In 1998, the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education commissioned the Southern Regional Educational Board to conduct a study on teacher supply and demand in Oklahoma. The study showed that Oklahoma was producing enough teachers but was experiencing hiring shortages for teachers of high demand subjects and in certain parts of the state.
Overall, the study reported that Oklahoma would likely meet the demand for administrators, as well as for elementary, early childhood, high school language arts, high school social studies, middle school math and high school vocational-technical teachers through 2002.
During the same period, employment shortages were expected for high school math, foreign language, special education, art and music teachers; counselors; and librarians. It was also expected that Oklahoma schools would experience a shortage of high school biology, chemistry, physics, and earth and computer science teachers.
Links to sections of the report are provided below. To receive a printed copy of the report, please e-mail myeager@osrhe.edu.
Report Summary
Forces that shape supply
and demand
Digest of findings
Future supply considerations
Suggestions for further study
Additional Report Information
Shortages by teaching area
Demand
projections (PDF, 299k)
Supply and demand analysis by primary
position (PDF, 86k)
Demand by type of school district
Clusters
of Oklahoma school districts (PDF,
28k)
School districts (PDF,
114k)
Projected demand by district cluster
(PDF, 169k)
Types of Oklahoma public school districts
by category (GIF, 51k)
Types of Oklahoma public school districts
by cluster (GIF, 55k)
Employment by academic major
Certified
education graduates hired (PDF, 25k)
Oklahoma
certification requirements (external
link)
Ethnicity of teachers
Ethnicity
by position (PDF, 27k)
Ethnicity of district cluster
(PDF, 34k)
Minority candidates entering workforce
by institution (PDF, 41k)
Minority candidates entering workforce
by academic major (PDF, 44k)
Certified minority candidates entering
workforce by academic major (PDF,
18k)
Sources of teachers
Summary
Percent of educators
by position (PDF, 24k)
Oklahoma public educator workforce
composition (PDF, 23k)
Change in educator workforce and
enrollment, 1995-96 (PDF, 39k)
Sources of supply
(PDF, 142k)
New
Sources of supply:
new entry (PDF, 23k)
Graduates entering workforce by academic
major (PDF, 37k)
Graduates entering workforce who obtained
certification (PDF, 25k)
By Higher Education Institution
Supply to positions
by institution (PDF, 219k)
Geographic supply by institution (HTML)
Employment by institution (PDF,
62k)
Employment by institution and academic
major (PDF, 2.9m)
Graduates who obtained certification
by institution and academic major (PDF,
1.2m)
Reentrants
Sources of supply: reentry
(PDF, 11k)
Attrition
1995-96 attrition
rate by position (PDF, 20k)
Attrition by experience level
(PDF, 67k)
Attrition of new teachers (PDF,
25k)
Reserve Pool
Certification recipient
reserve (PDF, 62k)
Alternative Certification
Graduates entering workforce,
who obtained alternative certification (PDF,
26k)
Emergency Certification
Emergency certificates
(PDF, 62k)
Enrollment trends
Trends
in enrollment (PDF, 25k)
Differing enrollment growth from 1995-96
among districts (PDF, 9k)
Changes in enrollment (PDF,
31k)
Enrollments by district
(PDF, 48k)
School district enrollment/workforce history (available upon request, contact rsteele@osrhe.edu)
