Exceptional-student education and technology-education teachers top a list of “high-demand teacher” need areas for 2025-2026, according to an annual report that will go before the State Board of Education on Wednesday.
The rankings take into account issues such as numbers of teachers who are providing instruction in academic areas where they are not certified.
Other academic subjects on the high-demand list are English, math, general science, physical science and English as a second language.
“The high-demand areas … represent certification areas where larger than typical proportions of teachers who are not certified in the appropriate field are being hired to teach courses where vacancies exist and where postsecondary institutions do not produce enough graduates to meet the needs of Florida’s K-12 student population,” the report said.
The Board of Education will meet in Destin.