Job prospects good
for school teachers
By Scott McFetridge
Of the Emerald
After a decade of job scarcity,
graduates of the University’s
education college can look for
ward to excellent job prospects
because teaching positions are
expected to open up throughout
the state.
In the next five years, Lane
County schools will be faced
with a major teacher shortage
caused by the retirement of
teachers hired during the post
World War II “baby boom,”
says Diane Dunlap, assistant
dean of the University’s College
of Education. One out of four
teaching positions and about
one out of three administrative
positions will be open during
this five year period, she says.
Because school districts will
be forced to hire large numbers
of new teachers, college ad
ministrators hope their school’s
enrollment will increase
dramatically to meet the de
mand, Dunlap says. When job
prospects dropped in the 1970s,
the University reduced the
number of faculty members in
the education college and advis
ed students to be cautious in
entering the teaching field, she
says.
"We’ve gone through a
period where there have been
more certified teachers than
openings,” Dunlap says. "As
people left the district, they just
eliminated the positions.”
Although enrollment in the
college is expected to swell, the
current faculty members should
be able to handle the increase,
she says. Current class sizes are
small, and student enrollment
can expand up to 25 percent
without hiring additional facul
ty, she says.
“Our concern both for the
University and the teacher
education program is that we’re
not currently training enough
teachers,” Dunlap says.
The effects of the large
number of new teachers will be
mixed, Dunlap says. The school
districts will save money by hir
ing new teachers because retir
ing teachers are at the top of the
wage and benefit scale. But a
large number of inexperienced
teachers could cause a tem
porary drop in teacher quality,
she says.
“It’s going to be hard for
school districts to lose that
much expertise in a short period
of time,” Dunlap says.
Job openings are expected
throughout the teaching field,
especially in the areas of math,
science, special education, and
foreign languages, she says. In
five years, most qualified
teachers will be able to work in
the district of their preference,
she says.
Clinic offering credit
to student volunteers
By Cynthia Whitfield ■
CM Ibe Emerald
University students who sign
up for the White Bird Clinic’s
quarterly volunteer training ses
sions will be eligible to receive
college credit this term.
Sessions begin Thursday at 7
p.m.
The first sessions, at the
24-hour crisis intervention,
referral and counseling center,
train students to take phone
calls and provide prospective
clients with mental health infor
mation and referral sources.
The class lasts about five
weeks and is offered through
the psychology counseling pro
gram and the ESCAPE program,
says Stephen Carpenter, White
Bird crisis supervisor.
“Anyone interested in learn
ing about community service
and wanting to donate time and
energy to the community will
gain a lot from this ex
perience,” Carpenter says.
“People who've been in this
program have found it allowed
them to deal with other people
and themselves better. It can be
a real valuable experience.”
The initial session trains
students for “essentially a
receptionist job,” Carpenter
says. “It gives beginning
volunteers a general feeling
about how the clinic runs.”
The class requires a commit
ment of about five to 10 hours a
week, including one hour of
weekly “desk duty,” says
Carpenter.
“We have 19 different desk
shifts, so hours are quite flexi
ble," he adds.
Additional training is also
available through White Bird s
crisis trainee program and gives
students hands-on experience
in providing direct crisis in
tervention counseling.
“Our six-month class is part
of the training that leads to
becoming a counselor,”
Carpenter says. “After one or
two years, depending on the
person and whether or not
they’ve had any previous ex
perience, a trainee could
become a regular paid
counselor at the clinic,” he
says.
Interested students should
call the clinic and ask to be put
on the new volunteer list, he
says.
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