Critical Quality Educator Shortages

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1 Critical Quality Educator Shortages Identification of Schools and Licensure and Endorsement Areas Impacted by Critical Quality Educator Shortages for the school year Report to the Board of Public Education November 2011 Prepared by Madalyn Quinlan, Chief of Staff Linda Atwood, Operations Research Analyst Montana Office of Public Instruction

2 Background The Quality Educator Loan Assistance Program is administered by the Board of Regents through the Office of the Commissioner of Higher Education. The program provides for the direct repayment of educational loans of eligible quality educators for up ato 4 years. The total annual loan repayment assistance may not exceed $3,000. Educational loans are loans made by a federal loan program, excluding federal Parents Loans for Undergraduate Students (PLUS) loans. A quality educator is defined as a full-time equivalent educator who holds a valid educator license or is a licensed professional providing services to students in a school district, an education cooperative, the Montana School for the Deaf and Blind, the Montana Youth Challenge Program or a state youth correctional facility. 1 In FY 2010, 163 teachers received quality educator loan repayment assistance totaling $471,753. In FY 2011, 141 teachers received assistance totaling $417,000. Critical Quality Educator Shortages Section , MCA directs the Board of Public Education, in consultation with the Office of Public Instruction, to identify: (a) specific schools that are impacted by critical quality educator shortages; and (b) within the schools identified in (a), the specific quality educator licensure or endorsement areas that are impacted by critical quality educator shortages. Quality educators working in schools that are identified as impacted schools and teaching in licensure or endorsement areas that are impacted by critical quality educator shortages are eligible for loan repayment assistance. The Board of Public Education is required to publish an annual report listing the schools and the licensure or endorsement areas identified as impacted by critical quality educator shortages, explaining the reasons that specific schools and licensure or endorsement areas have been identified, and providing information regarding any success in retention. Methodology for Identifying Critical Quality Educator Shortages The methodology used by the OPI for identifying critical quality educator shortages includes a two-step process. The first step is to identify the schools that are impacted by critical shortages. The second step is to identify specific licensure and endorsement areas. 1 The complete definition of a Quality Educator is in (4), MCA. Page 1

3 Identification of Impacted Schools The OPI has developed a rubric for scoring the needs of schools based on three factors: rural isolation, economic disadvantage, and low student achievement. These three factors are weighted to set a threshold for identifying "impacted schools." To measure rural isolation, economic disadvantage, and low student achievement, the OPI developed a 24 point rubric based on locale code, the percentage of students eligible for free and reduced price meals, and the improvement status of schools under No Child Left Behind. Schools are listed as impacted schools if they are more rural, have a higher percentage of economically disadvantaged students, and/or have greater challenges in closing the achievement gap. Locale codes are used by the National Center for Education Statistics and the US Census Bureau to indicate the urban-rural nature of a school based upon population density and geographic location. The codes range from 11 to 43 based on population density and proximity to an urbanized area. (Appendix A provides an explanation of locale codes.) For this report, a school was assigned 4 "rural isolation" points if it has a locale code of 42-Rural, Distant and 8 points if it has a locale code of 43-Rural, Remote. All other Montana schools have a locale code indicating that the school is located in a small city, suburb, town or rural fringe; these schools were assigned zero points for rural isolation. 2 The indicator of economic disadvantage that was chosen for this report is the number of Free/Reduced Price Participants as a percentage of total school enrollment. While this indicator has its flaws in that actual participation may fall short of eligibility, especially in the high schools grades, the OPI considers it to be the best and most current indicator of economic disadvantage among the school population. Schools were given a score of 0 to 8 "economic disadvantage" points depending on the percentage of students participating in free/reduced price meals. The indicator of student achievement that was chosen for this report is the improvement status of schools under No Child Left Behind. Schools were given a score of 0 to 8 "improvement status" points depending on whether the school was identified as in need of improvement for If a school was not identified as in need of improvement, it is assigned zero improvement status points. If the school was identified as in need of improvement, the improvement status points increase from 1 point for a school in its first year of being identified for improvement to 8 points for a school in restructuring for four or more years. Table 1 shows the rubric that was used to assign points to each school based on indicators of rural isolation, economic disadvantage, and improvement status. 2 For , there are 19 schools for which OPI assigned the locale code. Fourteen of these schools were opened or re-opened recently and do not have a current locale code. The remaining 5 schools use a mailing address in a larger community. Given that locale codes are assigned by the US Department of Education based on zip code, these districts are more isolated than is indicated by the zip code. OPI assigned the most rural locale codes to these schools for the purpose of this analysis. Page 2

4 Table 1. Scoring Rubric for Determining Impacted Schools Scoring Rubric Locale Code 13 - Small City 0 Locale Code 22 - Suburb, Mid-Size 0 Locale Code 23 - Suburb, Small 0 Locale Code 31 - Town, Fringe 0 Locale Code 33 - Town, Remote 0 Locale Code 41 - Rural, Fringe 0 Locale Code 42 - Rural, Distant 4 Locale Code 43 - Rural, Remote 8 Free/Reduced % >=10% 1 Free/Reduced % >=20% 2 Free/Reduced % >=30% 3 Free/Reduced % >=40% 4 Free/Reduced % >=50% 5 Free/Reduced % >=60% 6 Free/Reduced % >=70% 7 Free/Reduced % >=80% 8 Status School Year 1 1 School Year 2 2 School Year 3 or more 3 Corrective Year 1 4 Restructuring Year 1 5 Restructuring Year 2 6 Restructuring Year 3 7 Restructuring Year 4 or more 8 Any school that has a total score of 8 points or more is listed as an impacted school. There are 576 schools on this list, of which 285 are elementary schools, 155 are middle schools or grade 7/8 schools, and 136 are high schools. The Montana School for the Deaf and Blind, the Department of Corrections schools (Pine Hills and Riverside), the Montana Youth Challenge Program, and the state's 21 special education cooperatives were automatically added to the list of impacted schools. These entities are likely to employ a significant number of special education teachers (a category that is included in the specific quality educator endorsement areas). Identification of specific quality educator licensure or endorsement areas Each fall, schools report to the Office of Public Instruction regarding the challenges facing schools in filling vacancies for teachers, specialists, administrators and licensed professionals. These data are submitted on the District Personnel Recruitment report. The OPI relied primarily on information submitted by schools through this report to determine the critical shortage areas for licensure and endorsement. Additional Page 3

5 information regarding emergency authorizations, positions filled by improperly assigned or unlicensed educators, and completers of professional educator preparation programs was also used to inform the process. The OPI looked at three available sources of information related to licensure and endorsement shortage areas: District Personnel Recruitment Report This report is completed annually by school districts as part of the Annual Data Collection submitted to the Office of Public Instruction. In this report, school administrators provide an indication of the difficulty they experience in hiring regular education teachers, special education teachers, school administrators, specialists, paraprofessionals, and other support staff. The statewide summary of the District Personnel Recruitment report for is shown in Appendix B. Emergency Authorizations This report is compiled by the OPI Educator Licensure unit. It lists the number of emergency authorizations approved during the school year by endorsement area. In accordance with , MCA, a school district may apply to the Superintendent of Public Instruction for an emergency authorization of employment to hire a non-licensed individual as an instructor when the district is unable to find a licensed educator to fill the position. A statewide history of emergency authorizations granted by the state superintendent from through is included in Appendix C. Misassignments Reported by Accredited Schools "Misassignment" refers to a teacher or administrator who is not assigned at the levels and/or in the subjects for which their license(s) is/are endorsed. The source of personnel assignment data is the Annual Data Collection submitted by school districts and special education cooperatives to the Office of Public Instruction. The OPI used a weighted score for evaluating the data from the District Personnel Recruitment Report, which involved ranking hiring difficulty based on the degree of difficulty and the number of position vacancies. The degree of hiring difficulty was computed by adding the percentage of positions that were difficult to fill with those that districts were unable to fill. This combined percentage was then multiplied by the number of position openings. For example, school districts reported that of the 46 FTE vacancies for Music teachers statewide, 41% of the positions were difficult or very hard to fill. This resulted in a score of 19 points for Music openings. Some education fields are relatively easy to fill, but because of the large number of openings, the education field receives a high score using the method described above. The most obvious example of this is elementary education. With 287 FTE reported openings in and 7% of the positions reported as difficult or very hard to fill, the elementary education field receives a weighting of 21. Page 4

6 To prevent an education field from being placed on the critical shortage list based on volume or difficulty alone, two additional criteria were added. For an education field to be included on the list of academic areas impacted by critical quality educator shortages, the education field must meet two conditions: At least 14 FTE openings were reported statewide; At least 30% of the positions were reported as difficult or very hard to fill. Based upon the above criteria, the critical quality educator shortage areas for were Special Education, Career and Technical Education, Mathematics, Music, Science, Speech-Language Pathologist, School Counselor, and World Languages. In , Montana school districts reported 952 vacancies for all education fields and reported a total of 326 vacancies in these eight areas. Table 2. Education Fields Impacted by Critical Quality Educator Shortages in Percent Difficult or Rank Education Field Total Vacancies 3 Very Hard to Fill Weighted 1 Special Education 82 50% Career and Technical 40 67% Education 3 Mathematics 51 47% Music 46 41% Science 50 30% Speech-Language Pathologist 14 93% School Counselor 27 43% World Languages 16 43% Total FTE Employed 4 The education fields impacted by critical quality educator shortages have not varied much in the past five years. An analysis of the responses to the District Personnel Recruitment report over the past five years shows all eight fields as critical shortage areas in prior years. One area that dropped off the list from to is Art. Speech/Language Pathologist, which was dropped off the list in , is added back to the listing in The District Personnel Recruitment report aligns with the K-12 educator licensure areas and the subject areas that districts are likely to post in their job openings. It should be noted that the responses from districts are subjective and may not always be complete. 3 Total vacancies as reported by public school districts, state-funded schools, and special education cooperatives on the District Personnel Recruitment Report for the Annual Data Collection 4 Total FTE Employed as reported by public school districts, state-funded schools and special education cooperatives on the Personnel Assignment report for the Annual Data Collection Page 5

7 Validation of Measures based upon Independent Data Sources Section , MCA authorizes the Superintendent of Public Instruction to grant an emergency authorization of employment to an individual who does not hold a valid educator license when a district cannot secure the services of a person holding a valid license. The individual must have previously held a valid educator license or must meet the standards of preparation prescribed by the policies of the Board of Public Education for and during an emergency. Emergency authorizations are only valid for one school fiscal year. The data on emergency authorizations issued since July 1, 2004 validates the critical quality educator shortage areas that are listed in this report. Of the 69 emergency authorizations issued for school fiscal years 2005 through 2011, 61 (88%) were to individuals who taught in one of the eight critical shortage areas listed above. The personnel assignment information reported by school districts for through the Annual Data Collection (ADC) also validates the selection of these eight education fields. Of the FTE positions that were filled by individuals who did not hold a valid educator license or were misassigned in , (56%) of these FTE were teaching in one of the eight education fields listed in this report. These data do not include special education cooperatives, which also experience difficulty hiring educators in the eight identified education fields. Page 6

8 Page 7 List of Impacted Schools

9 Total Beaverhead Grant School EL Beaverhead Wise River School EL Beaverhead Lima High School HS Beaverhead Lima School EL Beaverhead Lima 7-8 GR Beaverhead Polaris School EL Beaverhead Jackson School EL Beaverhead Reichle School EL Beaverhead MYC 0000 Montana Youth Challenge 11 Big Horn Spring Creek School EL Big Horn Pryor Elem School EL Big Horn Pryor 7-8 GR Big Horn Plenty Coups High School HS Big Horn Hardin Primary EL Big Horn Hardin Intermediate EL Big Horn Crow Agency School EL Big Horn Hardin Middle School MS Big Horn Fort Smith School EL Big Horn Hardin High School HS Big Horn Lodge Grass School EL Big Horn Lodge Grass 7-8 GR Big Horn Lodge Grass High School HS Big Horn Wyola School EL Big Horn Wyola 7-8 GR Blaine Meadowlark School EL Blaine Chinook 7-8 GR Blaine Hartland Elementary School EL Blaine Chinook High School HS Blaine Harlem Elementary School EL Blaine Harlem 7-8 GR Blaine Harlem High School HS Office of Public Instruction November 2011 Page 1 of 20

10 Total Blaine Cleveland School EL Blaine Zurich School EL Blaine Turner School EL Blaine Turner 7-8 GR Blaine Turner High School HS Blaine Lodge Pole School EL Blaine Hays-Lodge Pole High Sch HS Blaine Hays-Lodge Pole 7-8 GR Blaine Bear Paw School EL Blaine North Harlem Elementary EL Blaine 9689 Bear Paw Cooperative 11 Broadwater Cecelia Hazelton School EL Broadwater Broadwater High School HS Broadwater Townsend 7-8 GR Carbon Mountain View School EL Carbon Roosevelt Junior High MS Carbon Red Lodge High School HS Carbon Bridger Elementary School EL Carbon Bridger High School HS Carbon Bridger 7-8 GR Carbon Joliet School EL Carbon Joliet 7-8 GR Carbon Joliet High School HS Carbon Roberts School EL Carbon Roberts High School HS Carbon Roberts 7-8 GR Carbon Fromberg School EL Carbon Fromberg High School HS Carbon Fromberg 7-8 GR Carbon Belfry School EL Carbon Belfry High School HS Office of Public Instruction November 2011 Page 2 of 20

11 Total Carbon Belfry 7-8 GR Carbon Luther School EL Carter Hammond School EL Carter Hawks Home School EL Carter Alzada School EL Carter Ekalaka Elementary School EL Carter Ekalaka 7-8 GR Carter Carter County High School HS Cascade Longfellow School EL Cascade Whittier School EL Cascade East Middle School MS Cascade Great Falls High School HS Cascade Cascade School EL Cascade Cascade 7-8 GR Cascade Cascade High School HS Cascade Centerville School EL Cascade Belt School EL Cascade Vaughn School EL Cascade Vaughn 7-8 GR Cascade Ulm School EL Cascade Fairhaven Colony EL Cascade Ulm 7-8 GR Cascade Simms High School HS Cascade Fort Shaw Elem School EL Cascade Sun River Middle School MS Cascade Cascade Colony School EL Cascade 9699 North Ctrl Learn Res Ctr 11 Cascade MT Sch For Deaf & Blnd El EL Cascade MT Sch For Deaf & Blnd HS HS Chouteau Fort Benton School EL Chouteau Fort Benton 7-8 GR Office of Public Instruction November 2011 Page 3 of 20

12 Total Chouteau Fort Benton High School HS Chouteau F E Miley School EL Chouteau Big Sandy 7-8 GR Chouteau Big Sandy High School HS Chouteau Highwood School EL Chouteau Highwood Middle School MS Chouteau Highwood High School HS Chouteau Geraldine School EL Chouteau Geraldine 7-8 GR Chouteau Geraldine High School HS Chouteau Knees School EL Chouteau Benton Lake School EL Chouteau 9871 Chouteau Co Joint Service 11 Custer Garfield School EL Custer Riverview School EL Custer Spring Creek School EL Custer Knowlton School EL Custer Kinsey School EL Custer 9692 Big Country Coop 11 Daniels Scobey School EL Daniels Scobey High School HS Daniels Scobey 7-8 GR Dawson Bloomfield School EL Dawson Lindsay School EL Dawson Richey School EL Dawson Richey 7-8 GR Dawson Richey High School HS Deer Lodge Anaconda High School HS Fallon Baker 7-8 GR Fallon Lincoln School EL Fallon Baker High School HS Office of Public Instruction November 2011 Page 4 of 20

13 Total Fallon Longfellow School EL Fallon Plevna School EL Fallon Plevna High School HS Fallon Plevna 7-8 GR Fergus Deerfield School EL Fergus Grass Range School EL Fergus Grass Range 7-8 GR Fergus Grass Range High School HS Fergus King Colony School EL Fergus Moore School EL Fergus Moore 7-8 GR Fergus Moore High School HS Fergus Roy School EL Fergus Roy High School HS Fergus Roy 7-8 GR Fergus Denton School EL Fergus Denton 7-8 GR Fergus Denton High School HS Fergus Spring Creek Colony Schl EL Fergus Winifred School EL Fergus Winifred High School HS Fergus Winifred 7-8 GR Fergus Ayers School EL Fergus 9691 Central Mt Learn Res Ctr 11 Flathead Swan River School EL Flathead Swan River 7-8 GR Flathead Kila School EL Flathead Kila 7-8 GR Flathead Smith Valley Primary Schl EL Flathead Smith Valley 7-8 GR Flathead Pleasant Valley School EL Office of Public Instruction November 2011 Page 5 of 20

14 Total Flathead Lakeside Elementary School EL Flathead Somers Middle School MS Flathead Bigfork Elementary EL Flathead Bigfork 7-8 GR Flathead Bigfork High School HS Flathead Marion School EL Flathead Marion 7-8 GR Flathead Bissell School EL Flathead Bissell 7-8 GR Flathead West Glacier School EL Flathead 9695 Flathead Co Coop 11 Gallatin Willow Creek School EL Gallatin Willow Creek 7-8 GR Gallatin Willow Creek High School HS Gallatin Three Forks Elem School EL Gallatin Three Forks 7-8 MS Gallatin Three Forks High School HS Gallatin Pass Creek School EL Gallatin Gallatin Gateway School EL Gallatin West Yellowstone School EL Gallatin West Yellowstone HS HS Gallatin West Yellowstone 7-8 GR Gallatin Ophir Elementary School EL Gallatin Ophir 7-8 GR Gallatin Lone Peak High School HS Gallatin Amsterdam School EL Gallatin 9696 Gallatin/Madison Coop 11 Garfield Jordan Elementary School EL Garfield Jordan 7-8 GR Garfield Garfield Co Dist HS HS Garfield Pine Grove School EL Office of Public Instruction November 2011 Page 6 of 20

15 Total Garfield Kester School EL Garfield Cohagen School EL Garfield Sand Springs School EL Garfield Ross School EL Glacier Babb School EL Glacier K W Bergan School EL Glacier Napi School EL Glacier Vina Chattin School EL Glacier Browning Middle School MS Glacier Browning Elementary EL Glacier Browning High School HS Glacier Cut Bank Elementary EL Glacier Glacier Elementary School EL Glacier East Glacier Park School EL Golden Valley Ryegate School EL Golden Valley Ryegate High School HS Golden Valley Ryegate 7-8 MS Golden Valley Lavina School EL Golden Valley Lavina High School HS Golden Valley Lavina 7-8 GR Granite Philipsburg School EL Granite Granite High School HS Granite Philipsburg 7-8 GR Granite Hall School EL Granite Drummond School EL Granite Drummond 7-8 GR Granite Drummond High School HS Hill Davey Elementary EL Hill Box Elder School EL Hill Box Elder 7-8 GR Hill Box Elder High School HS Office of Public Instruction November 2011 Page 7 of 20

16 Total Hill Sunnyside School EL Hill Highland Park School EL Hill Lincoln-McKinley School EL Hill Havre Middle School MS Hill Cottonwood School EL Hill Rocky Boy School EL Hill Rocky Boy 7-8 GR Hill Rocky Boy High School HS Hill Gildford Colony School EL Hill North Star 7-8 GR Hill North Star School EL Hill North Star High School HS Jefferson Whitehall Elementary EL Jefferson Whitehall 7-8 GR Jefferson Whitehall High School HS Jefferson Basin School EL Jefferson Boulder Elementary School EL Jefferson Boulder 7-8 GR Jefferson Cardwell School EL Jefferson Jefferson High School HS Judith Basin Stanford School EL Judith Basin Stanford High School HS Judith Basin Stanford 7-8 GR Judith Basin Hobson School EL Judith Basin Hobson High School HS Judith Basin Hobson 7-8 GR Judith Basin Geyser School EL Judith Basin Surprise Creek School EL Judith Basin Geyser 7-8 GR Judith Basin Geyser High School HS Lake Arlee Elementary EL Office of Public Instruction November 2011 Page 8 of 20

17 Total Lake Arlee 7-8 GR Lake Arlee High School HS Lake Cherry Valley School EL Lake Linderman School EL Lake Polson High School HS Lake St Ignatius Elementary School EL Lake St Ignatius High School HS Lake St Ignatius Middle School MS Lake Salmon Prairie School EL Lake Pablo Elementary EL Lake K William Harvey Elem EL Lake Ronan Middle School MS Lake Ronan High School HS Lake Charlo Elementary EL Lake Charlo 7-8 GR Lake Charlo High School HS Lake Dayton School EL Lewis & Clark Bryant School EL Lewis & Clark Warren School EL Lewis & Clark Helena Middle School MS Lewis & Clark Helena High School HS Lewis & Clark Trinity School EL Lewis & Clark Wolf Creek School EL Lewis & Clark Lincoln Elementary School EL Lewis & Clark Lincoln High School HS Lewis & Clark Lincoln 7-8 GR Lewis & Clark Augusta Elementary School EL Lewis & Clark Augusta 7-8 GR Lewis & Clark Elk Creek Attendance Center EL 8 8 Lewis & Clark Augusta High School HS Lewis & Clark 9697 Prickly Pear Coop 11 Office of Public Instruction November 2011 Page 9 of 20

18 Total Lewis & Clark Pine Hills Youth Corr Facil HS HS Lewis & Clark Pine Hills Youth Corr Facil El EL Lewis & Clark Riverside Youth Corr Facil El EL 8 11 Lewis & Clark Riverside Youth Corr Facil HS HS Liberty Whitlash School EL Liberty Liberty Elementary School EL Liberty Chester-Joplin-Inverness Schl EL Liberty Chester-Joplin-Inverness 7-8 GR Liberty Riverview Elementary EL Liberty Sage Creek Elementary EL Liberty Chester-Joplin-Inverness HS HS Lincoln W F Morrison School EL Lincoln Troy 7-8 GR Lincoln Troy High School HS Lincoln Libby High School HS Lincoln Libby Elementary School EL Lincoln Eureka Elementary School EL Lincoln Eureka Middle School 5-8 MS Lincoln Lincoln Co High School HS Lincoln Fortine School EL Lincoln Fortine 7-8 GR Lincoln McCormick School EL Lincoln Yaak School EL Lincoln Trego School EL Madison Alder School EL Madison Sheridan Elementary Schl EL Madison Sheridan 7-8 GR Madison Sheridan High School HS Madison Twin Bridges School EL Madison Twin Bridges High School HS Madison Twin Bridges 7-8 GR Office of Public Instruction November 2011 Page 10 of 20

19 Total Madison Harrison School EL Madison Harrison High School HS Madison Harrison 7-8 GR Madison Ennis School EL Madison Ennis High School HS Madison Ennis 7-8 GR McCone Redwater School EL McCone Bo Peep School EL McCone Redwater 7-8 GR McCone Circle High School HS McCone Vida School EL McCone Prairie Elk Colony School EL McCone 9701 Prairie View Coop 11 Meagher White Sulphur Springs El EL Meagher White Sulphur Springs 7-8 GR Meagher White Sulphur Springs HS HS Mineral Alberton School EL Mineral Alberton High School HS Mineral Alberton 7-8 GR Mineral Superior Elementary EL Mineral Superior High School HS Mineral Superior 7-8 GR Mineral St Regis School EL Mineral St Regis High School HS Mineral St Regis 7-8 GR Missoula Lewis & Clark School EL Missoula Lowell School EL Missoula Porter Middle School MS Missoula Seeley-Swan High School HS Missoula Big Sky High School HS Missoula Potomac School EL Office of Public Instruction November 2011 Page 11 of 20

20 Total Missoula Potomac 7-8 GR Missoula Bonner 7-8 GR Missoula DeSmet School EL Missoula DeSmet 7-8 GR Missoula Sunset School EL Missoula Clinton School EL Missoula Clinton 7-8 GR Missoula Swan Valley School EL Missoula Swan Valley 7-8 GR Missoula Seeley Lake Elementary EL Missoula Seeley Lake 7-8 GR Missoula Frenchtown Elementary School EL Missoula 9698 Missoula Area Education Coop 11 Musselshell Central School EL Musselshell Roundup 7-8 GR Musselshell Roundup H S HS Musselshell Melstone School EL Musselshell Melstone 7-8 GR Musselshell Melstone High School HS Park Gardiner School EL Park Gardiner 7-8 GR Park Gardiner High School HS Park Cooke City School EL Park Springdale School EL Park Arrowhead School EL Park Arrowhead 7-8 GR Park Shields Valley Elementary EL Park Shields Valley 7-8 GR Park Shields Valley High Schl HS Park 9700 Park County Coop 11 Petroleum Winnett School EL Office of Public Instruction November 2011 Page 12 of 20

21 Total Petroleum Winnett High School HS Petroleum Winnett 7-8 GR Phillips Dodson School EL Phillips Dodson High School HS Phillips Dodson 6-8 MS Phillips Saco High School HS Phillips Saco School EL Phillips Saco 7-8 GR Phillips Malta High School HS Phillips Tallow Creek School EL Phillips Malta K-5 EL Phillips Malta MS Phillips Loring Colony School EL Phillips Whitewater School EL Phillips Whitewater High School HS Phillips Whitewater 7-8 GR Pondera Heart Butte Elementary EL Pondera Heart Butte High School HS Pondera Heart Butte 7-8 GR Pondera Dupuyer School EL Pondera Valier School EL Pondera Valier 7-8 GR Pondera Kingsbury Colony Attn Ctr EL Pondera Valier High School HS Pondera 9755 Big Sky SE Coop 11 Powder River Biddle School EL Powder River Broadus School EL Powder River Broadus 7-8 GR Powder River Powder River Co Dist High HS Powder River South Stacey School EL Powder River 9705 Tri County Coop 11 Office of Public Instruction November 2011 Page 13 of 20

22 Total Powell Ovando School EL Powell Helmville School EL Powell Elliston School EL Powell Avon School EL Powell Gold Creek School EL Powell 9703 Great Divide Educ Serv 11 Prairie Terry School EL Prairie Terry High School HS Prairie Terry Middle School GR Ravalli Edna Thomas School EL Ravalli Corvallis High School HS Ravalli Quentin Brown Primary K-4 EL Ravalli Corvallis 7-8 GR Ravalli Stevensville K-6 EL Ravalli Stevensville 7-8 GR Ravalli Stevensville High School HS Ravalli Victor School EL Ravalli Victor High School HS Ravalli Victor Middle School MS Ravalli Darby School EL Ravalli Darby High School HS Ravalli Darby 7-8 GR Ravalli Lone Rock School EL Ravalli 9690 Bitteroot Valley Coop 11 Richland Savage School EL Richland Savage 7-8 GR Richland Savage High School HS Richland Fairview School EL Richland Fairview 7-8 GR Richland Fairview High School HS Richland Lambert School EL Office of Public Instruction November 2011 Page 14 of 20

23 Total Richland Lambert 7-8 GR Richland Lambert High School HS Roosevelt Frontier School EL Roosevelt Frontier 7-8 GR Roosevelt Poplar 5-6 School EL Roosevelt Poplar School EL Roosevelt Poplar 7-8 GR Roosevelt Poplar High School HS Roosevelt Culbertson School EL Roosevelt Culbertson 7-8 GR Roosevelt Culbertson High School HS Roosevelt Southside School EL Roosevelt Northside School EL Roosevelt Wolf Point 7-8 GR Roosevelt Wolf Point High School HS Roosevelt Barbara Gilligan School EL Roosevelt Barbara Gilligan 7-8 GR Roosevelt Brockton High School HS Roosevelt Bainville School EL Roosevelt Bainville High School HS Roosevelt Bainville 7-8 GR Roosevelt Froid Elementary School EL Roosevelt Froid 7-8 GR Roosevelt Froid High School HS Roosevelt 9801 Roose-Valley Spec Educ 11 Rosebud Birney School EL Rosebud Forsyth Elementary School EL Rosebud Forsyth 7-8 GR Rosebud Forsyth High School HS Rosebud Lame Deer School EL Rosebud Lame Deer 7-8 GR Office of Public Instruction November 2011 Page 15 of 20

24 Total Rosebud Lame Deer High School HS Rosebud Rosebud High School HS Rosebud Rosebud School EL Rosebud Rosebud 7-8 GR Rosebud Pine Butte Elementary Sch EL Rosebud Frank Brattin Middle Schl MS Rosebud Colstrip High School HS Rosebud Ashland School EL Rosebud Ashland 7-8 GR Sanders Plains Elementary School EL Sanders Plains 7-8 GR Sanders Plains High School HS Sanders Thompson Falls Elem Schl EL Sanders Thompson Falls 7-8 GR Sanders Thompson Falls High Schl HS Sanders Trout Creek School EL Sanders Trout Creek 7-8 GR Sanders Paradise School EL Sanders Dixon Elementary EL Sanders Dixon 7-8 GR Sanders Noxon School EL Sanders Noxon 7-8 GR Sanders Noxon High School HS Sanders Hot Springs School EL Sanders Hot Springs 7-8 GR Sanders Hot Springs High School HS Sanders 9702 Sanders Co Educ Serv Coop 11 Sheridan Westby School EL Sheridan Westby High School HS Sheridan Westby 7-8 GR Sheridan Medicine Lake School EL Office of Public Instruction November 2011 Page 16 of 20

25 Total Sheridan Medicine Lake High School HS Sheridan Medicine Lake 7-8 GR Sheridan Plentywood School EL Sheridan Plentywood High School HS Sheridan Plentywood 7-8 GR Sheridan 9693 Sheridan/Daniels Coop 11 Silver Bow East Middle School MS Silver Bow West Elementary School EL Silver Bow Butte High School HS Silver Bow Divide School EL Silver Bow Melrose School EL Stillwater Columbus Elem School EL Stillwater Columbus Middle School MS Stillwater Columbus High School HS Stillwater Reed Point Elementary EL Stillwater Reed Point 7-8 GR Stillwater Reed Point High School HS Stillwater Fishtail School EL Stillwater Nye School EL Stillwater Rapelje School EL Stillwater Rapelje 7-8 GR Stillwater Rapelje High School HS Stillwater Absarokee School EL Stillwater Absarokee 7-8 GR Stillwater Absarokee High School HS Stillwater 9704 Stillwater/Sweet Grass Coop 11 Sweet Grass Big Timber School EL Sweet Grass Big Timber 7-8 GR Sweet Grass Melville School EL Sweet Grass Greycliff School EL Sweet Grass McLeod School EL Office of Public Instruction November 2011 Page 17 of 20

26 Total Sweet Grass Sweet Grass Co High Schl HS Teton Choteau School EL Teton Choteau 7-8 GR Teton Choteau High School HS Teton Bynum School EL Teton Fairfield Elementary School EL Teton Fairfield 7-8 GR Teton Fairfield High School HS Teton Power School EL Teton Power 7-8 GR Teton Power High School HS Teton Golden Ridge School EL Teton Pendroy School EL Teton Greenfield School EL Teton Greenfield 7-8 GR Teton Dutton/Brady Elementary EL Teton Dutton/Brady High School HS Teton Dutton/Brady Middle School GR Teton Midway Colony EL Toole Sunburst Elementary EL Toole Sunburst High School HS Toole Sunburst Middle School MS Toole Hillside Colony School EL Toole Rimrock Colony School EL Toole Cam Rose School EL Toole Galata School EL Treasure Hysham School EL Treasure Hysham High School HS Treasure Hysham 7-8 GR Valley Frazer Elementary EL Valley Frazer 7-8 GR Office of Public Instruction November 2011 Page 18 of 20

27 Total Valley Frazer High School HS Valley Hinsdale School EL Valley Hinsdale 7-8 GR Valley Hinsdale High School HS Valley Opheim School EL Valley Opheim High School HS Valley Opheim 7-8 GR Valley Nashua School EL Valley Nashua High School HS Valley Nashua 7-8 GR Valley Lustre School EL Wheatland Hillcrest School EL Wheatland Hillcrest 7-8 GR Wheatland Harlowton High School HS Wheatland Shawmut School EL Wheatland Judith Gap School EL Wheatland Judith Gap 7-8 GR Wheatland Judith Gap High School HS Wibaux Wibaux Elementary School EL Wibaux Wibaux High School HS Wibaux Wibaux 7-8 GR Yellowstone McKinley School EL Yellowstone Orchard School EL Yellowstone Washington School EL Yellowstone Newman School EL Yellowstone Ponderosa School EL Yellowstone Lewis & Clark 7-8 GR Yellowstone Riverside 7-8 GR Yellowstone Billings Sr High School HS Yellowstone Lockwood Middle School MS Yellowstone Custer School EL Office of Public Instruction November 2011 Page 19 of 20

28 Total Yellowstone Custer High School HS Yellowstone Custer 7-8 GR Yellowstone Morin School EL Yellowstone Broadview School EL Yellowstone Broadview 7-8 GR Yellowstone Huntley Project Elem K-6 EL Yellowstone Shepherd Elementary EL Yellowstone 9694 Eastern Yellowstone Coop 11 Yellowstone 9707 Yellowstone/W Carbon Coop 11 Office of Public Instruction November 2011 Page 20 of 20

29 Appendix A Locale Codes What are locale codes? Locale codes are derived from a classification system originally developed by NCES in the 1980 s to describe a school s location ranging from large city to rural. The codes are based on the physical location represented by an address that is matched against a geographic database maintained by the Census Bureau. This database is the Topographically Integrated and Geographically Encoded Referencing system, or TIGER. In 2005 and 2006, NCES supported work by the Census Bureau to redesign the original locale codes in light of changes in the U.S. population and the definition of key geographic concepts. The locale codes are based on an address s proximity to an urbanized area (a densely settled core with densely settled surrounding areas). The urban-centric locale code system classifies territory into four major types: city, suburban, town, and rural. Each type has three subcategories. For city and suburb, these are gradations of size large, midsize, and small. Towns and rural areas are further distinguished by their distance from an urbanized area. They can be characterized as fringe, distant, or remote. How are locale codes assigned to school districts? A school district s locale code is not assigned on the basis of the central office address. It is derived from the locale codes of the schools in the district. If 50 percent or more of the public school students attend schools with the same locale code, that locale code is assigned to the district. For example, if 60 percent of students were enrolled in schools with a rural - distant locale code, and 40 percent were enrolled in schools with a town - small locale code, the district would be assigned a rural distant locale code. If no single locale code accounts for 50 percent of the students, then the major category (city, suburb, town, or rural) with the greatest percent of students determines the locale; the locale code assigned is the smallest or most remote subcategory for that category. Urban-Centric Locale Codes 11 - City, Large: Territory inside an urbanized area and inside a principal city with population of 250,000 or more City, Midsize: Territory inside an urbanized area and inside a principal city with population less than 250,000 and greater than or equal to 100, City, Small: Territory inside an urbanized area and inside a principal city with population less than 100, Suburb, Large: Territory outside a principal city and inside an urbanized area with population of 250,000 or more Suburb, Midsize: Territory outside a principal city and inside an urbanized area with population less than 250,000 and greater than or equal to 100, Suburb, Small: Territory outside a principal city and inside an urbanized area with population less than 100, Town, Fringe: Territory inside an urban cluster that is less than or equal to 10 miles from an urbanized area Town, Distant: Territory inside an urban cluster that is more than 10 miles and less than or equal to 35 miles from an urbanized area Town, Remote: Territory inside an urban cluster that is more than 35 miles from an urbanized area Rural, Fringe: Census-defined rural territory that is less than or equal to 5 miles from an urbanized area, as well as rural territory that is less than or equal to 2.5 miles from an urban cluster Rural, Distant: Census-defined rural territory that is more than 5 miles but less than or equal to 25 miles from an urbanized area, as well as rural territory that is more than 2.5 miles but less than or equal to 10 miles from an urban cluster Rural, Remote: Census-defined rural territory that is more than 25 miles from an urbanized area and is also more than 10 miles from an urban cluster.

30 Appendix B District Personnel Recruitment Report

31 Personnel Recruitment Report School Year Education Field Teachers Total Fte of Openings Easy to Fill Possible to Fill Difficult to Fill Applicants But Unable to Fill Unable to Fill No Applicants Art % 29% 26% 9% 0% CTE % 28% 46% 1% 20% Elementary Curriculum % 29% 7% 0% 0% English % 41% 22% 0% 3% English as a Second Language % 100% 0% 0% 0% Health/PE % 26% 3% 0% 0% Mathematics % 40% 46% 1% 0% Music % 55% 36% 0% 5% Science % 40% 29% 0% 1% Social Studies % 10% 16% 6% 0% Special Education % 31% 50% 0% 0% Technology Education % 69% 0% 0% 0% World Languages % 31% 36% 6% 0% Support Staff/Specialists/Administrators Administrative - Other % 52% 26% 0% 0% Administrative - Principal % 34% 13% 0% 0% Administrative - Sp Ed Director % 0% 100% 0% 0% Administrative - Superintendent % 35% 43% 0% 0% Counseling % 53% 31% 4% 9% Library % 30% 30% 0% 3% No License Required % 49% 10% 0% 0% Nurse % 29% 71% 0% 0% Occupational Therapist % 0% 73% 0% 27% Physical Therapist % 0% 100% 0% 0% Social Worker % 0% 0% 0% 0% Speech-Language Pathologist % 7% 51% 21% 21% Support Staff % 0% 100% 0% 0% MADivision Area: CriticalLoanForgivenessWorkAreaFy2011.rptVacancyAreaStatewideSummary 10/14/2011 1:26:44 PM

32 Appendix C Emergency Authorizations for Employment Emergency Authorizations for Employment by Endorsement - School Fiscal Years Endorsement FY 2005 FY 2006 FY 2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY 2011 Total Agriculture 2 2 Art K Biology Broadfield Science 3 3 Broadfield Social Studies 1 1 Business Education Computer Science K Drama 1 1 Elementary English Family & Consumer 1 Sciences History 0 Industrial Arts 0 Mathematics Music K PE/Health K-12 0 Principal K-12 0 School Counseling K Special Education P Technology Education Trade & Industry - Health Occupations 0 Trade and Industry - Automotive 1 1 World Language - French K World Language - Japanese K World Language - Latin 1 K World Language - 1 Spanish K Total Of the 69 emergency authorizations for employment granted by the Superintendent of Public Instruction for school fiscal years 2005 through 2011, 61 (88%) were to individuals who taught in one of the eight critical shortage areas identified in this report.