Glendale School District Eyes Teacher Shortage Next School Year - Glendale News-Press

Based on projected student enrollment and staffing allocations, the Glendale Unified Board of Education has declared an urgent need for fully-qualified educators this coming 2024-25 school year. GUSD approved a declaration of need at its May 7 meeting, which will help fast-track a process to hire emergency permit teachers through the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing, once the agency approves it. This comes with the caveat that the school district will only resort to this “when qualified, capable, fully certified teachers are unavailable,” according to the board report. “Teaching and...