w curriculum instruction, school culture. perhaps because i'm a former teacher that w the f we given sufficient attention to that. i would call your attention to a remarkable series of reports over the last couple years, american public media, who documented the appalling way we teach reading to children in america, it expert class, teacher training, we know how to do this, we train teachers badly. it seems -- >> you were indicting teacher training, very much so, universities colleges doing a poor job preparing teachers for the classroom. is there a statistical relationship between some universities and the department of education and poor performance by t graduates? >> i am sure there is but perhaps at the risk of painting too broad a brush the larger problem is i'm noture ation views it as their job to train teachers in my written testimony.ould strike you as odd. they may be more concerned with professional disposition and theory as opposed to the practical means of controlling a classroom, a curriculum. >> in my limited time, some of the kids do are out to wear many hats and primary fortune but some kids what do we do about that set of issues. >> i don't want to diministh reality of that. the question we seldom act, why are we asking the poorest performing institution in a community to do more. to provide services beyond the core function. are there other organizations that would be better suited to be a social service provider.gb >> school-based clinic with a high need would be a better alternative? >> that is complicated. the need is real whether you institution to be the service provider to hold the service accountable in question. >> senator baldwin. >> i want appearing today especially to our teachers on the panel, you do the work of educating our children, doing what it takes to ensure materials that you need to learn. that comes at a cost, you need to make more investments, our nations educators. facing what our state superintendent has referred to as an education workforce in crnt of released the report on e, this report found we have shortcomings including teacher retention. four of every ten teachers leave thero leave the state in their first we 6 years. the shortage of teachers is pronounced whencomes to special education teachers 74% of schools in wisconsin s special education educator and 1/3 of those were not able to find a teacher to fill the vacancy. >> i want to thank you for your testimony. educators are the factor for student success. i appreciate youfocus on the need to pay them accordingly. one of the focuses on the fourth pillar, low income families and multilingual learners and students with disability. last year the house education ions bill crafted by house republicans would have vestment by 80% for title i a, a program intended to provide extra support to schools serving low income students. and eliminating $890 million title iii program that supports multilingual learners and proposed cutting to billion dollars for the instioms.b this plan to cut non-cut spending, does this sound like the high-performing system the commission reviewed? what the ramification? g about the government by and in finland, singapore, canada for high-performing system is? >> yes, thank you for the question. one of the principles we discovered in high-performing systems is the investment in students with the greatest need including most especially for low income families. that is why the blueprint has focused on community schools. a community school in maryland serving 55% or more low income students. they get significantly extra fundingcademic programs, they have extra health services, a coordinator who can connect children in those schools with social services in the region. it is our that we need to concentrate resources on kids that are growing up in difficult circumstances andreduction in title i funding would exacerbate the problems we face. >> gemayel keyes, as you grapple with shortage of teachers, more schools are establishing grow your own programs. these programs are often focused on introducing or encouraging high school students to pursue the field of educational provide programs focused on helping professions such as para-educators ande teachers gaining teachers licenses. you have a remarkable story how you ca profession. and red -- turning your teaching masters degree in education. for teacher programming and the benefits of grow your own programs and how the federal government can better support these programs? >> the program i was part of pretty much what is open up the pathway. working in that profession. i was a professional for 16 years. it looks at the professionals, based on their level of schooling. if you've got some college credits, if you've got a bachelor's you start here, and associates you start here. the residency program, i have put me in a position, unde when i was without pay. to me, the benefit of that was, i got to learn the ins and outs of the paperwork side of it. when you work with children ever are certified or not how to teach. you know how to be there for your students on every level. you work with kids every day, you know what you are doing. what the pathway program d insight on what it takes to deliver a it takes to be effective the way you deliver curriculum. what it takes to understandor me the special education laws and the ins and outs of what it is to becator. it als an inside look at some of the challenges in the classroom. and the pa people coming from corporate america and the military, it is open to being a teacher. i realized what temple gate university realize people from coming outside edution they don't have a clue. they make it through the program, once they got in the classroom on their own they didn't make it. for me the grow your own program, people doing a job, people who want to do the job. the only thing holding them back is the financial parts. back years from going back to school with financial aspect. as a classroom assistant, $16,000 you start with 30 is what you end of, be looking that and everything else, taking good care of myself, paying for school, can't do that. it makes it accessible, makes it something that can happen it is wonderful. we've got 100 people who have gone through this program, they see the need for high quality teachers time to step up to the plate and be the high y teacher. another aspect of a program fruition is to start recruiting some people in high school to may be interested in education, have them start as professionals just so they know what it is like to be in the classroom environment. you are well over time. >> my bad. that is the answer. >> really important topic in. some virginia teachers in the room from fairfax recently had a collective-bargaining vote. f this hearing, the teacher shortages and everything, tributes to them you talked about. my wife is a member of the state bod of education appointed by the governor to one on the board appnted by a democratic governor, and the ent republican governor, one nonpartisan aspect is teacher shortages all over the commonwealth, high poverty schools, a study out of uva, 80% of all vacant posis tion schools with the greatest number of vacancies and those schools are high poverty schools which tend to be in central cities or rural virginia and some areas, special ed ispc topical where the shortages are. they are generally in high poverty schools, mostly good teachers in the classroom are the students with high numbers of vacancies. you've all done a good job of explaining the challenges. one thing that was not mentioned that should be mentioned, some of you touched upon it, no one mentioned it. nobody mentioned gun violence. shooter drills, that wasn't the case when i was in school. now. teacher said to me recently we hauled to a moment of silence now. i don't know what the kids are i know what every adult in school is thinking about. .. silence and let today not be the day. let today not be the day. and that's got to be daunting for teachers and other adults that work in school s daunting for parents >> they finish school just 1years ago. something parents worry about teachers without and kids worryab i was going to ask the question, mr. keyes, about t program because i think that really is a a solution. senator collin have a bill called the path at the looks that grow your own. because of some have been a paraprofessional school system and deminds of students but they don't have the credentials yet to be a teacher, you know the going to be a successful teacher if you can get into that credential. i'm a big supporter of programs like the one you describe here and we do have bipartisan legislation to try to advance that. i wanted to aart of a background which was national teacher certification. dr. kirwan talked about this. my experience in virginia but wondering abouthe utah experiences. every once in while in virginia we would do for people like a national teacher certification but then if the budget was that next year it would disappear. so you wouldn't get a continued salary bump and the person who wanted to get board-certifi incentive to do it. i think while teacher salary is something that is primarily a state and local responsibility, i think it could at the federal level be a federal thing. we'll talk about national certification, if you want a high percentage of her teachers to have national certification that could be something at the federal level that would be smart to i talk a little bit about what you incentivize can you talk to do this? did you take it on wanted to do it? what was the utah program under which he didn't increase your salary? >> absolutely, senator. i receive a stipend of your both my district and my state. when they first went through national board certification i did so just because i wanted to be better for children. i was motivated what i was seeing in the classrooms of national board certified omeone told me i would get paid more, okay, all right that's nice. wife so much for money. it's not much. it's not enough right now to move people into this. $4000 extra year every year because the teach in a title i school and i teach in a district that supports that. but not all districts do. state of different programs for there was way to make sure teachers across our country were all incentivized t most accomplished educator that they could be, the benefits t our children the research shows would be profound. the maryland played what you do >> when a teacher becomes board-certified they get an increase in salary of $10,000 and thatnues in their salary. it is independent of the year. that's part of the base as lg as they are board-certified. so they have to be renewed they continue. senator kaine it's had a very consequence. i i just learned led the nation in the number of teachers who got board-certified last year. maryland is a small relatively small state come 6 millionll people but it led the nation, more than california, more than new york. and i a think that that salaryas been obviously played a big role in making that happen. >> and if i could compass is our increase but it's a salary increase for doing a lot of work that makou a better teacher. a salary increase eve your case and utah where it is somewhat modest it's a sign of respect, a sign of respect for the profession. something that has a number of positives. i am not overtime two senator>> thank you mr. chairman, very much. and i want to start by highlighting that i am proud of the boston public school system for their prioritizing of equity anon for their students. they aim to ensure that and brown students have the same opportunities to achieve and that we address the systemic racism that plagued our schools nationally and they work hard to guarantee that not changed for theagree to the programs that aim to support and include students based on gender sexuality or raise detract from the student learning. in fact, i'm proud that boston public pu and celebrate all children, because that is how weuantee that every student has the right now. one-third of k-12 public school staff working full-time make less than $25,000 per year, less than 25,000 per year. one-third of those staff in public schools in our country. i received a a paraprofessional named c. j. who works with studentsool system and is a member of the boston teachers union. c. j., lik far paraprofessionals, is being forced to choose between the called to an basic financial security. see jay's students and families leave the field of education. but if c. j. can'tr care for elderly mother, how can we expect him to stay in the school system likely cannot expect school staff to keep our students safe and healthy and learning when they are paid starvation wages. we need that pay teachers act and we need a pay paraprofessionals and education support staff act as well. mr. keyes, how did your wages students? >> my wages asx+ paraprofessional have impacted me? they impact me because i needed a second job you know? i i couldn't survive off of just paraprofessional wages. that 16,000, i was at at the 30,000 what i switched over to teaching. even that wasn't enough, and a lot of my paraprofessional colleagues they are looking to other districts and they are seeing that there's no real difference in the pay period and the things that with, the absolutely deserve to make more money. my paraprofessionals they run the show for when i can't. the last week of school they did everything because i was paperwork. they deserve to beonals are teachers. they are just not certified. all of the teachers want work with they treated me with the same level of respect that they wanted to be given in return. so i feel as though they're definitely should be fairness and pay when it comes to paraprofessionals. they are just like me. my fresh out of college i worked for the whole year as a substitute teacher. which is not a paraprofessional but i could also to making sure -- of the work. >> mr. arthur as a teacher why is it important torantee school buildings are as resilient to climate change as the resilience educators and students demonstrate in the face of intensifying climate crisis? >> i apologize senator. can you restate the question?eed to ensure that the working conditions of teachers but also the studying conditions of students have healthy environments within which they will be working? >> absolutely. yeah unhealthy adults, adults who were dealing with stress and burnout have a hard time helping to prepare children to be healthy going forward i life. our school climates are beautifully determined by the school commupeople work. and i'll tell you it makes me think of this graphic is just because they teach sixth-grade math. it's fascinating to me a i swear i had sharp a will. i change grass all the time.ust wish i could go out to that crap, cross at spending and bright salaries for school staff, and then just like leavitt and watch over the next five years whatred lines do in terms of student achievement. have fully staffed schools with high paid not just teachers but paraprofessionals school counselors and all the other people that are critical in helping to educate and uplift children then you'll not only have better school climates, you're better students course, you have everything we looking for and education like -- >> thank you. you're right on the money a [applause] it's why i introduced my preparing and retaining all educators, the parent educators provide grant to schools for the type of pathway programs allow school staff to grow and to thrive, increase wages come scholarship for credentialing and further education, high-quality professional developer. so it's just essential that every paraprofessiona have access to and financiales programs. i heard you, mr. keyes. you were saying. i agree with you. we just have to focus on the resources to make sure we get that job done. >> senator casey. >> mr. chairman, thank you very much. i'm what y and raking up front this hearing. i know i'm running late. we are all juggling differentngagements today but i but i wanted to start with mr. keyes, and i really appreciate the work you doing in philly. i wanted to we all would help every student has the opportunity to experience, which is a safe, inclusive and supportive learning environment. orking to advance bills that will provide schools and educators and students with the resources they need to thrive. might require school districts to establish codes of conduct that specifically prohibit bullying and harassment among students and support the safety skin collusion of all children. another bill i've recently introduced is showing up for students act and provide additional funding for officetment of education. this office's mission is making sure all students can perform in a safe classroom and it's important in every year a on the college campus or educational environment and in terms of racism anti-semitism and discrimination and department of education is charged with the responsibility of making a determination and verycific evidence-based fact-based determination as to whether o n there's a hostile environment in any judgment the responsibility to complete the investigations tve already undertaken and i'll continue to fight for that funding. anyone that says they care about what's happen on our campuses should support the funding for the office of civil rights. mr. keys. with that predicate wo you need and do you feel that are necessary as a leader to ensure all students can succeed. , especially students with disabilities in the district? >>t resources do i need? better training, more focused training on the specific population. and 99% of the time we're the ones, teachers, we're the ones training our staff on how to work with these state of the unions. o the times there's teachers not very well trained and able to train their teachers. i was lucky and every teacher i worked with had been there 30, 29 years and i got that training.'k >> i appreciate the fact you served a z a teacher and indicate your significance. i wanted to the teachers in the district and the para professionals and thinking of ways to creatively address the teacher shorte. aspects of the para professional to teacher programe they going to secondly going for a federal government to do it. # what was most help to me and my colleagues was eliminating that debt that comes acongress with going back to sool.
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