Pathways to Teaching & Licensed Education Professions
There is a nationwide shortage of educators, and locally we need to pursue every avenue available to bridge the growing gap between high-quality educators and our community’s needs. Clackamas ESD is committed to helping build a stronger regional educator workforce by offering a variety of support to aspiring educators who are interested in becoming licensed educators, behavior specialists, speech-language pathologists, physical therapists, occupational therapists, counselors, social workers — any licensed profession supporting students and schools.
We’re working to help develop a new educator pipeline by:
- Connecting employees in our partner school districts and our own employees with resources that help them work towards school careers that require a license
- Helping regional students find opportunities to begin exploring and preparing for a teaching career while in high school
- Providing career guidance to community members interested in becoming educators
Career pathways resources
Reach out to us to learn how we can help you reach your career goals
Human Resources News
Staff spotlight: Miles Estes and Andrew Marquez, teaching residents
Life Enrichment Education Program staff members Miles Estes and Andrew Marquez are steadily working toward becoming licensed special education teachers with the support of several Clackamas ESD initiatives designed to remove barriers and create clear pathways for classified staff who aspire to become teachers, counselors, social workers or school psychologists. [...]
Staff spotlight: Kim Logsdon, therapeutic special education teacher
The first full week of May is designated as Licensed Employee Appreciation Week. At Clackamas ESD alone, we have at least 20 types of licensed jobs, with many variations in those positions. These are people who have completed higher education and earned licenses to be certified to teach students, lead continuing education training for staff, serve as [...]
Staff spotlight: Ozzy Rodriguez, EI/ECSE specialist
The first full week of May is designated as Licensed Employee Appreciation Week. At Clackamas ESD alone, we have at least 20 types of licensed jobs, with many variations in those positions. These are people who have completed higher education and earned licenses to be certified to teach students, lead continuing education training for staff, serve [...]
