Many current teachers plan to move on.
Although some departures are due to retirement, turnover is high, with 42 percent of current theology teachers having been in their positions for less than five years. Neb. Cook addressed a recent workshop in Milwaukee at the annual convention of the National Catholic Educational Association, a gathering of administrators and teachers from Catholic elementary and secondary schools across the United States. 959 teachers - also responded. Cook knew of only two states, Wisconsin and Nebraska, that certify theology teachers. And, unlike most other teachers, theology teachers have no national professional association.