Texas school districts struggle to recruit bilingual certified teachers

The fluctuation in the numbers of bilingual FTEs in the past decade does not necessarily mark an exodus of bilingual certified teachers in Texas ...

The Shortage of Bilingual Teachers in Texas: The Impact and ...

In Texas, the shortage of certified bilingual teachers is affecting over 20% of students who are struggling with English in public schools.

San Antonio schools finding bilingual teachers outside the U.S.

Struggling to recruit staff, area school districts have sponsored teachers from Latin America on J-1 and H-1B visas to fill bilingual ...

This District Was Struggling to Find Teachers—So It Started ...

To staff those schools, and meet the needs of their students, the district opted to recruit international teachers on J-1 visas at the beginning ...

Texas has struggled with teacher shortage since before the pandemic

Texas schools are majority Hispanic. There's been a shortage of bilingual teachers since 1990, and the pandemic made it worse. The pandemic is ...

Tarrant County Struggles to Find Teachers for Bilingual Education

Texas began offering schools extra money to expand their bilingual programs in 2019. But as the nation grapples with a teacher shortage, ...

Struggling to find teachers close to home, some Texas schools are ...

So the district ...

Texas school districts struggle to recruit bilingual certified teachers

"Full-time equivalent" or "FTE" measures the equivalent employees working full-time, with two half-time employees counted as one full-time ...

Texas can't get enough Spanish-speaking teachers. Here's one ...

School districts across Texas are scrambling still to fill teaching positions. Teachers certified in bilingual education or English as a second language are ...

Schools scramble to fill classrooms with bilingual teachers

A Department of Education report has found at least half of all states have a shortage of bilingual educators with low pay and certification ...

Bilingual Teacher Shortage Affecting Texas - Dallas Express

Despite incentives, the teacher shortage persists, at least in part due to the influx of migrant children. In response, Dallas ISD decided to ...

Dallas relies on international teachers more than any other school ...

Such shortages are not unique to Dallas or Texas. Many districts nationwide struggle with recruiting, training, certifying and retaining ...

Overcoming Obstacles in Recruiting Bilingual Teachers | TASB

The bilingual student population in Texas has increased by more than 300,000 in the past decade, but while the number of bilingual certified ...

Addressing the Bilingual Teacher Shortage in Texas

The shortage of bilingual teachers, principals and other school personal in Texas has become a significant obstacle to providing an inclusive ...

Dallas relies on international teachers more than any other school ...

A 2023 state teacher vacancy report recommended that Texas subsidize certification exam fees and provide hiring incentives for bilingual ...

Increasingly diverse Fort Worth ISD faces bilingual teacher shortage

Recruiting teachers from Mexico is a great opportunity for Fort Worth ISD, Przymus said. Teachers from south of the border could have a better ...

Bilingual Teacher Shortage Worsens in Pandemic | TASB

Texas has struggled to fill bilingual teacher positions since 1990. · The ratio between students and full-time equivalent (FTE) bilingual/ESL ...

Texas schools struggle to hire more bilingual teachers

As of the 2014-15 school year, Texas had only one ESL or bilingual teacher for every 46 students struggling with English, according to the Texas Education ...

Southeast Texas school districts struggle to find bilingual teachers

Representatives from both districts said the greatest challenge has been finding teachers who are bilingual-certified, which is different from ...

A TEA task force outlined key fixes for Texas' teacher shortage. Did it ...

Greg Abbott announced the “Teacher Vacancy Task Force,” a group of teachers and education leaders charged with recommending how the state should ...