Supply and Demand of Instructional School Personnel

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1 Supply and Demand of Instructional School Personnel Presentation to the 82 nd Annual Virginia Middle and High School Principals Conference and Exposition Mrs. Patty S. Pitts Assistant Superintendent of Teacher Education and Licensure

2 Profile of Virginia Public Schools Instructional Personnel (Excluding Principals and Assistant Principals)

3 Instructional Personnel Employed in Virginia Public Schools (Excluding Principals and Assistant Principals) 110, ,000 90,000 80,000 70,000 60,000 50,000 40,000 30,000 20,000 10, , ,908 Number of Instructional Personnel (excluding principals and assistant principals)* Instructional personnel includes licensed teachers, library-media specialists, guidance counselors, etc. 3

4 Gender: Virginia Public Schools Instructional Personnel (Excluding Principals and Assistant Principals) % 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 80,765 80% 20% 20,143 Females Males 0% Gender of Teachers 4

5 Race/Ethnicity: Virginia Public Schools Instructional Personnel (Excluding Principals and Assistant Principals) and Students % 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% 57% 82.4% White 26% 13% African American 9% 1.9% 6% 1.3% 2% 1.4% Hispanic Asian Other Students Teachers 5

6 Age: Virginia Public Schools Instructional Personnel (Excluding Principals and Assistant Principals) ,000 20,000 15,000 10,000 5,000 2,951 14,598 13,202 12,831 11,542 11,507 13,320 20, or younger or older Instructional Personnel [The average years teaching experience in was 12.3 years.] 6

7 Highly Qualified Teachers States are accountable for implementing the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) law, including the goal of 100 percent highly qualified teachers in core academic subjects. The term core academic subjects as defined in No Child Left Behind (NCLB) legislation, means English, reading or language arts, mathematics, science, foreign languages, civics and government, economics, arts, history, and geography. 7

8 Highly Qualified Teachers Highly qualified, as defined by the NCLB legislation means that the teacher: Has obtained full state licensure as a teacher (including certification obtained through alternative routes to certification) or passed the state teacher licensing examination and holds a license to teach in the state; Holds a minimum of a bachelor s degree; and Has demonstrated subject matter competency in each of the academic subjects that the teacher teaches, in a manner determined by the state and in compliance with the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). 8

9 Percentage of Highly Qualified Teachers in Virginia 100% 80% 60% 40% 20% 83% 96.8% 97.9% 98.35% (Baseline) % Highly Qualified Teachers 9

10 Supply and Demand of Teachers

11 Educator Supply and Demand in the United States In 2008, the American Association for Employment in Education conducted a survey of states, and the following areas fell into the considerable shortage category: Special education (9 areas); Chemistry; Mathematics education; and Speech Pathology. 11

12 Critical Shortage Teaching Areas for Virginia Top 10 critical shortage teaching endorsement areas: Special Education; Mathematics; Science (Earth science; middle grades 6-8; biology); Reading Specialist; Foreign Language (Spanish); Career and Technical Education (family and consumer sciences; technology education); English as a Second Language prek-12; English 6-12; Library Media prek-12; and Middle Grades 6-8 (all subjects). 12

13 Number of Completers of Virginia Approved Teacher Preparation Programs 4,000 3,000 2,000 1,000 3,052 3,407 3, Virginia Program Completers Refer to the appendix for the number of program completers by institution. 13

14 Number of New Instructional Personnel (Excluding Principals and Assistant Principals) Employed by Virginia School Divisions and New instructional personnel (excluding principals and assistant principals) are defined as having 0 years teaching experience. 6,000 5,000 4,000 3,000 2,000 1,000 5,878 5, Number of New Instructional Personnel Employed with 0 Years' Experience 14

15 Teacher Turnover

16 Teacher Turnover (Nationally) At the end of the school year, 17 percent of the elementary and secondary teacher workforce (or 621,000 teachers) left the public and private schools where they had been teaching. Almost half of this teacher turnover was due to school transfers (8 percent of the teacher workforce or 289,000 teachers). The remainder (9 percent of the teacher workforce or 333,000 teachers) was due to teachers who left teaching. Source: National Center for Education Statistics (2005) 16

17 Teacher Turnover (Nationally) In public schools, the turnover rate for highpoverty schools was greater than for lowpoverty schools at the end of (21 vs. 14 percent). Much of the difference between the two turnover rates is due to the higher school transfer rate among teachers in high- versus low-poverty schools (11 vs. 6 percent). Source: National Center for Education Statistics (2005) 17

18 Virginia s Instructional Personnel (Excluding Principals and Assistant Principals) Turnover Rate 100.0% 90.0% 80.0% 70.0% 60.0% 50.0% 40.0% 30.0% 20.0% 10.0% 0.0% 9.5% 9.2% Virginia Turnover Rate The percentages reflect the number of instructional personnel (excluding principals and assistant principals) who were employed the previous year but were not reported as employed the next school year in any Virginia school division. 18

19 Profile of Virginia Public Schools Assistant Principals and Principals

20 Principals and Assistant Principals Employed in Virginia Public Schools 10,000 4,157 4, Number of Principals and Assistant Principals 20

21 Gender: Principals and Assistant Principals in Virginia Public Schools % 50.0% 40.0% 30.0% 20.0% 2, % 1, % Females Males 10.0% 0.0% Gender of Teachers 21

22 Race/Ethnicity: Virginia Public Schools Principals and Assistant Principals % 70.0% 60.0% 50.0% 40.0% 30.0% 20.0% 73.0% 24.8% 10.0% 0.0% White 1.4% 0.4% 0.4% African American Hispanic Asian Other Principals and Assistant Principals 22

23 Age: Virginia Public Schools Principals and Assistant Principals ,200 1, , or younger or older Instructional Personnel 23

24 Age: Virginia Public Schools Principals or younger or older Instructional Personnel 24

25 Principal and Assistant Principal Turnover

26 Turnover: Principals and Assistant Principals Between school year and school year , 414 principals and assistant principals (approximately 10%) left their administrative positions. Between school year and school year , 83 principals and assistant principals transferred from one division to another division (approximately 2%). 26

27 Additional Information Number of instructional personnel employed by a school division in Virginia who hold an administrative endorsement who are not assigned as an administrator: 2,488 A majority of Virginia principals and assistant principals (75%) earned their master s degrees from Virginia institutions of higher education. 27

28 For More Information Contact: Mrs. Patty S. Pitts Assistant Superintendent for Teacher Education and Licensure Virginia Department of Education P. O. Box 2120 Richmond, Virginia (804)