Alison Winzeler Director of Pathways to Practice

Thousands of people who switched careers to become North Carolina public school teachers are leaving their roles within three years, new data shows, the latest indicator of the hiring challenges plaguing school districts across the state. Temporarily licensed teachers — largely people who enter the profession from another field are the fastest-growing teacher population in the state — make up 10% of North Carolina’s teacher workforce, up from 2.6% a decade ago. But many of them are leaving. Alison Winzeler is the Director of Pathways to Practice. She joined Jeff Hamlin to discuss the drop-off in would-be teachers.