I was not able to blog for a while – but my news feed certainly showed that the Teachers Wanted signs are up everywhere in the U.S.<\/p>\n
Best headline of the week!\u00a0 \u201cFresno Unified recruits educators from Starbucks to Mexico<\/a>\u201d and they still are 50 short. \u201cWe\u2019ve recruited from the dog park, from The Cheesecake Factory and Starbucks. Wherever we go, we recruit constantly,\u201d said Cyndy Quintana, human relations administrator for the district. \u201cThere is a teacher shortage, but Fresno Unified is alive and well and being creative. Everyday is an interview.\u201d<\/p>\n Kansas<\/a> create a committee under the notion that the shortage can be solved by keeping teachers in \u2013 will see if that helps. \u00a0Garden City Kansas<\/a> still experiencing teacher shortage\u00a0 – people quit right before the start of the school year even though there is a $400 fine.<\/p>\n New York<\/a> really feeling the teacher shortage due to a significant drop in education majors<\/p>\n Pennsylvania was a supply state \u2013 no more: \u201c\u201cWe learned recently at the Pennsylvania Leadership Summit, as well as through Kelly Services (a regional staffing agency), the nation is at risk\u2026 of a teacher shortage,\u201d Jez said to the directors and audience. \u201cPennsylvania, in 2010, was graduating between 15,000 and 16,000 teachers, annually\u2026 This past spring [semester], less than 5,000 teaching certificates were issued, statewide. That\u2019s 10,000 less than six years ago\u201d<\/p>\n Florida Panhandle<\/a> experiencing a shortage \u2013 teacher recruitment getting aggressive<\/p>\n Washington Tri-Cities<\/a> area still has 50 teacher openings<\/p>\n Illinois class sizes<\/a> climb higher due to teacher shortages \u2013 some as high as 35 students<\/p>\n Minnesota teacher shortage<\/a> \u2013 new teacher licenses down 7%<\/p>\n Elko School District in Nevada<\/a> still has 105 openings.<\/p>\n Small parish in Louisiana<\/a> still experiencing critical teacher shortages and the teachers wanted signs are out!<\/p>\n Charles County Maryland<\/a> still needs 90 teachers with school starting<\/p>\n Oklahoma cut teaching positions<\/a> and thought it would be immune to teacher shortages \u2013 not true as many positions are still unfilled as the \u201capplicant pool is shrinking\u201d.<\/p>\n