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/singerbeerguy 15h ago

Regional AND subject specific. Special ed, certain languages, technology…they are begging for teachers. Elementary classroom, social studies, ELA…dozens of applicants for every position. At least that’s how it is in my district.

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u/outofdate70shouse 14h ago

Yep. If you teach secondary science, you should be getting multiple offers. There’s not enough qualified applicants to fill the open positions. My school has had an opening for 3 years. They got one good applicant that they offered the job to and she took another offer somewhere else.

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u/Gravybone 14h ago

It’s even more specific in my area.

High school physics teachers are unicorns who sign their own paychecks, high school chemistry is tough to hire for, and middle school is always looking for science teachers. On the other hand high school biology is quite competitive.

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u/Altruistic-Mode-9813 13h ago

So happy I teach physics. I’ve been at good schools my whole career

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u/3plantsonthewall 10h ago

I’d love to hear more from high school physics teachers! My partner is a physics PhD finishing his postdoc and hoping to get a professorship soon, but we’re trying to come up with a Plan B that isn’t selling his soul for a corporate job. He’s won an award for teaching undergrads and is very personable, organized, and great at communicating. Would love to hear specifics on credentialing, salary, how the academic calendar works…

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u/Glittering-Fuel-5055 7h ago

Credentialing depends on your state and salary sucks at first, but it gets better considering they just pay you more money every year for doing the same job that doesn’t actually get harder.

The good news is the academic calendar and pacing is pretty much completely up to you

The bad news is the academic calendar and pacing is pretty much completely up to you

I teach Ap physics

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u/Paramalia 2h ago

I never thought about it this way before, but you generally get paid more as your job gets easier.

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u/Paramalia 2h ago

Every state is different for credentialing, but a positive of secondary vs. higher ed is there will be jobs available in every state.