Supply and Demand Report

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Educ. Number of % Employed Est. First Year Award Grads in TN Annual Wages Level CTE HS 35 54% $12,110

Program Title

13.1210

Early Childhood Education and Teaching Human Development, Family Studies, and 19.0799 CTE HS 264 62% $12,563 Related Services, Other Source: P20 Connect, TDOE high school CTE completers, 2018-19 and TDLWD Unemployment Insurance (UI) employment and wage records.

Although graduates with one-to-two-year certificates in cosmetology had better than average rates of employment, wages earned were low. This could be related to reduced demand during the pandemic. Counselors with higher rates of employment included those with master’s and educational specialist degrees. Both social workers with master’s and bachelor’s degrees had similar rates of employment (about 65 percent), but the master’s degree graduates earned about $11,000 more on average.

Education and Training Occupations The education and training career cluster includes educators, administrators, trainers, counselors, and other learning support services. Recruitment and retention are critical for a high-quality and consistent teaching workforce. Across the nation and in Tennessee, teacher shortages and retention are a topic of concern. According to the Tennessee Department of Education, even before the pandemic, “after five years, only six out of ten teachers were teaching in the same school.”63 The pandemic put additional strain on the teacher workforce and on school districts across the state due to a rapidly changing environment, as normal rhythms of the school year were disrupted, and new ways of virtual learning were introduced. While the sector has relatively average growth projections,64 there has been tremendous churn in the education workforce that has generated employer demand. Preschool teachers are in demand in seven of the 10 regions in Tennessee. The usual training for this occupation is an associate degree. In the RAPID (Rapid Assessment of Pandemic Impact on Development) survey, which is a national survey with a large sample of parents with young children, about one-fifth of families had their childcare disrupted. Childcare providers in the survey had significant difficulty with staffing shortages (60 percent had difficulty during the pandemic compared to about one-third before); one of five providers were considering leaving the childcare business altogether.65

Tennessee Department of Education, Teacher Retention in Tennessee Nationally, employment in education, training, and library occupations is projected to grow about as fast as the average for all occupations. -- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Outlook Handbook, Education, Training and Library Occupations 65 RAPID-EC, Childcare Shortages Weigh Heavily on Parents and Providers, November 2021 63 64

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