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MEMORANDUM

TO: Jon Sheehan


FROM: Sara Miller
CC:
RE: Teacher shortage initiatives across the US
DATE: January 20, 2020
The purpose of this memo is to highlight initiatives that states across the US are considering and
implementing to address teacher shortages. Details are included for the following states: California, South
Carolina, Alabama, Indiana, Mississippi, Washington, Illinois, Colorado, Louisiana and Oklahoma.
California has a proposed state budget of $900 million to recruit and retain teachers with a focus on math,
sciences and students with disabilities. One proposal would provide $100 million to fund a $20,000 bonus
for teachers who work four years in a high-need subject at a high-need school. There are also plans to put
$400 million towards teacher training programs, including those aimed at bringing in more minority
teachers.
South Carolina offers recruitment fairs across the state, forms of student loan forgiveness and allows for
contracts to be signed on the spot. University of South Carolina also received a $5 million Teacher
Quality Partnership Grant from the U.S. Department of Education to implement the initiative, Transition
to Teaching, in order to help recruit and retain educators in the state’s rural communities. Transition to
Teaching fellows will be placed in classrooms in partner districts where they will work and learn full time
alongside veteran educators and university faculty while earning a yearly stipend.
Alabama has a program called “Troops for Teachers” that helps veterans find work as educators in
Alabama schools. Also Alabama has pay level increases with higher levels of education as well as with
every three years of experience, helping with teacher retention rates. Some federal student loan
forgiveness is offered to teachers willing to work in high-need schools.
Indiana’s Governor recommended $250 million be transferred from Indiana’s surplus into teacher
retirement funds, making an additional $50 million per year available for teacher pay. Additionally, 268
school corporations provided a base salary increase to teachers; 82 percent of teachers receiving an
average raise of $1,299 and 160 districts providing one-time stipends to 62.5 percent of their teachers
averaging nearly $900.
Mississippi’s State Education Department secured a $4.1 million grant from the Kellogg Foundation to
pilot a program where teachers can become certified based on their performance in the classroom rather
than their Praxis score.
Washington has a Professional Educator Standards Board that is responsible for creating new alternative
routes for people looking to become a full-time teacher.
Illinois has “The Golden Apple Accelerators Program” that works to expedite the preparation of highly
qualified teachers in areas of the state most in need. The program identifies and recruits high-achieving
university seniors into an accelerated teacher licensure program.
Denver, Colorado, following a teacher strike, had an average 15.7% pay raise that increased teacher
retention.
In New Orleans, Louisiana Superintendent Henderson Lewis Jr.'s plans spending about $7 million over
three years on teacher recruitment and retention. The money is broken down as follows:

 $3.72 million a year used to recruit and train about 220 new teachers a year in 2021 and 2022
 $2.45 million over three years on various stipends for undergraduate student teacher residents and
for current teachers who are willing to get certificates in areas that need extra training
o 320 stipends worth $3,000 to seasoned educators willing to be mentors to first-year
teachers
o 160 stipends of $4,000 each to help fund teachers' certification
o $3,000 stipends for up to 85 full-time student teachers who come from other university
education programs that are not part of the federal grant
o $675,000 in grants for other programs, an example being teaching programs introduced in
high school
In Oklahoma, Senate Bill 1127: Teacher Retention Act of 2020 was filed where nationally board-certified
teachers who teach full-time in public school, are in districts that have a rating of ‘superior,’ are appointed
as mentor teachers and have a raise recommendation from a superintendent or principle will receive
annual bonuses of $1,500.
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