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PELSB data shows modest diversity gains, high early‑career attrition; literacy pilots reported
Summary
PELSB staff presented a supply-and-demand report showing teacher‑prep completers are more diverse but the workforce still lags student diversity; nearly a third of new teachers leave within five years. Chair Payne also updated the board on Path Forward literacy pilots and rubric work.
Data staff presented PELSB’s supply‑and‑demand report and retention dashboards at the Dec. 12 board meeting, noting a mix of encouraging and concerning findings.
Presenters said candidates completing teacher‑preparation in Minnesota are more diverse than the existing teacher workforce (about 15.8% candidates of color and American Indian), but the overall educator workforce still does not proportionally reflect student demographics. The report found nearly one‑third of newly hired teachers leave the profession within the first five years. Charter schools, the presenters noted, were likelier than districts to fill positions with Tier 1 or Tier 2 licensees. Data staff displayed retention dashboards showing that roughly 77% of educators reported with an assignment in 2021 were also reported in 2024–25 and that about half of Tier 1/Tier 2 teachers advanced to Tier 3 or Tier 4 over time.
Board members asked staff whether information about high concentrations of Tier 1 teachers is visible to parents and how non‑classroom Tier 3/4 license holders are distributed across administration, teacher preparation or other roles. Staff committed to pulling additional assignment‑level breakdowns and to working with the Minnesota Department of Education and charter authorizers on public reporting.
Separately, Chair Lucy Payne updated the board on PELSB’s work with the Path Forward literacy initiative and pilot literacy labs designed to connect teacher preparation with classroom tutoring practice; pilots have shown measurable student growth in partner sites, Payne said.
