Deployment of Filipino

Teachers Abroad

POEA, 2007

US States with High Demand for Percent Secondary Schools with Difficulties
Teachers Filling their Teaching Vacancies, by Field.
Maryland Mathematics 42

Florida Special Educ 34

30
California Life Science

Foreign Lang 29
New York Physical Science 27

Texas English 24

Music/Art 21

Social Studies 14

0 20 40 60 80 100
Percent

Source: Ingersoll, R. 2003. Is There Really a Teacher Shortage? Consortium for Policy Research in Education, University of Pennsylvania,
http://www.gse.upenn.edu/faculty_research/Shortage-RMI-09-2003.pdf

Subject Areas with High Demand

Percent Annual Teacher Turnover, by Field

All Teachers 14.3

Math 16.4
Science 15.6
Special Educ. - Elementary 14.5
Movers
Elementary 14 Leavers

Special Educ. - Secondary 13.5

Voc. Tech. 13.4
English 12.4

Social Studies 9.4

0 10 20 30 40 50

Percent

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 Numbers of US Teachers in Transition Beginning Teacher Attrition (Cumulative
Before and After 1999-2000 School Year Percent Teachers Having Left Teaching
Occupation, by Years of Experience)
After 1 year 14
Entrants
534,861
After 2 years 24

Teaching Force After 3 years 33

3,443,467
After 4 years 40

Departures After 5 years 46

546,411
0 20 40 60 80 100
Percent
Source: Ingersoll, R. 2003. Is There Really a Teacher Shortage? Consortium for Policy Research in Education, University of
Source: Ingersoll, R. 2003. Is There Really a Teacher Shortage? Consortium for Policy Research in Education, University of Pennsylvania,
Pennsylvania, http://www.gse.upenn.edu/faculty_research/Shortage-RMI-09-2003.pdf
http://www.gse.upenn.edu/faculty_research/Shortage-RMI-09-2003.pdf

Percent Annual Public School Percent Teachers Giving Various

Teacher Turnover, by Selected School
Reasons for Their Turnover, by Field
Characteristics

All Public 15 14
Retirement 11
10
Large/Suburban/Not-
11
poor School Staffing 8 Other
6
Small/Suburban/Not- Action 5
Poor 16 Math/Science
40
Family or Personal 44 Spec. Educ.
Large/Urban/Poor 19 19

To Pursue Other 39
Small/Rural/Poor 30
22 Job 36

50
Small/Urban/Poor 26 Dissatisfaction 50
62

0 5 10 15 20 25 30 0 20 40 60 80 100
Percent
Percent

Of Those School Teachers Who Moved From

or Left Their School, Percent Reporting Various
Sources of Dissatisfaction, by Field
Compensation
Too little prep time 61
68

$36, 000 - $ 46, 000 Too heavy teaching load 48

58
48

Annual Income Poor salary or benefits

56
61
54 Other

vs. Class sizes too large

50
53
Math/Science
Spec.Educ.
49

$ 3, 600 Student behavioral problems 46

50
45

49
Lack of faculty influence 57
50

0 20 40 60 80 100
Percent

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 Success Rate of Teachers
retention rate in the district is approximately 90%

95% of the teachers have met and possessed a State teaching license

95% of the teachers received satisfactory or excellent evaluation from their principal

Many teachers serve as demonstration or model teachers in their schools.

85% of the teachers are teaching in under performing schools and are credited for
raising academic achievement of their students

90% of parents of U.S. students are pleased and satisfied with the teachers of their
children.

5% of the teachers have left due to inability to meet the standards of the district.

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