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Board members urge focus on teacher recruitment after Educators Rising conference
Summary
Board members who attended Educators Rising urged the board to support recruiting and retaining teacher candidates and to coordinate with higher education and workforce development programs; staff noted pending legislation could affect licensure grade-band plans.
Board members who volunteered at the Educators Rising conference reported the event’s turnout and urged the board to support recruitment and retention of future teachers.
Member comments: A member recognized colleagues who attended the Educators Rising conference and described 1,200 students attending statewide, calling the students "amazing" and urging the board to find ways to recruit and retain them in teaching. Vice President Feder endorsed increasing board involvement and suggested placing the matter on the superintendent’s agenda for workforce development.
Staff response and legislation caveat: Board staff said they could pull recent data on case backlogs and other measures and cautioned that pending legislation to revert grade bands (from proposed P–8 back to prior bands) might affect curriculum and licensure planning. Member Lloyd specifically asked for coordination with higher education to follow preservice students and for updates on implementation of the new licensure grade bands.
Next steps: Board leadership said the item could be added to the superintendents list for lobbying and that staff would pull data for the next month's report.
