Difficult experience and that actually was not the case for me this year. I think this is a group of people who even though we spend long nights together and dont always agree, was never a moment in which we questioned each others commitment to the work, to our students, to our schools. The integrity of the people who are on this board and the commitment that all of you have i think inspired me every day and really made it so i did not have to fear coming here and sharing these meetings. Im incredibly grateful to have the opportunity that this was a year of tremendous change in significant challenges for us as a School District. Our superintendent left over the summer. We had an election and the affordability crisis in our city continues to place tremendous strains on our families come out on our students, on our educators and schools. I think it is not an understatement to say this a critical time for our School District and for Public Education. Some of you may have seen that earlier
Cross the region but we will only tack 10 degrees on to the values of the thermometer here in the next couple hours, because we will not see much sunshine. Heres another look storm scan as we track what is just a round of showers and locally thinning rain. It has already been pushing through these area. We have spray from the vehicles, damp roadways and certainly some rain that is currently falling back through chester and lancaster county. That is heading east. So with scattered showers locally steady rain and very likely couple rumbles of thunder, you will have a slow drive. Morning looks like it bears brunt of the activity but really guys anytime today we will allow for a shower or thunderstorm in some spots. Temperatures cool tore day but still warm at 76 for daytime high, meisha, over to you. You said it, lot of spray from those vehicles, so make sure those windshield wipers are working. Take a look at the vine moving in the westbound direction looking, very, very busy right now t
At the beginning of the school year, the Teacher Shortage in the bay area hit crisis levels as districts scrambled to fill classrooms. Female weve seen a sharp decrease in the number of individuals coming out of credentialing programs. Jessica those credentialing programs are the allimportant pipeline for new teachers. Linda well, weve had an enormous drop over the last dozen years in the number of teachers going into preparation, so its been a 70 drop. Jessica the teacher pipeline cratered for many reasons, including layoffs and low salaries. But for the first time in years, theres a trickle that could translate into good news. Linda weve had a slight uptick in the beginning of the school year, in response to the fact that districts are hiring again instead of laying people off. Jessica take cal state east bay. Enrollment is up this year in the teacher credential program. Jenna landry ive fought it for a long time. All through my undergrad, i tried to change majors, i tried. And last
At the beginning of the school year, the Teacher Shortage in the bay area hit crisis levels as districts scrambled to fill classrooms. Female weve seen a sharp decrease in the number of individuals coming out of credentialing programs. Jessica those credentialing programs are the allimportant pipeline for new teachers. Linda well, weve had an enormous drop over the last dozen years in the number of teachers going into preparation, so its been a 70 drop. Jessica the teacher pipeline cratered for many reasons, including layoffs and low salaries. But for the first time in years, theres a trickle that could translate into good news. Linda weve had a slight uptick in the beginning of the school year, in response to the fact that districts are hiring again instead of laying people off. Jessica take cal state east bay. Enrollment is up this year in the teacher credential program. Jenna landry ive fought it for a long time. All through my undergrad, i tried to change majors, i tried. And last
Now, heres nbc bay areas jessica aguirre. Jessica aguirre hello, and welcome to this news special in class action. We cover one of our most important institutions, our schools. And tonight, we begin with the issue affecting students all over the bay area, the Teacher Shortage. Now, we have been telling you about this for the last few months, lots of classrooms, but not enough teachers, School Districts struggling to fill teacher openings, and the problem is the pipeline. Fewer and fewer people are actually going into teaching. But there are new signs that may be beginning to change. At the beginning of the school year, the Teacher Shortage in the bay area hit crisis levels as districts scrambled to fill classrooms. Female weve seen a sharp decrease in the number of individuals coming out of credentialing programs. Jessica those credentialing programs are the allimportant pipeline for new teachers. Linda well, weve had an enormous drop over the last dozen years in the number of teachers