The Chronic and Increasing Shortage of Fully Certified Teachers in Special and General Education

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Cultivating Caring Relationships Between Teachers and Secondary Students With Emotional and Behavioral Disorders (2009, background): “Compounding the problem is that the number of emergency-licensed teachers is increasing dramatically due to teacher shortages (Boe & Cook, 2006; Sutherland et al., 2005), meaning that these teachers are even less prepared to meet the learning and emotional/behavioral support needs of students with…”
How Does the Quality and Stability of the Teaching Force Influence the Research-to-Practice Gap? (2008, background): “The shortage of well-qualified special education teachers has been described as severe, chronic, and pervasive, and efforts to increase the numbers of qualified special educators have largely been ineffective in the past two decades (Boe & Cook, 2006; McLeskey, Tyler, & Flippin, 2004).”
The Changing Education Landscape: How Special Education Leadership Preparation Can Make a Difference for Teachers and Their Students With Disabilities (2010, background): “One is the exceptionally high attrition rate of special education teachers (Boe & Cook, 2006).”