{"id":20300,"date":"2022-07-01T00:00:13","date_gmt":"2022-07-01T00:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tamus.edu\/data-science\/?p=20300"},"modified":"2025-10-29T19:12:40","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T19:12:40","slug":"educator-production-in-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tamus.edu\/data-science\/2022\/07\/01\/educator-production-in-texas\/","title":{"rendered":"Educator Production in Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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In our previous blog post, we reviewed the last decade of data pertaining to the overall number of public educators in Texas by<\/span>\u00a0preparation route<\/span>. Overall, <\/span>Texas has seen an almost 13% increase in how many teachers are employed on a half-time or more basis from 2013 to 2022, as approximately 1 out of every 9 public school teachers in America teaches in a Texas public school classroom<\/b><\/span>. The percentage of Texas teachers who achieved their initial teacher certification from a university-based certification program fell from 55% to 43% in 10 years, while the percentage of Texas educators being certified through Non-Institution-based Alternative Educator Preparation Programs (EPPs) grew from 26% to 34%.<\/span><\/p>\n

In this second edition of our educator preparation series, we will narrow the focus to those early-career educators who became fully-certified and employed within one year of completing their educator preparation program.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Trends by Educator Preparation Program (EPP) Type<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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The first visualization below shows the most recent six years of data published by the Texas Education Agency (TEA). There are two primary distinctions of EPPs in the TEA data: College\/University EPPs and Non-Institution-based Alternative EPPs. College\/University EPPs include all pathways to certification (traditional, alternative, and post-baccalaureate) that are offered by a college or university in Texas. Alternative EPPs are “nontraditional routes to certification” that are not affiliated with a college or university, and which allow non-certified teachers who hold at least a bachelor’s degree to serve as teachers-of-record while completing the teacher certification requirements in Texas.<\/p>\n

Production by EPP Type<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n

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  • During the 2016-2021 time period, Texas EPPs collectively produced an average of 17,598 newly-certified educators who were employed within a year of completing their preparation program. <\/span><\/li>\n
  • The 2019 year appears to be somewhat of an anomaly, with more than 19,000 newly-certified and employed teachers produced in that year.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • If we set aside the 2019 outlier, the number of new teachers produced in Texas has decreased from almost 17,600 in 2016 to just under 17,000 in 2021.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • While the total is remaining relatively stable over time, the proportion of educators produced by Alternative EPPs has been increasing<\/b><\/span>. In 2016, 52% of newly-certified\/employed teachers were from Alternative EPPs, a metric that increased to over 56% in 2021. <\/span><\/li>\n
  • College\/University EPPs saw their production of new educators drop by over 1,000 from 2016-2021, falling from 8,465 in 2016 to 7,404 in 2021.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Public University EPP Production<\/u><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

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    • Out of the more than 7,400 new educators produced by College\/University EPPs in 2021, more than 85% completed preparation programs at public universities in Texas. The remaining 15% completed programs primarily at private four-year institutions.<\/li>\n
    • The Texas A&M University System (TAMUS) has long-held the moniker as the top-producing public university system in Texas, accounting for almost 27% of the teachers produced by public university EPPs in Texas in 2021.<\/b><\/li>\n
    • The top 5 producers include Texas State (542), Texas A&M University (502), University of North Texas (423), Sam Houston State University (382), and Texas Tech University (374).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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