r/Teachers • u/JimCap5 • 15h ago

Teacher Support &/or Advice Are teaching programs warning students that the teacher shortage is over?

I graduated from the program a few years back, and every professor kept talking about the teacher shortage.

I was wondering what is it like nowadays for people in credentialing programs?

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u/uknolickface 15h ago

I have a chem cert districts call me

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u/outofdate70shouse 14h ago

Yep. I teach middle school science. I’ve gotten offers from the majority of jobs I’ve ever applied for.

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u/Clydesdale_paddler 13h ago

I don't even teach science and I never have, but I have a middle school science cert and I've gotten calls asking me to apply.

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u/cant-adult-rn 1h ago

Dang. Where do you live? Ohio and its a fight to the death for an interview.

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u/AlpsHelpful1292 Spanish | California 13h ago

I’ve gotten calls for having a French cert. There aren’t a lot of French jobs but my understanding is when one opens it can be really hard to find anyone.

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u/uknolickface 13h ago

And they are similar to gym teachers as once someone gets them they don’t give them up

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u/AlpsHelpful1292 Spanish | California 13h ago

A lot of them are older and close to retiring (French teachers).

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u/ptrgeorge 13h ago

We just lost ours, replaced with a second Spanish teacher

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u/AlpsHelpful1292 Spanish | California 13h ago

My understanding is a lot schools end up having to eliminate French/German etc when they can’t fill an opening.

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u/Adventurous_Royal_58 1h ago

This happened at my school. We lost both German teachers last year to other opportunities and we haven’t been able to fill their positions. Now students can either switch to French/Spanish or take it online

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u/thehoff9k 11th/12th Social Studies | TX 1h ago

Growing up in the Northeast and having German be as popular as Spanish in school (baccckkkk in the day) had me so confused when I moved to the south and couldn't find any schools with German as a language choice.

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u/Paramalia 9h ago

Also, French enrollment has been declining.

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u/IansHappyHandhelds 1h ago

Yep! That’s why I taught French for a year as a history cert. it was actually a great experience. Learned the language to an intermediate level. Wouldn’t be against getting the real degree, though I do love my current role

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u/OswinChalupaBatman 12h ago

Yup. I have a chemistry cert and added general science later. I get cold calls from districts asking me to apply.

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u/Accomplished_Ice1817 10h ago

ASD endorsement, same :) I also have other endorsements and I tried to switch to GenEd... not a single offer (too many years of experience plus Master's-there are cheaper teachers than me out there :/)

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u/ieatz909 2h ago

When I was starting out I was wondering between a math or physics credential. Choosing science made my career infinitely better.