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Five universities collaborate to address Michigan teacher shortage
The initiative addresses nearly 3% vacancy rate and aims to revitalize teacher preparation programs with scalable models and partnerships across Michigan school districts.
- On Thursday, five public universities launched the Education Preparation Provider Collaborative, starting a two-year statewide initiative with the Michigan Educator Workforce Initiative.
- The Education Policy Innovation Collaborative at Michigan State University found about 8,000 teachers entered while 7,900 exited in 2024-25, with nearly 3% of full-time teaching positions vacant, especially in urban and high-poverty districts.
- The Michigan Educator Workforce Initiative will pay each participating university $100,000 over two years, adopting practices from an Arkansas model to connect university programs with pre-K–12 districts.
- Organizers say the two-year process aims to revitalize educator preparation programs and strengthen the state's talent pipeline, and Russ Kavalhuna, WMU president, said it will deepen district partnerships to help teacher candidates secure jobs.
- By offering flexible pathways, the initiative aims to better align university teacher-preparation programs with district needs and reduce vacancies, benefiting students in urban and high-poverty districts.
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Five universities collaborate to address Michigan teacher shortage
Five public universities in Michigan are teaming up to tackle the state’s teacher shortage. The universities will participate in a new two-year statewide initiative to improve teacher preparation, recruitment, retention and quality in a collaboration with the nonprofit Michigan Educator Workforce Initiative.
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