Every Student Deserves/Needs Qualified Teachers

• Quality classroom teaching is a key factor in determining the academic success of all students

• Persistent shortages (e.g., special education, bilingual, math, career and technical, languages other than English, library and school media, ESOL) exist

• Highest teacher turnover in high-poverty, high-need schools

• Over 14,400 NYS teachers without appropriate certification - mostly in urban, high-need schools

• Not enough new teachers to fill vacancies in all subjects

 

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NYS: Percent of Classes in Core Academic Subjects Not Taught by Highly Qualified Teachers

Multiply Values by 100 to Obtain Percentage Values

	All schools	High poverty elementary schools	Low poverty elementary schools	High poverty middle and secondary schools	Low poverty middle and secondary schools
2004-05	7.9	18.3	1.9	19.7	2.8
2005-06	5.5	8.1	0.9	17.4	2.2
2006-07	5	5.1	0.9	16.1	2.9

Request: $6.84 million in Year 1

$25.0 million over 3 Years

To fund 8 pilot projects to prepare 1,000 new teachers in shortage subjects for high need schools within 3 years:

• 1,000 new teachers in classrooms of high need schools within 3 years

• Expanded proven alternative preparation programs

• Attractive route for career-changers and other non-traditional teacher candidates

• Improved teacher retention through strong induction support, mentoring, and ongoing development