Oh yeah, one more thing! They said there was no data about a
teacher shortage. How about data about a surplus? That data
would be pretty easy to compile. The State issues teaching
certificates, and could easily compile how many are certified
based on subject. It would also be relatively easy to estimate
how many teachers are working in MI, by subject, region, grade
level, etc. This is public info in Public districts and Charters,
and could easily be estimated for private schools. You could then
actually see how many teachers are newly certified in MI each
year, and estimate approximately how many will be needed each
year. This is something a Dept. of Ed employee could compile in a
couple days. Then, they would have the data and not be guessing
at this "shortage!" This makes me mad, and I have a job, but its
still ridiculous!

On 6/20/09, mark wrote:
> Huh? I would be less outraged at a story about Nazi unicorns
> flying in from China. Teacher shortage? In Michigan? Wha...?
>
> OK, a lot of people don't know how bad it is, but I thought
> this teacher "shortage" crap was put to bed a long time ago.
> Its one thing to have a misinformed editorial piece, but this
> is garbage coming from the Dept. of Ed about speeding up
> programs.
>
> Math and Special Education are the traditional "shortage" areas
> and my experience on the special ed side is that there are many
> dozens of applications for each job. Maybe a hundred. That's
> a lot better than the thousands for most other teaching jobs,
> but certainly no shortage!
>
> On 6/15/09, SpecEd Teacher wrote:
>>
>
http://www.freep.com/article/20090615/NEWS05/906150358/To+fight+shortage++state+plan+aims+to+churn+out+teachers
>>
>>
>> Oy.

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