Teacher Shortage Episodes
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Sept. 29, 2026
Jimmy Adams—Leading NASDTEC and Championing Educator Ethics and Standards for Novice Teachers
Our guest, Jimmy Adams, is the Executive Director of the National Association of State Directors of Teacher Educationand, Certification (NASDTEC). He worked in public education for 27 years serving as the Chief of Human Resources for JeffersonCounty Public Schools (JCPS) in Louisville, Kentucky, the Executive Director for the Education Professional Standards Board for Kentucky with experience in Fayette, Woodford, and Jessamine counties which included classroom teacher, technology resource teach...
Guest: Jimmy Adams
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Jan. 6, 2025
Evalyn Gleason—Tackling the Teacher Shortage in New York with TEACHNY
Our guest, Evalyn Gleason, is senior program manager for TEACHNY. TEACHNYis a state-level subsidiary of TEACH.org. The organization has extended its annual impact goal by registering more than55,000 prospective teachers on its platform. Evalyn shares the how TEACHNY is collaborating with the New York State Education Department (NYSED) and educator preparation programs (EPPs) across the state of New York to recruit teachers into the profession. She explains that TEACHNY is learning and respondin...
Guest: Evalyn Gleason