachers hired during the last nine years
participated in formal induction programs during their first
teaching year.
Source:
National Center for Education Statistics
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About
30% of those who study to become teachers NEVER do.
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Nearly
50% of those who enter teaching LEAVE within five years.
Source:
The Merrow Report. September 1999
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