As schools across the South grapple with teacher shortages, many are turning to candidates without teaching certificates or formal training.
" The shortages are getting worse and morale is continuing to fall for teachers," said the nonprofit's Megan Boren.
In Alabama, nearly 2,000 of the state's 47,500 teachers didn't hold a full certificate in 2020-21, the most recent year for which data is available. That's double the amount from five years earlier. Such hires only delay the inevitable as the teachers don't tend to stay as long as others, said Shannon Holston, policy chief for the nonprofit National Council on Teacher Quality.
Rural Bullock County, for example, had no certified math teachers last year in its middle school. Nearly 80% of students are Black, 20% are Hispanic, and seven in 10 of all students are in poverty. Birmingham schools spokesperson Sherrel Stewart said officials seek good candidates for emergency certifications and then give them the support needed through robust mentoring.
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