{"id":66830,"date":"2021-12-01T15:24:50","date_gmt":"2021-12-01T20:24:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michiganvirtual.site.strattic.io\/?p=66830"},"modified":"2022-12-12T14:30:04","modified_gmt":"2022-12-12T19:30:04","slug":"teacher-recruitment-retention-in-michigan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michiganvirtual.org\/blog\/teacher-recruitment-retention-in-michigan\/","title":{"rendered":"Teacher recruitment and retention in Michigan – Challenges and potential solutions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The first blog<\/a> of this series<\/a> revealed that there has been a growing crisis in teacher recruitment and retention over the last decade across the country. This blog post focuses on the challenges and potential solutions for teacher recruitment and retention in Michigan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Challenges of Teacher Recruitment and Retention in Michigan<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

According to the 2021 Launch Michigan educator survey<\/a>, two out of three Michigan educators would not recommend education as a career field. In a recent MVLRI study on Michigan teachers and administrators\u2019 social and emotional needs<\/a>, nearly two-thirds of teachers surveyed considered leaving their jobs during the 2020\u201321 academic year. Such findings do not signal an enthusiastic and optimistic outlook among teachers about their jobs and the future of education in Michigan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So what is the state of teacher recruitment and retention in Michigan? What is keeping teachers from staying in their jobs? What is keeping people from becoming teachers? And what can be done to address these concerns?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the last eight years, a striking trend has emerged in Michigan: the number of enrollments in and completions of teacher preparation programs have been on the decline. Figure 1 reveals that the number of enrollees declined by over 50% between 2013\u201314 and 2016\u201317. In more promising news, the number of enrollees increased roughly 25% between 2017\u201318 and 2019\u201320, but this number is still below the high in 2013\u201314. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Additionally, the number of completers of teacher preparation programs has declined by about 50% between 2013\u201314 and 2019\u201320. These data do not reflect how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted teacher preparation programs. Evidence suggests<\/a> that young people are not considering careers in education because of the stresses presented to overworked and underpaid teachers throughout the pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Figure 1<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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