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5 days ago
- Business
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Pennsylvania struggling to fill classrooms with teachers, organizations look to assist
CENTRE COUNTY, Pa. (WTAJ) — Filling classrooms with teachers in Pennsylvania is becoming more difficult every year, and many organizations are stepping up to try and fill vacancies. One organization is the Pennsylvania State Education Association (PSEA). The PSEA represents 178,000 education professionals in Pennsylvania. Assistant Director of Communications Chris Lilienthal said the amount of decline in new teachers is a crisis. 'Since 2012-13, Pennsylvania has seen a 65% decline in the number of new teacher certificates issued in the state,' Lilienthal said. With so many open positions and the low number of individuals attempting to get certificates, the Commonwealth has issued emergency permits so that classrooms are filled. Emergency permit numbers surged to fill classroom vacancies, rising by 660 to reach 8,747 last school year. The permits are filled by college-educated workers who don't have an education degree or are certified in a different subject area than what they were hired to teach. An independent analysis of state data performed by Ed Fuller, director of the Center for Evaluation and Education Policy Analysis in the Educational Leadership Program at Penn State University, showed 8,885 teachers leaving the profession in 2024-25, up by 559 compared to the year before. The PSEA introduced Educators Rising, a program that offers classroom-ready curriculum, training, and support to high school students looking to become educators. 'We're bringing a curriculum into dozens of high schools across the state, introducing kids while they're still in high school to what a career in public education would look like,' Lilienthal said. At the college level, a student teaching stipend gives student teachers $10,000. Part of the program keeps the teacher in Pennsylvania for at least three years. 'As we continue with that program, we're going to see more and more people coming into our teacher pipeline who are going to stay in Pennsylvania,' Lilienthal said. We're also told that the PSEA is attempting to push for legislation that would change the base salary for teachers in the Commonwealth. The last time the base salary was changed was over 30 years ago, and it was set at $18,500. The proposed change would be a minimum of $60,000. 'This is something where we really need to make sure that we're paying our teachers competitively so that we can recruit and retain the best and brightest into our classrooms,' Lilienthal said. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
07-05-2025
- General
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CT DOE hosts Educators Rising Signing Day
NORTH HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — The Connecticut Department of Education hosted its first ever Educators Rising Signing Day at Quinnipiac University's North Campus. It recognizes and celebrates high school seniors across the state who are committing to pursue careers in education. 17 students, staff displaced following fire at Cheshire Academy The ceremony wanted to mimic similar events held for student athletes committing to college programs. Twenty high school seniors from seven school districts were honored. Watch the video in the player above. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to
Yahoo
07-03-2025
- Politics
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Future Educator Resource Fair at Illinois State University gives hope to future teachers
NORMAL, Ill. (WMBD) — With CBS reporting that President Trump is expected to sign an executive order to begin to dismantle the Department of Education, what do future educators think? At the Educators Rising conference in the Bone Student Center at Illinois State University, more than 500 eager-to-learn high school students were in attendance, going booth to booth and gaining knowledge about different programs and colleges geared to set them up for success. With the Department of Education expected to be dissolved, Dr. Lindsey Jensen, state coordinator for Educators Rising, explained what the impact of losing the federal dollars would be in central Illinois. 'The reality is, if we don't have federal funding coming into those schools, our rural schools, our special ed communities, they're going to feel the impact of that,' Jensen said. 'But regardless of all of that, we still have young people who are very eager and excited to enter the profession and serve their communities.' Students made their voices about education known as well, saying how important it is to them. 'We're constantly needing people to guide the next generation and making sure that these students, future students, are making right decisions,' said Adrianna Christofalos, public relations secretary for Educators Rising, who is also a high school student and future educator. Christofalos continued by saying, 'It's so important to me that I'm able to have an impact on that and just be able to be an educator and be that light for the students with the future.' Events at the conference included EdRising IL competitions, which incorporated a job interview contest, a keynote speaker, Dr. Rachael Mahmood who won Illinois Teacher of the Year in 2024, along with other breakout sessions and awards. The conference ended at 3:30 p.m. with an optional admissions tour following the conclusion. In a study done by Illinois Report Card for the 2023-2024 year, 137,212 residents in central Illinois were teachers. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
13-02-2025
- Politics
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Meet the candidates for the next Clark County School District superintendent
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The Clark County School District has listed the six candidates in the running to be the next superintendent. The CCSD superintendent search process was postponed last year due to 'instability on the school board.' CCSD has not had a superintendent since February 2024 when Dr. Jesus Jara was forced out. When the school board voted to hire him in 2018, the vote among trustees was 4-3. Ideally, new hires want a unanimous vote from the board. The board is set to come together to discuss the candidates on Feb. 18. According to Hazard, Young, Attea & Associates, the consulting firm for the search, 46 candidates submitted an application for the superintendent position. Here are the six candidates: Ebert is the Nevada Superintendent of Public Instruction and was reappointed by Governor Lombardo in January 2023. Prior to holding that position. she was the senior deputy commissioner for education policy in New York State. She was also chief innovation and productivity officer in Clark County from 2013-2015. Martinez is the current CEO of Chicago Public School (CPS). Before that, he served as the superintendent of the San Antonio Independent School District where he received statewide recognition for being the fastest-improving large district in Texas. Martinez also held the position of superintendent in residence for the Nevada Department of Education and superintendent for Washoe County Public Schools. He was also the deputy superintendent of both CCSD and Washoe County and the CRO of Chicago Public Schools. Glass currently serves as the associate vice president of teaching and learning at Western Michigan University. Prior to that Glass was the commissioner for the Kentucky Department of Education where he helped to navigate the state through COVID and reopening. Glass also previously served as the superintendent of Jeffco Public School in Colorado and before that in Eagle County Schools in Colorado. He also worked as director for the Department of Education in Iowa. Starr is the managing partner for Center for Model Schools. Prior to holding that position, he was the CEO of PDK International in Arlington, VA where he launched the Educators Rising program to inspire high school students to pursue teaching. He was also previously the superintendent of schools in Montgomery County, Maryland and before that, he was the superintendent of schools in Stamford, Connecticut. Anzalone currently serves as the Camas School District superintendent in Washington. He has previous experience in Clark County as the assistant superintendent and as principal at Sierra Vista High School, Eldorado High School and Global Community High School. Currently serving as the Lansing School District in Michigan, Shuldiner previously was a dean's fellow and distinguished lecturer in New York, NY at Hunter College. While at Hunter College, he was a board member for the largest school district in the US, New York City. His previous experience also includes history department chair, teacher, and then Principal in Brooklyn, NY for 10 years. He was also the longest-serving president of the Association for Curriculum Development. The first round of interviews will take place on Feb. 24 and Feb. 25 where each candidate will give a presentation for the board that is a SWOT analysis of CCSD, highlighting how they are a match with the leadership profile. The board will then narrow down to the top three candidates who will go through a second round of interviews on March 10 and March 11 where they will participate in a community forum and then have a special meeting of the trustees. On March 13 the board will meet to discuss the candidates and make their selection. CCSD Interim Superintendent Dr. Brenda Larsen-Mitchell shared during the State of the Schools address that she didn't apply for the job stating, 'I grew up here. I love this district and I'm looking forward to the district seeing a fresh start, and I have full confidence and faith in the board of trustees.' Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
