The Iowa Department of Education and Iowa Workforce Development Agency allocated $9 million for the program, which also helps paraeducators become certified teachers.
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Join us to learn how innovative leaders are changing their approach to pipeline development and teacher advancement with on-the-job teacher apprenticeship and degree-based initiatives that have greater potential to train, retain and diversify the teacher workforce.
"Grow-your-own" is the most popular teacher recruitment strategy in the nation's largest school systems, with many leaders implementing team teaching and expanded PD.
Job search giants ZipRecruiter and Indeed are creating K-12 job portals, offering free listings and hosting virtual job fairs as other organizations work to bolster apprenticeships.
The Biden Administration—calling teacher shortages one of education's most "critical challenges"—is urging district leaders, higher education and states to collaborate to move more student-teachers into classrooms to speed K-12's recovery from the pandemic.
The sudden challenges and pre-pandemic problems causing today's teacher shortages will require both immediate actions and long-term solutions from K-12 leaders.
High school is too late to start comprehensive career exploration, given the ever-evolving needs of the workforce. That's why middle schools are now focusing on project-based learning, maker spaces and new electives.
