Teaching Shortage Strains Educators

Posted by Rachel Goodman | Mar 17, 2023 | All Talk, Education, Talk of the Bay | 0

Talk of the Bay from KSQD

Teaching Shortage Strains Educators

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With more than half of the nation’s school districts experiencing teacher shortages, many parents, teachers, and institutions are left to wonder why this is happening. Cabrillo College student Kaya Henkes-Power has this profile of her mother, Heather Henkes, a San Diego-based art teacher working at Mission Bay Highschool. Starting her career in 2000, Henkes has been an art teacher for twenty-three years. She talks about her personal experience as a teacher and about the evolution of her career and navigating through the pandemic. She speaks about how the teacher shortage is affecting her school campus, what the future of teaching might look like, and how school districts can best support their teachers.

About The Author

Rachel Goodman

Rachel is host of Talk of the Bay and Board Chair of KSQD. She is the producer of radio documentaries such as Southern Songbirds: The Women of Early Country and Old Time Music, The Boomtown Chronicles, and Pastures of Plenty, a History of California Farmworkers. She teaches journalism at Cabrillo College in Aptos. She is a recipient of a Peabody award for excellence in journalism.