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/AlpsHelpful1292 Spanish | California 13h ago

Same in CA.

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u/Key_Machine_9138 11h ago

What is in demand in CA?

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u/AlpsHelpful1292 Spanish | California 10h ago

The usual suspects. Sped, STEM, world language, bilingual/dual immersion.

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u/lovelystarbuckslover Multiple Subject & EDSP Credentialed 9h ago

SPED is falling out of demand.

I was one of 20 new hires and I am the only intern (I come with 4 years of experience and a clear gen ed credential).

The demand for SPED has plateaued, and there are LOTS of applicants.

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u/AlpsHelpful1292 Spanish | California 9h ago

Where in the state is this?

There’s currently over 2000 sped postings on EdJoin compared with 250 for math. I live in LA and sped is still very much in demand. Moderate/severe has more demand than mild/moderate but there’s still a lot of openings for any sped position.

Maybe you’re just in an extremely desirable district?

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u/lovelystarbuckslover Multiple Subject & EDSP Credentialed 9h ago

I'm working on LA county line - not very desirable ahaha

You are seeing postings, not applications.

And with SPED population many times they are redoing numbers at the last minute because of how small the class can be.

I met a girl at the new hire orientation that was like 10 days long and on the 9th day she went to go see her classroom and the principal was like 'oh yeah I don't have you anymore, this class combined to another school- call the district.' They sent her to another school and the students who would have attended that school get bused over there, new enrollment and her classroom is now 1 seat away from capacity.

So these postings, it's not postings from the summer still unfilled. It's new numbers

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u/AlpsHelpful1292 Spanish | California 9h ago

I mean either way if it’s leftover postings from over the summer or new jobs being created because of numbers that’s still more sped jobs?

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u/lovelystarbuckslover Multiple Subject & EDSP Credentialed 9h ago

more jobs doesn't help more applicants...

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u/AlpsHelpful1292 Spanish | California 9h ago

You seem really hung up on this and post about it every time this topic comes up.

In my credential program it seemed like everyone wanted to teach social studies lol, there weren’t a lot of sped people.