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Principal’s Study 2000: Teacher Preparation and Shortage
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prepared
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Ratings of new teachers hired during the past two years
Source: Oregon Quality Assurance in Teaching Program
Education majors: Apply now
■ Recently, Oregon K-12
schools have been in great
demand for teachers
By Mandy Toomey
Oregon Daily Emerald
A new survey indicates the edu
cation job market in Oregon is
open, which means good news for
University education majors.
Nearly half of Oregon’s K-12
principals report that finding teach
ers has grown increasingly difficult,
according to a recent survey con
ducted by the Oregon Quality As
surance in Teaching Program.
The survey, taken of 661 K-12
schools in Oregon, shows princi
pals are scrambling for special edu
cation and language teachers in
Salem, the northern coast and East
ern Oregon.
While the news poses some
problems for Oregon school dis
tricts, the findings are advanta
geous for University education stu
dents, said Dianne Ferguson,
coordinator of academic support
services and an education profes
sor.
“In times of shortage, students
have more choices,” Ferguson said,
especially in areas such as salary
and location.
The University’s education de
partment is taking steps to respond
to the needs of K-12 schools, Fergu
son said. For example, the depart
ment has increased admission to its
secondary education program to
about 100 education majors and
has made an effort to recruit non
traditional students, such as those
returning to school or interested in
switching careers.
According to the survey, certain
areas are having more difficulties
hiring than other parts of the state.
Ferguson said that most educa
tion students prefer to teach near
where they were trained. Since
most teacher preparation programs
are located in Portland and the
mid-Willamette Valley, that’s were
a large number of students look for
positions.
There are also a number of other
factors contributing to the shortage,
including a higher teacher retire
ment rate and stricter licensing
standards.
“In the past two years, there has
been a favorable atmosphere for
employees to retire,” said Paul
Driskill, principal of Candalaria El
ementary School in Salem. He said
the district has done a lot of hiring
to make up for this loss.
Another reason is the state’s re
cent emphasis on certain subject ar
eas, such as foreign language and
math, and a shortage of special edu
cation teachers, Driskill said.
The shortage has raised the issue
of school reform and the quality of
the teachers available, said Holly
Zanville, associate vice chancellor
of Oregon University System and
director of the Oregon Quality As
surance in Teaching Program.
“There is more pressure on
schools to have good teachers,
said Zanville.
She said it is not enough for an
education major to go into the
classroom and work with the kids
as a student teacher; they have to be
able to help them learn, Ferguson
said.
In the past three years, the Uni
versity’s education department has
revised its licensing and teacher
preparation programs in order to be
in line with new state standardized
testing at the K-12 level throughout
the state.
Teachers today need greater as
sessment skills to be able to identify
which students need improvement,
said Martin Kaufman, dean of the
University’s education department.
“Teachers are challenged not t(j>
get just one student over the bar,
but every student,” Kaufman said.
With the licensing change, edu
cation students are required to
spend more time student teaching.
The teachers can also receive spe
cial-education endorsements,
which allow them to work effec
tively with students who have
learning disabilities.
The results of the work done by
the University’s education depart
ment seem to have already had an
effect. The study, Zanville said,
showed that principals in K-12
school already see the difference in
the quality of graduating education
majors in Oregon in the past two
years.
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Calendar
Thursday, Jan. 25
Grand Opening: The International
Resource Center, a resource for mem
bers of the University community in
terested in travel, hosts an open
house from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; a rib
bon-cutting ceremony, speaker and
reception from 4 to 6 p.m.; and a
Peace Corps slide show at 6:30 p.m.
International Lounge, EMU. Free.
Martin Luther King Jr. Awards Buffet:
Classified employees and officers of
administration are honored for their
contributions to racial understand
ing. 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Alumni
Lounge, Gerlinger Hall. Free admis
sion and hors d’oeuvres. Special pres
entation at noon.
Visiting Artist Lecture: Printmaker
Yuji Hiratsuka, Oregon State Universi
ty, presents a slide-illustrated talk,
“ Reflections On/Between the East
and the West,” explaining the transi
tion of style, idea and media in his
prints from the early 1970s to the
present. 7 p.m. Room 155 Lawrence
Hall. Free.
Peace Corps Slide Show: To help
mark the official opening of the EMU
International Resource Center, re
cently returned Peace Corps volun
teers show slides illustrating their
projects, experiences and the coun
tries in which they served overseas. 7
to 9 p.m. Multicultural Center, Room
33 EMU. Free.
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