Prospective teachers in special education, mathematics, science and foreign languages are particularly in demand, according to Gigi Davis-White, an assistant director in U.Va. Gone are the days when school districts can wait until the end of summer to make contract offers. Now they need to move early and fast to snap up graduates. To accommodate schools' need to hire teacher education graduates, U.Va.'s Career Services Office will give recruiters a day on March 1 to interview candidates they see the previous day during the job fair. Starting teacher salaries in some states are unusually high, she said.
Demand is also very high in North Carolina.