the state of the teacher

THE STATE OF THE TEACHER

13.5 Million Strong

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and growing!

PES

New jobs are opening

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Many will retire

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and many will leave.

TFS

PROVIDE MORE EFFECTIVE TEACHERS IN SCHOOLS?

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Preschool and Kindergarten

Teachers

Elementary and Middle School

Teachers

Secondary School Teachers

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%

100% 97%

82%

57%

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o Teachers in the U.S. teach more hours per year (1080) than any other OECD nation, and far more than the OECD average of 803 / 664 hours (OECD, 2007).

MetLife 2009

MetLife 2008

Sources• Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Career

Guide to Industries, 2010-11 Edition, Educational Services• Projections of Education Statistics Teacher• Attrition and Mobility: Results from the 2008-09 Teacher

Follow-up Survey• The MetLife Survey of the American Teacher:

2008, 2009• National Center for Alternative Certification

o Educational Opportunity and Alternative Certification: New Evidence and New Questions

mailto:http://www.bls.gov/oco/cg/cgs034.htm

http://nces.ed.gov/programs/projections/projections2019/index.asp

http://nces.ed.gov/programs/projections/projections2019/index.asp

http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2010353



mailto:http://www.metlife.com/about/corporate-profile/citizenship/metlife-foundation/metlife-survey-of-the-american-teacher.html?WT.mc_id=vu1101



http://www.teach-now.org/intro.cfm

http://edpolicy.stanford.edu/pages/pubs/pub_docs/alternative%20certification%20brief.pdf




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