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Show Utah Teacher Surplus Showing an Increase While the job market situation situ-ation is looking better for many of this year's crop of college graduates, Utah's six teacher education institutions are still producing more teachers teach-ers than our schools can employ. em-ploy. In fact, according to Dr. Vere A. McHenry, Administrator Adminis-trator of the Utah State Board of Educttion's Division of Instructional Support Services, Servic-es, recently released figures indicate that the teacher education ed-ucation institutions in Utah are producnig approximately 10 percent more teachers than can be employed. The figures also indicate that only about one of every three teachers who graduate from a Utah institution in 1970-71 is now teaching in the State of Utah. There were 3,379 teachers teach-ers who graduated last year. Of those accounted for in statistics sta-tistics released by the colleges col-leges and universities, 1,101 are currently teaching in Utah schools, Another 395, or about 12 percent, are teaching teach-ing outside the state. Of the remainder, 215 are employed in other occupations; 160 are continuing formal study; 5? have entered military service and 319 women are full time homemakers. Almost lo percent of the total were still locking for a teaching position last November, Novem-ber, two months after the school year had begun. Included In-cluded in the 10 percent were 66 men and 242 women. . , The number still seeking teaching jobs last November was up 49 from 259 who werr; still job hunting in November of 1970. Brigham Young University leads Utah in teacher production produc-tion with 1,636 teacher graduates gradu-ates last year. Utah State-University State-University follows with 687. The University of Utah graduated grad-uated 672 teachers. Weber State and Southern Utah Stv te followed with 214 and 132 respectively. Westminister College graduated 38. |