Oct. 1, Stephanie Knight, dean of the Simmons School of Education and Human Development at SMU Dallas along with Amy Richardson, director of Educator Preparation and Scholarship of Teaching at SMU Simmons, for a piece advocating Texas school districts should aim to certify new teachers and thereby contribute to a long-term solution to our teacher shortage. Published in the Dallas Morning News under the heading The right partnerships for teacher certifications lead to better outcomes: https://tinyurl.com/4fvmmudj
Recently, former Mesquite ISD superintendent David Vroonland highlighted in The Dallas Morning News the importance of quality Texas teachers for our future and economy, and the critical need to get all of our classroom leaders certified. In Texas, 34% of teachers hired in 2023 were not certified.
Uncertified teachers have missed out on the rigors and additional training covered during the one- to two-year certification process. For this reason, they are at a high risk of quickly burning out and dropping out of the profession.
The Texas Education Agency data shows that “hiring noncertified individuals contributes to retention challenges with only 37% of uncertified teachers still working in public education after five years.”
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