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DOE presents teacher pipelines and retention work; JFC members press on staffing and working conditions
Summary
Department officials described multiple strategies to recruit and retain educators — Teacher Academy, Grow Your Own, teacher residencies, expanded licensing pathways and induction programs — and answered committee questions about vacancies, local staffing pressures and conditions that cause teachers to leave the profession.
Department leaders briefed the Joint Finance Committee on statewide efforts to reduce teacher shortages and support retention, including career‑pathway programs for high‑school students, paraprofessionals and college students; multi‑year induction programs; and alternative licensure routes.
Rick Konish, associate secretary for workforce support, said Delaware has expanded pipelines from high school through college and into teaching. He described Teacher Academy, which enrolls high‑school students in education programming and is…
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