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Jackson Green, the principal of the Sumner Learning Campus in Hancock County, wrote a letter to Maine's two U.S. senators this month to draw attention to the dire situation, noting that for the upcoming school year, 80% of his school's new teachers lack an appropriate teaching certificate.
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Some Maine school districts say they still have dozens of open teaching positions as the school year approaches, but that shortages have substantially eased since the pandemic.
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One of the measures heard by the legislature's education committee on Tuesday would allow the state to reissue teaching certificates to retired teachers whose certification had lapsed.
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The school says it will now require students to spend 200 hours in the classroom before starting their advanced field work and student teaching.
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Some school officials in Maine say that a state law passed earlier this year could help them bring in retired teachers to fill vacant teaching jobs.The…
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Maine's Department of Education has proposed new rules that would make it easier for some people to become teachers. Instead of having to take a teacher…