The State of Our Educator Pipeline 2023
moderated by Shayne Evans
State Rep. Carol Ammons, Briana Morales and Dr. Kimako Patterson

Amid a growing public awareness of challenges staffing schools and a landscape altered by the COVID-19 pandemic, Advance Illinois seeks to put data at the forefront of conversations on what must be done to ensure every student has access to high-quality, racially diverse educators.

The State of our Educator Pipeline 2023 unpacks early impacts from the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic on our teacher, principal, and paraprofessional pipelines and identifies where the state has made progress and where some of the largest barriers exist in increasing diversity among our school’s teacher and leaders.

Join us as we discuss what the state has done to strengthen our educator pipeline, and explore what challenges remain, and what lies ahead.

October 12, 2023