teacher shortage

GCU superheroes answer call for teachers

Just how much GCU students have answered the emergency of teacher shortages is even clearer this fall, when 278 students earned paying jobs as student […]

GCU helps stem teaching, nursing shortages

Teachers have a lot on their plate. They're challenged not just by teaching Shakespeare and algebra, but by students' behavioral problems, their social-emotional concerns and […]

Teacher takes alternative pathway to her dream

Maria Vinch had been a social worker and an office worker, but the kind of work she really wanted was to teach children. In August, […]

GCU students help fill need for substitute teachers

When the situation in Arizona schools gets tough, GCU students and graduates come to the rescue. The latest example arose when the lingering pandemic and […]

Aspiring teachers wooed at expo -- even to Alaska

Most of the Promenade was lined with tables set up by school district representatives Tuesday, eager to hire GCU's aspiring teachers. Nearly all of the […]

First cohort makes L.E.A.P. to teacher certification

Scott Wade was a lawyer but fell in love with teaching four years ago and is in the classroom under an emergency certification. Lisa Baird […]