Every year, there are stories about school districts looking for qualified teachers to fill positions days before the beginning of the year. Often, schools have to settle for permanent subs to fill these positions. Often, these are core subject area positions that go vacant for an entire school year or more. In this episode of The Marvin Byrd Show, our guest (Renee Gordon) presents to us data that proves intentional action is necessary. These shortages could grow exponentially within the next 5 years. In this 2nd part of the interview with Renee Gordon, she shares with us some steps schools can take to prevent the damaging effects of a growing teacher shortage.