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Georgia subcommittee hears statewide strategies to expand educator pipeline
Summary
A joint subcommittee heard presentations from state agencies, universities and districts outlining low pay and credential gaps in early learning, multiple certification pathways, 'grow your own' programs, and a new registered teacher apprenticeship model backed by federal grants to recruit and retain teachers across urban and rural Georgia.
Lawmakers and education officials at a joint subcommittee meeting on the Georgia educator pipeline heard detailed proposals Wednesday aimed at increasing teacher recruitment and retention statewide.
The session opened with the committee chair noting the urgency of staffing classrooms and with an invocation by Senator Burns. Presentations from the Department of Early Care and Learning (DECAL), the Governor’s Office of Student Achievement (GOSA), the Professional Standards Commission (PSC), universities and local school systems outlined the scale of the problem and concrete interventions.
Why it matters: DECAL, which licenses child-care and Pre-K programs, estimated that Georgia's early care and education workforce totals about 70,000 people and that…
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