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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PA and NY are competitive as well. When I taught in VA most teachers I met were from PA and NY. Also quite a few from NJ and a few more from MA. All in one school plus people at PDs. Most weren’t from VA. They struggled to find a job in their home state and relocated. It gets less competitive once you hit DC and heading south.

There are some subjects that may have less competition such as special Ed, math and science but even those can be competitive. It’s mostly just private schools that don’t pay much and the worst of the worst public schools that have a shortage. I know people who studied to teach math and special Ed and they had to sub or work at a private school before landing a public school job.

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I am a teacher in VA and think this is spot on.   I actually don’t think there is a dramatic teacher shortage here. [/quote]

At our Northern Virginia middle school, we had long-term subs filling 6 core (ELA, Math, Science, SS/Civics) positions open for the entirety of last year.  That's a shortage to me![/quote]

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