The Educator Advancement Council, on behalf of and in partnership with the Oregon Department of Education (ODE), Oregon Teachers Standards and Practices Commission (TSPC), and the Higher Education Coordinating Commission (HECC) announces the release of the 2024 Educator Equity Report. The 2024 Educator Equity Report is the ninth report published by the state education agencies since 2015 on educator workforce diversification efforts in Oregon.

Key Findings from the 2024 Report

• Growth in Diversity of Early Career Educators:
  • Over the past decade, Oregon has doubled the proportion of first-year teachers identifying as people of color reaching 20.6% in 2023.
  • The number of racially and ethnically diverse teachers with five or fewer years of experience has tripled over the past decade.
  • Half of Oregon’s racially and ethnically diverse teachers had less than five years of experience in 2023-24. However, new teachers, Special Education teachers, and teachers of color still face high turnover rates.
• Rising Diversity, Falling Completion Rates in Education Preparation Programs:
  • Racial and ethnic diversity in education majors is gradually increasing at community colleges, but the completion rates of educator preparation programs in Oregon for these groups are declining.
• K-12 and State Agencies See Diversity Growth, but More Progress Needed:
  • The number of diverse candidates receiving preliminary teaching and administrator licenses is rising. Higher proportion of emergency or restricted license holders are racially and ethnically diverse compared to preliminary license holders in Oregon in 2023.
  • Licensed K-12 teachers, the largest educator group, are the least diverse, while non-licensed staff are more diverse and growing faster.
  • Hispanic/Latino educators are notably underrepresented relative to Hispanic/Latino students.
  • Despite diversity in both rural and urban student populations, educator diversity lags behind.

Learn more and read the full report here.