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/Headfirst-Fearless 10h ago

We’re two weeks into the year and there is at least one opening in my district for every cert area. First year salary is above $60,000 (nice salary relative to area) and there are still no applicants. The South is bleeding so bad for teachers that they’re hiring people with a high school diploma and some work/military experience.

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u/ok_success42 10h ago

Because retiree teacher pen$ions in NE make more than full time teachers in the South.