The Clark County School District, the largest in Nevada and the fifth largest in the U.S., began the 2023-24 school year with nearly 35,000 students without a licensed teacher.
"Although I’m a tenured educator, I’m a master’s educated teacher, I barely make enough money to float by, with all the different things that I’m paying, with all the things of my obligations. That puts a lot of stress on myself, not to mention the fact that it puts stress on my family," said Nigro. With so many vacancies, the school district relies on substitutes to fill in the gaps.
"If they don’t have a licensed teacher in front of them, sometimes when I taught third grade, I would have students coming to me reading at a kinder level because they had a long-term sub," said Clark County Education Association president Marie Neisess.Neisess said teachers are not only leaving Clark County, they are leaving the profession completely.
"Everything from safety and the behavior we’re dealing with in the classroom, but clearly their benefits and their salary that’s a huge impact," she explained. The Nevada Department of Education said it has placed teacher-in-training academies at high schools to build theThe Nevada Department of Education placed teacher-in-training academies in the state's high schools to help build the next generation of teachers.
School districts in Nevada are also placing student teachers in classrooms to help out with the shortages.
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