SREB is committed to improving the educator workforce as one of its top priorities through the end of the decade. A cross-collaborative team of staff are working on this initiative and have developed the following to lead their work over the next five years.  

Vision

Every child deserves a great teacher. Educator shortages hurt our students, exhaust our educators & drain our economy. To sustain our economy, we must have enough quality teachers and school leaders to fully prepare the next generation of leaders, entrepreneurs and workers.  

SREB is a leader in solving the complex issue of building and maintaining a first-rate educator workforce.  

SREB strives to support policy and practice leaders in states, P-20 and postsecondary education to comprehensively improve the educator profession through the following priority goals: 

• Make teaching more attractive
• Enhance educator pathways and preparation
• Cultivate strong educator support programs
• Modernize the teaching profession and educator workday