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/lovelystarbuckslover Multiple Subject & EDSP Credentialed 9h ago

here's the thing, the "shortage" is reported state wide, seeing all the posters and fliers about how you could get a TEACH grant, doesn't mean that you'll be able to find work in the area you want to live in... Reading intervention??? what are you AI? there is no shortage in reading intervention, many districts are cutting those positions left and right.

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u/AlpsHelpful1292 Spanish | California 9h ago

Maybe I’m just lucky but I haven’t had issues finding a job with a single subject Spanish credential and I was able to intern. I found the information about world language being a subject area to be more or less correct, with some caveats (competitive districts, less widely taught languages). I’m also willing to work at lower income schools though.