{"id":65343,"date":"2018-09-20T12:45:11","date_gmt":"2018-09-20T19:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michigan.teachersoftomorrow.com\/?p=65343"},"modified":"2019-07-16T14:25:13","modified_gmt":"2019-07-16T21:25:13","slug":"michigan-teacher-shortages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teachersoftomorrow.org\/michigan\/teacher-resources\/teaching-in-michigan-blog\/michigan-teacher-shortages\/","title":{"rendered":"Michigan Teacher Shortages"},"content":{"rendered":"
When Michigan Teachers of Tomorrow first applied to Michigan, we knew there were some teacher shortages \u2013 but even we were shocked by how bad it is getting in Michigan.<\/p>\n
Part of the problem is that students are not going into educator preparation programs in Michigan colleges and universities. The graph below is from the Federal Title II Database and shows a 66% drop in ed school enrollment in the last 7 years! That is a HUGE drop.<\/p>\n
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Teacher shortages have hit the Michigan cities for a while \u2013 but now it is truly statewide. According to a Detroit News article on September 10, 2018, Michigan School Districts are reporting widespread teacher shortages<\/a>.<\/p>\n In the U.P. (upper peninsula if you are not from Michigan), 29 of 36 school districts have open positions after school opened.\u00a0 Other districts like Flint, Romulus, Waterford, Farmington, Pontiac and Benton harbor all have vacancies at the start of school ranging from 15 to 45 open positions.<\/p>\n Detroit started school at least 200 teachers short<\/a>.<\/p>\n