This report documents the nature of teacher shortages in Connecticut for the 1987-88 school year from multiple perspectives. A general overview is provided through a statewide analysis based on totals summed across all positions. Analyses of individual positions and position categories with reference to the number of school districts with…

The shortage of teachers has been discussed for years as a crucial problem. In 1969, the National Education Association estimated that the teacher shortage was 224,200 when a minimum quality criterion was considered. Despite this apparent shortage of "qualified" teachers, decreases in the number of births, and increases in the number of…

This survey investigated problems of teacher supply and demand and collected information from local school districts to be used as base-line data on the current employment of teachers. Iowa's 452 school districts comprised the total sample for the empirical data given. The model survey was designed so that it could be replicated in subsequent…

This monograph contains results from a questionnaire sent to members of the Association for School, College, and University Staffing on the topic of teacher supply and demand in the United States. Two hundred and seventy-nine responses were received. Tables present data on: (1) employment opportunities for the teaching year 1985-86 compared to…

This study by the Rand Corporation is part of a series analyzing the educational personnel system. This report focuses on the principal educational manpower policy problem--the teacher surplus. Specifically, a number of alternative projections are developed for the market for teachers, showing policy issues that will arise if the current…

Article is a policy statement by the NJEA Delegate Assembly in response to the problem of teachers being let go in New Jersey. (GB)

Comments on the job placement activities at the annual meeting of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education. (IRT)

This report considers the question of what becomes of college graduates who are newly qualified to teach and who face a teacher surplus. National statistics provide data on the following questions: What is the state of the market for new teachers? How do graduates newly qualified to teach fare in the labor market compared to other graduates? What…

The following topics are covered in this report: 1) supply of graduates completing preparation to enter teaching, 2) supply of beginning teachers, 3) supply of qualified former teachers, 4) demand for new teachers, 5) demand for minimum quality, 6) demand for beginning and re-entering teachers, 7) teacher supply compared to demand, and 8) future…

The relationship between national population trends and teacher supply and demand is investigated, and guidelines for local teacher association planning are presented. (LH)

This report attempts to predict the rates of teacher turnover in the 1970s, which teachers will leave the profession, and what the effects of turnover will be on the educational personnel system. The overall termination rate has varied from six to 11 percent over the last 15 years. An analysis of recent changes in the teaching profession is used…

This position paper discusses the question of teacher shortage or surplus and related issues. Informal surveys were conducted by the Recruitment Leadership and Training Institute (LTI) and other major educational organizations to provide a factual basis for the study. A review of the surveys conducted by LTI and a summary of published reports are…

Employment prospects for teachers vary by level of education, teaching areas, and geography, according to the author's survey of several reports and articles. While most of the information is for California, some nationwide trends are noted. (MF)