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Kentucky’s education workforce is expected to grow 3% over the next decade. However, colleges and universities need to train thousands of more teachers to address shortfalls in schools and help increase diversity among educators.
The Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education unveiled those findings today as part of an in-depth look at the state’s public and private education sector. The report shows that, overall, the education field is on pace to support close to 93,300 jobs in Kentucky by 2030.
The state is already facing shortages in the education workforce, which includes teachers, administrators and counselors, and those gaps could potentially grow larger unless Kentucky produces more workers with degrees in education. The report projects that annual job openings will exceed the number of new graduates with at least a bachelor’s degree in education by more than 2,200 jobs by the end of the decade.
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Murray State University is halfway through the spring semester and, MSU President Bob Jackson says, is looking forward to a semblance of normalcy on the horizon. He joins WKMS News Director Rachel Collins to chat about vaccines on campus, potential impacts of a Kentucky employee pension bill and the need for more federal stimulus funding.
Jackson noted on-campus COVID-19 vaccine clinics for university faculty, staff and graduate assistants are taking place this week, and more received the vaccine even ahead of those clinics. By the end of this week, he said, he believes most of the faculty and staff who wanted a vaccine will have received it. In light of that, he said the university is holding off on looking into policies regarding vaccine requirements for faculty, staff and students.
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Gov. Beshear announces relaunch of initiative to improve Ky. teacher diversity
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and last updated 2021-03-04 10:50:40-05
FRANKFORT, Ky. (LEX 18) â Gov. Andy Beshear on Thursday announced the relaunch of the Kentucky Academy for Equity in Teaching, a statewide initiative to recruit and retain a more diverse workforce of teachers.
The academy will focus on three areas: to inspire, prepare and educate the future and current teacher workforce. The initiative aims to provide grants, mentoring, coaching and training, as well as support for recruitment while working to expand pathways to educator certification. Educators are given the wonderful responsibility of helping shape the future of the commonwealth by serving our children, Commissioner of Education Jason E. Glass said. âBut we have too few people wanting to become teachers and too many teachers leaving the field shortly after they start.