During 2020-21, a year hit heavy by the pandemic, the number of beginning paraeducators sharply declined. [Read more…] about Number of new instructional paraeducators per school year
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Number of total instructional paraeducators by school year
The overall number of instructional paraeducators in the state somewhat declined during 2020-21. [Read more…] about Number of total instructional paraeducators by school year
Percent teachers of color to students of color by school district
As teacher diversity varies greatly across the state, to share on local conditions PESB has created this interactive tool showing the percentage of students of color versus the percentage of teachers of color by school district. [Read more…] about Percent teachers of color to students of color by school district
Teachers adding an endorsement
An increasing number of teachers are adding additional endorsements to their certificates. In 2020-21, the most popular add-on endorsements were English Language Arts and Middle Level Mathematics. [Read more…] about Teachers adding an endorsement
Race-ethnicity of teacher preparation program completers and K-12 students
K-12 students are more diverse than the educator workforce and completers of teacher preparation programs. The biggest representation gap between teacher preparation program completers and K-12 student composition is Hispanic / Latino of any race. In 2018-2019, this gap was 16.8% (23.6% of K-12 students were Hispanic / Latino and 6.8% of alternative route completers were Hispanic / Latino). To close this gap, teacher preparation program completers will need to be at least as diverse as the K-12 student population, if not more. [Read more…] about Race-ethnicity of teacher preparation program completers and K-12 students
Teacher candidate NES / WEST-E assessment pass rate and average score
The WEST-E or NES is a content knowledge assessment that teacher candidates must pass prior to becoming a certified teacher. Passing the WEST-E or NES is one way PESB knows if teacher candidates have been prepared with the knowledge necessary to serve K-12 students well. In 2018-19 data collection moved to the Education Research and Data Center (ERDC) In December 2020, PESB implemented a policy allowing for case by case exceptions (doc) to the content knowledge assessment requirement. [Read more…] about Teacher candidate NES / WEST-E assessment pass rate and average score
Gender of teacher preparation program completers and K-12 students
The majority of teacher preparation program completers and the educator workforce are women. In 2018-2019, 22.08% of the educator workforce was male. To close this representation gap, teacher preparation program completers will need to be more proportionally male and gender X (non-binary and other gender choices). Data collection around non-binary and other genders is still very new and is likely not representative. [Read more…] about Gender of teacher preparation program completers and K-12 students
