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
Profile of Virginia Public Schools Instructional Personnel (Excluding Principals and Assistant Principals)
Instructional Personnel Employed in Virginia Public Schools (Excluding Principals and Assistant Principals) 110,000 100,000 90,000 80,000 70,000 60,000 50,000 40,000 30,000 20,000 10,000 0 100,438 100,908 Number of Instructional Personnel (excluding principals and assistant principals)* 2007-2008 2008-2009 Instructional personnel includes licensed teachers, library-media specialists, guidance counselors, etc. 3
Gender: Virginia Public Schools Instructional Personnel (Excluding Principals and Assistant Principals) 2008-09 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 80,765 80% 20% 20,143 Females Males 0% Gender of Teachers 4
Race/Ethnicity: Virginia Public Schools Instructional Personnel (Excluding Principals and Assistant Principals) and Students 2008-2009 90% 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
Age: Virginia Public Schools Instructional Personnel (Excluding Principals and Assistant Principals) 2008-2009 25,000 20,000 15,000 10,000 5,000 2,951 14,598 13,202 12,831 11,542 11,507 13,320 20,957 0 24 or younger 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55 or older Instructional Personnel [The average years teaching experience in 2008-09 was 12.3 years.] 6
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
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
Percentage of Highly Qualified Teachers in Virginia 100% 80% 60% 40% 20% 83% 96.8% 97.9% 98.35% 2002-03 (Baseline) 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 0% Highly Qualified Teachers 9
Supply and Demand of Teachers
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
Critical Shortage Teaching Areas for Virginia 2008-2009 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
Number of Completers of Virginia Approved Teacher Preparation Programs 4,000 3,000 2,000 1,000 3,052 3,407 3,240 2004-2005 2005-2006 2006-2007 0 Virginia Program Completers Refer to the appendix for the number of program completers by institution. 13
Number of New Instructional Personnel (Excluding Principals and Assistant Principals) Employed by Virginia School Divisions 2007-08 and 2008-09 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 5,145 2007-2008 2008-2009 0 Number of New Instructional Personnel Employed with 0 Years' Experience 14
Teacher Turnover
Teacher Turnover (Nationally) At the end of the 2003-04 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
Teacher Turnover (Nationally) In public schools, the turnover rate for highpoverty schools was greater than for lowpoverty schools at the end of 2003-04 (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
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 2007-2008 2008-2009 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
Profile of Virginia Public Schools Assistant Principals and Principals
Principals and Assistant Principals Employed in Virginia Public Schools 10,000 4,157 4,187 2006-2007 2007-2008 0 Number of Principals and Assistant Principals 20
Gender: Principals and Assistant Principals in Virginia Public Schools 2007-08 60.0% 50.0% 40.0% 30.0% 20.0% 2,486 59.4% 1,701 40.6% Females Males 10.0% 0.0% Gender of Teachers 21
Race/Ethnicity: Virginia Public Schools Principals and Assistant Principals 2007-2008 80.0% 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
Age: Virginia Public Schools Principals and Assistant Principals 2007-2008 1,200 1,000 800 600 400 200 371 714 614 586 780 1,122 0 34 or younger 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55 or older Instructional Personnel 23
Age: Virginia Public Schools Principals 2007-2008 700 600 500 400 300 200 100 82 227 257 274 404 656 0 34 or younger 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55 or older Instructional Personnel 24
Principal and Assistant Principal Turnover
Turnover: Principals and Assistant Principals Between school year 2006-07 and school year 2007-08, 414 principals and assistant principals (approximately 10%) left their administrative positions. Between school year 2006-07 and school year 2007-08, 83 principals and assistant principals transferred from one division to another division (approximately 2%). 26
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
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 23218-2120 (804) 371-25222 28