Arizona teacher shortage streak persists, thousands of classrooms understaffed https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/092823_teacher_shortage/arizona-teacher-shortage-streak-persists-thousands-classrooms-understaffed/
Arizona classrooms continue to be understaffed - with more than 6,000 of them missing a qualified teacher - and as current educators flee the field, teaching conditions in the state make it an unlikely prospect for out of state applicants or new graduates.
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@TucsonSentinel The Arizona way since at least 2004 when I moved here from IA. Thought I’d walk into another teaching job easily but AZ weights heavily to AZ residents and graduates of AZ schools. A teacher moving here has to take at least 3 college classes specific to Arizona. Thus, no fall placement with full salary considering experience and credentials. You get lowest rate for a beginning teacher, then $2k needed to pay out for 3 graduate classes - nope nope nope: I left public schools.
@TucsonSentinel pay more and supply housing. That's how it works in the UAE. I imagine many have move to "better" places