Section 5. Elementary and Secondary Teachers: New Teacher Hires
Between 2005 and 2007, increases are expected in the numbers of new public school teacher hires and new private school teacher hires.
New teacher hires in public schools
The number of new teacher hires in public schools (reference table 32)
- was estimated at 285,000 in 2005; and
- is projected to increase 28 percent to 364,000 in 2017.
New teacher hires in private schools
The number of new teacher hires in private schools
- was estimated at 79,000 in 2005; and
- is projected to increase 26 percent to 100,000 in 2017.
About new teacher hires
A teacher is considered to be a new teacher hire for a sector for a given year if the teacher teaches in that sector that year but had not taught in that sector in the previous year. A teacher who moves from teaching in one sector to the other sector is considered a new teacher hire but a teacher who moves from one school to another school in the same sector is not considered a new teacher hire. It is important to note that these projections measure the number of newly hired teachers. Hence, the new teacher hire projections should not be interpreted as predicting teacher shortages.
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