Florida teacher vacancies down to 4,442, according to FDOE

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Florida has thousands of teacher and school staff vacancies. It’s not a newly realized problem, but the state’s Department of Education did release new data on exactly how many staff are needed to make every school district whole.

According to FDOE, there were more than 4,000 vacancies for just teachers on the first day of school. FDOE said school districts reported a total of 5,208 vacancies. However, the vacancy numbers reported in September totaled 4,442.

State officials said 766 positions had been filled since districts sent in their numbers. Former Clearwater police sergeant sues business for $30K over 2018 shootout injury “For context – Florida has roughly 185,000 teachers and the state’s current vacancies represent approximately 2. 4% of teaching positions, which is also around 1.

2 open positions per school on average,” department officials said. “As always, the Department will continue to work diligently to support Florida’s teaching needs with a focus on proactively working with superintendents on a case-by-case basis. ” Due to the emphasis on teacher recruitment and recruitment for educators among military veterans and law enforcement officers, WFLA.

com has asked Dept. of Education officials for the number of vacancies that had been filled thanks to those programs. FDOE said they were working to get information on those recruitment efforts.

The data points on vacancies themselves are recorded for what FDOE calls a Day 1 Vacancy report. Every year, the department asks schools and districts to send them their vacancies by subject, endorsement area, and grade level. Sometimes there are crossovers, where one teacher may teach multiple subjects or grade levels.

FDOE said endorsement areas are “additional specialization” for a teacher, but “cannot stand alone on a certificate. ” In some districts, duplicated vacancies have led to larger numbers of open positions, according to state education officials. 75% of US coffee drinkers can’t go day without a cup In the Tampa Bay area, there are 1,782 vacancies reported in the 10-county area across all grade levels in K-12 public education.

The bulk of those openings are in Hillsborough County Public Schools, and mainly the Pre-K to 5th grade classes. School District Pre-K to 5th: 6th to 8th: 9th to 12th: Total: Citrus County1292041Hardee County81211Hernando County503919108Highlands County48181682Hillsborough County372199120691Manatee County4815972Pasco County19210269363Pinellas County613725123Polk County876951216Sarasota County27212775Totals9055103581,782(Source: Florida Department of Education) The state’s subject areas all have openings, but according to data from FDOE, the biggest number of vacancies is in 6th Grade Exceptional Student Education, where “children with disabilities who need specially designed instruction and related services” are taught, according to the department. There were currently more than 1,000 positions open for teaching ESE classes, as of Sept.

1. 156 of the openings are in Hillsborough County. Hillsborough County is the seventh largest school district in the United States.

Migrants, lawyers receive death threats after suing Florida over flights to Martha’s Vineyard The second largest vacancy level by subject is in 9th grade math, with 450 openings. Every Florida county’s teacher and staff vacancies are listed below, as of Sept. 1.

CountyPre-K to 5th: 6th to 8th: 9th to 12th: Total: Alachua County243532Baker County1321025Bay County25111147Bradford County5139Brevard County1025925156Broward County393037106Calhoun County0202Charlotte County149528Citrus County1292041Clay County14241250Collier County25251161Columbia County4228DeSoto County812727Dixie County53412Duval County22510082407Escambia County3725870Flagler County1581336Florida A&M University4105Florida Atlantic University0000Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind0033Florida State University0011Florida Virtual School0099Franklin County42612Gadsden County2416444Gilchrist County4059Glades County2226Gulf County2002Hamilton County3025Hardee County81211Hendry County713626Hernando County503919108Highlands County48181682Hillsborough County372199120691Holmes County211114Indian River County1071027Jackson County1124Jefferson County0000Lafayette County0000Lake County4511565Lee County1135529198Leon County141318Levy County1001424Liberty County0202Madison County3216Manatee County4815972Marion County704936155Martin County31101960Miami-Dade County16474106344Monroe County117624Nassau County87621Okaloosa County2311640Okeechobee County1010424Orange County513917107Osceola County984994241Palm Beach County131113140384Pasco County19210269363Pinellas County613725123Polk County876951216Putnam County154524Santa Rosa County42111573Sarasota County27212775Seminole County157224St. Johns County21192363St. Lucie County22812Sumter County4149Suwannee County4138Taylor County1405Union County0222University of Florida0010Volusia County695445168Wakulla County125421Walton County2851447Washington County44614Totals2,5221,4281,2725,208 (Source: Florida Department of Education).