GEORGIA SUPPLY

1
Teacher Supply and Demand in Georgia for 1996-1997
2

• The following information is contained in the
  attached 1996 supply and 1997 demand data.
• There were 5155 Student Teachers in all college
  programs, public and private.
• Of these, 4524 received Georgia certification
  and are included in the following slides.
• Over half (2801) of those student teachers who
  received certification were employed in the FY97
  Georgia work force.

3
COMPARING 1996 SUPPLY 1997 DEMAND
4

• According to the next slide, titled ESTIMATING
  TEACHER DEMAND
• 44 were teachers returning to work following a
  break in their careers
• 27 were graduates from Georgia teacher
  preparation institutions
• 15 were teachers from other states who move to
  Georgia
• 8 were graduates from previous years who for
  unknown reasons did not teach immediately upon
  obtaining their certification.
• 6 are teachers hired by school systems teaching
  on provisional certificates (bachelors degree in
  subject area, minimum 2.5 GPA, passed Praxis II
  exam in field, but no education preparation.)

5
ESTIMATING TEACHER DEMAND
6
Interestingly, these data show that 54 of the
student teachers in Georgia institutions in 1996
were hired for teaching jobs in Georgia in 1997.
Accordingly, it seems that Georgia has an over
supply of teachers. The next slide examines
information about supply and demand in the six
most prevalent teaching fields. For example, in
Early Childhood Education, Georgia graduated 1927
student teachers in FY96 but hired only 986 in
FY97, or about 51. The highest hiring rate
among all preparation fields was in mental
retardation 282 student teachers, 187 new hires
for a rate of 66.
7
GEORGIA SUPPLY DEMAND
The Six Most Prevalent Teaching Fields
8
However the perceived oversupply is field
specific and some fields have shortages in
supply. The following slide examines teaching
fields in Georgia where hiring is traditionally
difficult. For example, 133 science teachers
were trained in FY96 whereas 387 were hired in
FY97. In other words, only about 34 of the
science teacher demand was supplied by Georgia
teacher preparation institutions.
9
GEORGIA SUPPLY DEMAND
Selected Teaching Fields
10
The next and final slide looks at the trend in
the supply of teachers in four fields. In early
childhood education, there has been an almost
constant rise in numbers with a slight decline
the last two years. In behavior disorders there
has been no change in the small numbers prepared.
Additionally, the production of mathematics
teachers has been nearly constant. Middle grades
numbers increased after two consecutive years of
decline. In conclusion, it seems that from these
data, that Georgia has enough teachers in the
overall pool, but they are not distributed well
across fields. This imbalance leaves shortages in
critical areas and oversupplies in prevalent
fields.
11
STUDENT TEACHERS 1986-97
Selected Teaching Fields