Home-grown, college- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

JUNE 4, 2018

trained teachers are CONTACT

Jason Brown

in decline
Vice President | Envision Utah
O: 801-303-1453
M: 801-913-6681
jbrown@envisionutah.org
New data suggest that traditionally
trained teachers might be a minority of
our teaching workforce in the future.
Where do teachers come from?
Temporary or No License
Foreign Credential
LEA-Specific License
Career and Technical Education
Alternative Route to Licensure (ARL)
Teachers get their initial
Utah teaching license or
enter the teaching
profession through one of
these sources.

Academic Pathway to Teaching (APT)

Out-of-State License

Utah University Program (All 10 Programs)

Where do teachers come from?
Temporary or No License
Foreign Credential
LEA-Specific License
Career and Technical Education
Alternative Route to Licensure (ARL)
Academic Pathway to Teaching (APT)
Out-of-State License
Utah University Program (All 10 Programs)
Teachers get their initial
Utah teaching license or
enter the teaching
profession through one of
these sources.
But the number of teachers
from our university teacher
prep programs has been
decreasing.
 In 2017, teachers from university teaching programs* in Utah made up
only one-third of new teachers. That’s down from 58 percent in 2007 and
a high of 62 percent in 2010.
Cannot be determined
PERCENT OF NEW TEACHERS FROM EACH SOURCE
Temporary or No License

20% 15%
21%

23%
23%

24%
25%

Foreign Credential

29%

35%

37%

41%

48%
LEA-Specific License
16%

15%
16%

17%
19%

13%
Career & Technical

14%

10%
Education

12%
Alternative Route to

9%
Licensing (ARL)
62%
60%

59%
58%

57%

56%
Academic Pathway to
53%

49%

49%

41%
Teaching (APT)

34%
Out-of-State License

Utah University Program

7-8 8-9 9-10 10-11 11-12 12-13 13-14 14-15 15-16 16-17 17-18
2007-2018
*“Teachers from university teaching programs” as used here refers to teachers who were recommended for licensure by a university in Utah. Most of these will be teaching majors, but this also includes teachers who
received a master’s degree in teaching before becoming a teacher or those who majored in something other than teaching but completed requisite coursework to be recommended for teacher licensure by the university.
 The actual number of new teachers per year from our university teaching
programs has decreased 34 percent since 2007, even while the total
number of new teachers per year has grown.
4,000

NUMBER OF NEW TEACHERS PER YEAR BY SOURCE Cannot be determined

3,145 3,242 3,212
3,087 Temporary or No License
3,000 2,865 2,801 2,797
2,696
Foreign Credential

1,332
1,156
1,095

1,538
658

2,312
692

2,247

809
649 394
2,105 LEA-Specific License

533 396
450 346

77 328
2,000

105 170 277

462

89 72 379
452 333

Career & Technical

521

369

438
Education
Alternative Route to
1,000
Licensing (ARL)
1,658

1,595

1,561

1,543
1,524
Academic Pathway to
1,497

1,396

1,328

1,316
1,264

1,093
Teaching (APT)
Out-of-State License
0 Utah University Program
7-8 8-9 9-10 10-11 11-12 12-13 13-14 14-15 15-16 16-17 17-18
2007-2018
 Basic projections show that teachers from university teaching
programs in Utah could make up less than half of our entire teacher
workforce by 2030.

PERCENT OF TEACHERS WHO GRADUATED FROM TEACHING

MAJORS IN UTAH
80% Actual
Forecast

60%

40%

20%

0%
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030
 This is more serious when we look at teacher attrition from each source . . .
4,000

3,522
TEACHER ATTRITION BY SOURCE 3,363 3,421 3,474 Cannot be determined

115
140
172
177
3,033 Temporary or No License

512
2,923

469
379
337
3,000

36 18 4784

52 30 33 84
2,763

211 2 8 45 73
2,736

2 11 58 99
191

26 47107
2,629 Foreign Credential

231

25 606
2,508
268

224
272

210 3 55 71

1 7
LEA-Specific License
228

208 745 38

611
681
244

676
40 84
207
4
6 40 31

230

665
640
43 59

2,000 Career & Technical

499

525

537
Education
494

Alternative Route to
Licensing (ARL)
Academic Pathway to

2,069

2,065
2,003

2,007
1,000

1,798
Teaching (APT)
1,736
1,690

1,581

1,542
1,481

Out-of-State License

Utah University Program

0
2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17
 Teachers who were recommended for licensure by universities in Utah have
lower attrition rates than other teachers — only 9 percent leave each year.

ATTRITION RATE FROM EACH SOURCE

Cannot be determined 16.95%
Temporary or No License 23.36%
Foreign Credential 17.26%
LEA-Specific License 13.03%
Career & Technical Education 13.03%
Alternative Route to Licensing (ARL) 9.80%
Academic Pathway to Teaching (APT) 14.88%
Out-of-State License 12.71%
Utah University Program 9.00%
 When you factor in how many teachers eventually return to teaching
after leaving for a while, the attrition rate is even lower— just 6 percent.

EFFECTIVE ATTRITION RATE FROM EACH SOURCE

Cannot be determined 13.79%
Temporary or No License 20.90%
Foreign Credential 12.56%
LEA-Specific License 10.60%
Career & Technical Education 10.76%
Alternative Route to Licensing (ARL) 7.62%
Academic Pathway to Teaching (APT) 11.31%
Out-of-State License 10.02%
Utah University Program 6.03%
 2017 was the first year that the number of teachers from university teaching
40,000 programs decreased from the year before.

TOTAL TEACHER WORKFORCE BY TYPE Cannot be determined

30,000
Temporary or No License

Foreign Credential

LEA-Specific License
20,000
Career & Technical Education

Alternative Route to Licensing

21,734

21,681
21,615
(ARL)

21,142
20,777
20,222
19,636
19,217
18,790
18,287
17,682

10,000 Academic Pathway to Teaching

(APT)
Out-of-State License

Utah University Program

0
2007–8 8-9 9-10 10-11 11-12 12-13 13-14 14-15 15-16 16-17 17-18
 The teachers we attract into the profession now will shape the future of our
40,000 schools. If we want to provide long-term, qualified teachers for Utah students,
we need to find ways to attract more people into university teaching programs.
TOTAL TEACHER WORKFORCE BY TYPE Cannot be determined
30,000
Temporary or No License

Foreign Credential

LEA-Specific License
20,000
Career & Technical Education

Alternative Route to Licensing

(ARL)
10,000 Academic Pathway to Teaching
(APT)
Out-of-State License

Utah University Program

0
2007–8 8-9 9-10 10-11 11-12 12-13 13-14 14-15 15-16 16-17 17-18 18-19 19-20 20-21 21-22