The other day I mentioned that in order to obtain top flight teachers in the future some significant efforts by many will have to be undertaken right now. We can't wait and just hope that some magical manner will suddenly come about and that numerous students will enter the field of education.
I've advocated that the NEA and AFT have to be proactive in making the case for young people to enter the profession of teaching. As part of the way of growing the pool of candidates to major in education in college I'm also encouraging high schools to have an intern program where the students spend a semester or entire year working in a elementary or middle school setting. It's being done in some schools but there is plenty more that needs to take place with regard to this option.
Other means of encouraging young people to join the path of becoming a teacher are out there. To those who graduate from high school and show a propensity for becoming a teacher universities should offer various incentives. These might include partial or full scholarships, grant-in-aids, subsidized housing and more. In short, colleges who have strong departments of education need to be as creative in 'recruiting' as are sports programs at those universities.
I'm dead serious about this notion. Unless schools of education take recruiting seriously then the prospects of a dwindling number of people entering the profession of teaching will continue.
Dick
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