TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The State Board of Education on Wednesday took up a report that showed the greatest needs for teachers in areas such as exceptional student education, math and English.
The Florida Department of Education annually issues the report identifying “high demand teacher needs.” Such needs occur “where larger than typical proportions of teachers who are not certified in the appropriate field are being hired to teach courses where significant vacancies exist and where postsecondary institutions do not produce enough graduates to meet the needs of Florida’s K-12 student population,” according to the report.
The seven subject areas identified in this year’s report are exceptional student education, math, English, general science, physical science, Earth and space science and English for Speakers of Other Languages…