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Georgia panel outlines multi‑agency plan to fix teacher pipeline, flags 5,300 vacancies
Summary
A PSC‑led roundtable convened under Senate Resolution 237 proposed pathways, recruitment and retention measures — from apprenticeships and marketing to substitute pay and salary‑schedule reviews — after state data showed about 5,300 vacancies and roughly 6,700 under‑certified positions in December.
Dr. Jody Barrow, representing the Professional Standards Commission, told a joint meeting of the state House and Senate education committees that the state faces a teacher pipeline ‘‘tipping point’’ after a December snapshot showed roughly 5,300 classroom vacancies and about 6,700 positions filled by educators who were not fully certified. ‘‘Folks in Georgia, we can do better than that,’’ Barrow said during a presentation of a draft strategic plan developed under Senate Resolution 237.
The roundtable Barrow described collected input from more than a dozen agencies and associations, including the Department of Education, DECAL, the Teacher Retirement System, the University System of Georgia, the Technical College System of Georgia and the Georgia Student Finance Commission. The group produced a draft executive summary of recommendations to be delivered in…
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