Teacher Shortages in

Presented to Virginia School Board Association By Patty S. Pitts

Assistant Superintendent Division of Teacher Education and Licensure May 3, 2017 1

2017-2018 Top Ten Critical Shortage Teaching Endorsement Areas in Virginia

Special Education Elementary Education PreK-6 Middle Education Grades 6-8 Career and Technical Education Mathematics Grades 6-12 (including Algebra 1)

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2017-2018 Top Ten Critical Shortage Teaching Endorsement Areas in Virginia (continued)

School Counselor PreK -12 English (Secondary) Foreign Languages PreK-12 Health and Physical Education PreK-12 History and Social Science (Secondary)

3 Designation of Shortage Areas

Ranking is the Aggregation of the following: • total number of teaching positions that are unfilled; • teaching positions that are filled by provisionally licensed teachers; and • teaching positions that are filled by teachers who are licensed, but who are teaching out of their endorsement area.

4 Why Teachers Enter

and Leave Researchers find four major factors that influence teacher recruitment and retention:

• Compensation • Preparation • Mentoring and Induction • Teaching Conditions

Source: September 15, 2016, A Coming Crisis in Teaching? Teacher Supply, Demand, and Shortages in the U.S., by Leib Sutcher, Linda Darling-Hammond, and Desiree Carver-Thomas

5 TEACHER PREPARATION

6 National Enrollment in Teacher Preparation Programs 2009-2014

900,000

800,000 719,081 725,518 684,801 700,000 623,190 600,000 499,800 500,000 465,536 400,000 300,000 200,000 100,000 - 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education, Enrollment in Teacher Preparation Programs (, D.C.: U.S. Department of Education, 2015), 7 https://title2.ed.gov/Public/44077_Title_II_Issue_Brief_Enrollment_V4a.pdf. Accessed on April 17, 2017. National Trends in Enrollment

National K-12 Student & Teacher Prep Enrollment 50,400,000 800,000

50,200,000 700,000

50,000,000 600,000

49,800,000 500,000 49,600,000 400,000 49,400,000 300,000 49,200,000

200,000 49,000,000

48,800,000 100,000

48,600,000 - 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 K-12 Students Teacher Prep

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education, Enrollment in Teacher Preparation Programs (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Education, 2015), 8 https://title2.ed.gov/Public/44077_Title_II_Issue_Brief_Enrollment_V4a.pdf. Accessed on April 17, 2017. Virginia Trends in Enrollment

Virginia K-12 Student & Teacher Prep Enrollment 1,245,000 13,500

1,240,000 13,000

12,500 1,235,000 12,000 1,230,000 11,500 1,225,000 11,000

1,220,000 10,500

1,215,000 10,000 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11

K-12 Students Teacher Prep

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education, 2015 Title II Report. Virginia Profile. https://title2.ed.gov/Public/Report/StateHighlights/StateHighlights.aspx?p=2_01. Accessed on April 19, 2017. 9 Virginia Student Enrollment: VDOE Fall Membership Data. Teacher Preparation Program Enrollment in Virginia Teacher Preparation Program Enrollment by Institution Type 100.0% and Race/Ethnicity, 2015-2016

80.0% 2-Year Community 4-Year Public 4-Year Private College 66.4% Institution 67.2% Institution

60.0% 55.5%

40.0%

19.7% 17.7% 15.2% 20.0% 12.6% 8.7% 10.5% 10.0% 3.5% 4.9% 3.9% 3.0% 1.1% 0.0% N = 1621 N = 9081 N = 2857 White Black Hispanic Other Not Reported Source: State Council of Higher Education in Virginia Note 1: Community college enrollment includes teacher prep transfer and career switcher programs. Note 2: Enrollment data excludes ’s online programs for teacher preparation (87,350 students). 10 Note 3: Other includes American Indian/Alaskan Native, Asian/Pacific Islander, Multi-Race, and Non-Resident Alien. Virginia Program Completers (2013-14)

40 Providers 11,184 Enrollment 3,924 Program Completers

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education, 2015 Title II Report. Virginia Profile. 11 https://title2.ed.gov/Public/Report/StateHighlights/StateHighlights.aspx?p=2_01. Accessed on April 19, 2017. VDOE Staff Analysis LICENSURE IN VIRGINIA

13 Routes to Licensure in Virginia

• Virginia Approved Programs • 36 Traditional (ED Prep, IHE Based) • 3 Alternative (Career Switcher, IHE Based) • 1 Alternative (Career Switcher, non IHE Based)

• Reciprocity

• Alternate Routes to Licensure

14 EDUCATOR WORKFORCE

15 Virginia’s Educator Workforce

In 2014-15, Virginia public schools employed nearly 96,000 licensed instructional personnel:  40% have a Bachelor’s degree  57% have a Master’s degree  1% has a Doctoral degree

 79.1 % Female*  19.5% Male*

16 * 1.3% did not report gender. Vacancies in Virginia’s Education Workforce, 2016-17

Luke Miller and Katharine Sadowski EdPolicyWorks, Percent and Number of Positions Unfilled

by Teacher Assignment Area

300

200

100

Positions UnfilledPositions

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Other

ESL PK-12 ESL

Music PK-12Music

Math SpecialistMath

Math SecondaryMath

Gifted Education Gifted

Library SpecialistLibrary

Middle Education

Visual Arts PK-12ArtsVisual CounselorSchool

Special Education

History SecondaryHistory

Reading Specialist

English Secondary

Science SecondaryScience

School PsychologistSchool

PE andHealth PE PK-12

Career andTechnicalCareer

School SocialSchool Worker

Elementary EducationElementary Foreign LanguageForeign PK-12 REGIONAL AND DIVISION NEEDS Percent of Total Positions Unfilled by Region

Percent of Total Positions Unfilled by Region 1.82% Positions Unfilled 1.49% Positions Unfilled 1.32% Positions Unfilled 1.26% Positions Unfilled 4 1.06% Positions Unfilled 1.01% Positions Unfilled 0.38% Positions Unfilled No Data 5 3

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7 6 8 2 Positions Unfilled by Region

Positions Unfilled by Region 383 Positions Unfilled 237 Positions Unfilled 177 Positions Unfilled 84 Positions Unfilled 83 Positions Unfilled 4 47 Positions Unfilled 40 Positions Unfilled 29 Positions Unfilled No Data 5 3 1

7 6 8 2 REGIONAL AND DIVISION NEEDS: A BREAK DOWN BY TEACHING ASSIGNMENT AREA Special Education

Special Education Percent of Positions Unfilled by Region 3.83% Positions Unfilled 3.40% Positions Unfilled 2.72% Positions Unfilled 2.47% Positions Unfilled 4 2.19% Positions Unfilled 2.15% Positions Unfilled 1.66% Positions Unfilled 0.72% Positions Unfilled No Data 5 3

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7 6 8 2 Elementary Education: PreK-6

Elementary PK-6 Percent of Positions Unfilled by Region 1.35% Positions Unfilled 0.71% Positions Unfilled 0.63% Positions Unfilled 0.58% Positions Unfilled 4 0.55% Positions Unfilled 0.53% Positions Unfilled 0.21% Positions Unfilled 0.04% Positions Unfilled No Data 5 3

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7 6 8 2 Middle Education: Grades 6-8

Middle 6-8 Percent of Positions Unfilled by Region 1.68% Positions Unfilled 1.28% Positions Unfilled 1.19% Positions Unfilled 0.74% Positions Unfilled 4 0.52% Positions Unfilled 0.29% Positions Unfilled 0.28% Positions Unfilled 0.14% Positions Unfilled No Data 5 3

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7 6 8 2 Mathematics: Secondary

Secondary Math Percent of Positions Unfilled by Region 9.68% Positions Unfilled 6.18% Positions Unfilled 5.16% Positions Unfilled 4.26% Positions Unfilled 4 3.13% Positions Unfilled 2.55% Positions Unfilled 0.66% Positions Unfilled 0.00% Positions Unfilled No Data 5 3

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7 6 8 2 Sciences: Secondary

Secondary Science Percent of Positions Unfilled by Region 7.32% Positions Unfilled 2.56% Positions Unfilled 2.38% Positions Unfilled 1.20% Positions Unfilled 4 0.86% Positions Unfilled 0.77% Positions Unfilled 0.68% Positions Unfilled 0.41% Positions Unfilled No Data 5 3

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7 6 8 2 VIRGINIA PROGRAMS TO SUPPORT TEACHER RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION

Division of Teacher Education and Licensure

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TeachVirginia

TeachVirginia is to assist in the recruitment and retention efforts for Virginia school divisions and prospective teachers.

The TeachVirginia Statewide Job Bank is powered by Teachers-Teachers.com. This online tool allows job seekers and school division recruiters to communicate with one another.

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● The service provides access for teachers to view job openings and apply to Virginia school divisions.

● School divisions are provided a database of Virginia teaching candidates’ résumés and access to a system to: • advertise recruitment events, • post an unlimited number of instructional personnel positions, • conduct searches for candidates in all areas, • communicate with prospective candidates, and • hire teachers, administrators, and related service providers.

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TeachVirginia

● The site provides links to information for individuals who:

• may be exploring a career in education, • are making the decision to become educators, and are inquiring about school personnel licensure in Virginia, and • are licensed educators seeking employment in Virginia schools.

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Virginia Career Switcher Program

The Career Switcher Alternative Route to Licensure Program is designed to encourage individuals from various occupational and life experiences to become classroom teachers.

Current Programs: • Old Dominion University • Regent University • Shenandoah University • Virginia Community College System

32 Mentor Funding for the Career Switcher Program

Funding is appropriated to support mentor funding for the Career Switcher Program.

• $1,000 for the mentor support of each Provisional Career Switcher license holder during Level II (the first year of employment as a teacher)

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Teacher Residency Programs

Intensive, school-based teacher preparation program that integrates a research-supported approach

Residents: • make a commitment that includes the residency year plus additional years of service teaching; • complete a Master of Teaching completing a concentrated program of graduate; and • receive a stipend.

34 STEM: Criteria for Teacher Participants

• Teachers • Reassigned from a Fully Accredited School to a Hard-to-Staff School or School Not Fully Accredited or • New to the Profession or Teachers With Up to Three Years’ Teaching Experience

• Be a teacher employed full-time in a Virginia school division;

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STEM: Criteria for Teacher Participants

– Successful teachers, regardless of teaching experience, selected to participate in the pilot program under this criteria will be eligible to receive a $5,000 initial incentive award after the completion of the year of teaching experience in the hard-to-staff school or a school that is not fully accredited, a satisfactory performance evaluation, and a signed contract in the same school division for the following year.

36 STEM: Criteria for Teacher Participants

• Hold an active five-year Virginia teaching license (Collegiate Professional or Postgraduate Professional License) with an endorsement in Middle Education 6-8: Mathematics; Mathematics: Algebra I; Mathematics; Middle Education 6-8: Science; Biology; Chemistry; Earth and Space Science; Physics; or Technology Education and be assigned to a teaching position in a corresponding subject area; and

37 STEM: Continuation Awards Continuation Awards An additional $1,000 incentive award may be granted for each year the eligible teacher receives a satisfactory evaluation and teaches a qualifying STEM subject in which the teacher has an endorsement for up to three years in a Virginia school division following the year in which the teacher receives the initial incentive award.

Maximum incentive award (initial and continuation), contingent upon available funding: $8,000

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Virginia Teaching Scholarship Loan Program

The primary purpose of the Virginia Teaching Scholarship Loan Program (VTSLP) is to provide financial support as an incentive to students who are pursuing a teaching career in one of Virginia’s critical shortage teaching endorsement areas.

39 Virginia Teaching Scholarship Loan Program

Funding Since 1999, the General Assembly has appropriated $558,000 from the general fund for the Virginia Teaching Scholarship Loan Program. The 2007 General Assembly approved a $150,000 increase for the 2007-2008 program year. Since Fiscal Year 2008 the appropriation each year has totaled $708,000.

40 Virginia Teaching Scholarship Loan Program Scholarship amounts are based on $10,000 per year for full-time students and are prorated for part- time students based on number of credit hours for which the students have enrolled.

41 Virginia Teaching Scholarship Loan Program

Number of Year Recipients

2015-2016 76

42 National Board Certification Bonuses

1,873 continuing bonuses of $2,500 were granted to National Board Certified teachers in the 2016-2017 year.

57 initial bonuses of $5,000 were awarded to National Board Certified teachers in the 2016-2017 year.

43 Mentor Teacher Program

• $1,000,000 in funding is available statewide to support this program.

• Funds were allocated by the General Assembly to provide grants to school divisions providing mentors for new teachers with zero years of teaching experience

44 Clinical Faculty Grants Clinical faculty are historically referred to as the cooperating teacher -- the teacher in the school division who is assigned to work with and support the student teacher. The student teacher is supported by the clinical faculty and the supervising university faculty.

Institutions of higher education may apply for competitive clinical faculty grants.

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Special Education Personnel Traineeship Funding is awarded to Virginia regionally accredited institutions of higher education that have a Board of Education approved program in Special Education: General Curriculum K-12 to deliver undergraduate and/or graduate-level special education courses to individuals who hold a provisional (special education) license with a Special Education: General Curriculum K-12 endorsement and who are employed in Virginia public schools as special educators of children with disabilities (accessing the general curriculum).

46 Questions?

Patty S. Pitts Assistant Superintendent Division of Teacher Education and Licensure [email protected]

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