School Staffing

Innovative staffing models and other strategies for attracting and retaining talented educators

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In Demand: The Real Teacher Shortages and How to Solve Them

Authored bySandi Jacobs, Lynn Olson

Post-pandemic teacher supply and demand trends and strategic solutions to shortages

Report

Teaching Innovation: New School Staffing Strategies Inspired by the Pandemic

Authored byLynn Olson

School staffing strategies that developed during the pandemic, the conditions that enabled them, and how educators overcame barriers to the innovations

Commentary

Tackling Teacher Shortages With Targeted Strategies

Authored byThomas Toch

Smart responses to teacher shortages

Report

Right From the Start: D.C.’s Groundbreaking Teacher Hiring Strategy

Authored byLynn Olson

A model teacher-hiring system

From the Field

Q&A: Gershenson on Why a Diverse Teaching Force Matters and How We Can Get There

The positive impact that Black teachers can have on Black students

Commentary

A New Strategy to Solve the Substitute Teacher Crisis

Authored byMatthew A. Kraft, Grace T. Falken, Phyllis W. Jordan

Using financial incentives to draw substitutes to underserved schools

Principal Stress During the Pandemic

83%

Principals who reported frequent job-related stress last school year (2020-21)
59%

Principals who cited supporting teachers’ mental health as a main source of stress

Source: Learn Together Surveys

Underqualified Teachers

163,650

Underqualified teachers currently employed in schools 2022
109,000

Underqualified teachers employed in 2017

Source: The Annenberg Institute at Brown University EdWorkingPapers

Staffing Shortages

53%

Public schools reporting feeling understaffed entering the school year
65%

Understaffed schools reporting special education vacancies

Source: 2022 School Pulse Panel

Staffing Challenges

74%

Public schools reporting challenges filling at least one teaching position in 2024
80%

Public schools reporting challenges filling at least one teaching position in 2022

Source: School Pulse Panel

Teacher Candidates

-42%

Change in enrollment in teacher preparation programs between 2010 and 2015
+12%

Change in enrollment in teacher preparation programs between 2019 and 2022

Source: Center for Education Evaluation and Policy Analysis

Teachers of Color

6%

All U.S. elementary and secondary school teachers that are men of color
26%

All K-12 students that are boys of color

Source: American Institute for Boys and Men

Voter Issues

80%

Voters who believe that hiring quality teachers is very important for public officials to address
27%

Voters who believe that book banning/curriculum censorship is very important to address

Source: The Hunt Institute

Teacher Vacancies

47%

Public schools that were unable to fill a teaching position for physical sciences, 2021-22 school year
26%

Public schools that were unable to fill a teaching position for physical sciences, 2011-12 school year

Source: NCES

Teacher Salaries & Rent Prices

15

Cities where a one-bedroom rental is unaffordable for a new teacher with a bachelor's degree
9

Cities where a one-bedroom rental is unaffordable for a new teacher with a master's degree

Source: NCTQ

Principal Stress During the Pandemic

83%

Principals who reported frequent job-related stress last school year (2020-21)
59%

Principals who cited supporting teachers’ mental health as a main source of stress

Source: Learn Together Surveys

Underqualified Teachers

163,650

Underqualified teachers currently employed in schools 2022
109,000

Underqualified teachers employed in 2017

Source: The Annenberg Institute at Brown University EdWorkingPapers

Staffing Shortages

53%

Public schools reporting feeling understaffed entering the school year
65%

Understaffed schools reporting special education vacancies

Source: 2022 School Pulse Panel

Staffing Challenges

74%

Public schools reporting challenges filling at least one teaching position in 2024
80%

Public schools reporting challenges filling at least one teaching position in 2022

Source: School Pulse Panel

Teacher Candidates

-42%

Change in enrollment in teacher preparation programs between 2010 and 2015
+12%

Change in enrollment in teacher preparation programs between 2019 and 2022

Source: Center for Education Evaluation and Policy Analysis

Teachers of Color

6%

All U.S. elementary and secondary school teachers that are men of color
26%

All K-12 students that are boys of color

Source: American Institute for Boys and Men

Voter Issues

80%

Voters who believe that hiring quality teachers is very important for public officials to address
27%

Voters who believe that book banning/curriculum censorship is very important to address

Source: The Hunt Institute

Teacher Vacancies

47%

Public schools that were unable to fill a teaching position for physical sciences, 2021-22 school year
26%

Public schools that were unable to fill a teaching position for physical sciences, 2011-12 school year

Source: NCES

Teacher Salaries & Rent Prices

15

Cities where a one-bedroom rental is unaffordable for a new teacher with a bachelor's degree
9

Cities where a one-bedroom rental is unaffordable for a new teacher with a master's degree

Source: NCTQ

Principal Stress During the Pandemic

83%

Principals who reported frequent job-related stress last school year (2020-21)
59%

Principals who cited supporting teachers’ mental health as a main source of stress

Source: Learn Together Surveys