Chancellor on teacher pipeline and early childhood education
The Chancellor highlights CUNY's role as New York's primary talent engine, preparing one-third of new NYC public school teachers with a 17% higher five-year retention rate, and its early childhood education pipeline with 3,600 students across 50 programs.
These efforts build on one of CUNY's redefining roles, serving as New York's primary talent engine for many of the essential sectors that keep the city running.
We prepare more than one-third of all new New York City public school teachers each year, and more than 40% of the students of color in New York State.
I am proud that city teachers from CUNY have a 17% higher
five-year retention rate than those from other institutions.
This CUNY teacher pipeline is essential to addressing the statewide teacher shortage, and this year, for example, we tripled the number of CUNY students in the Teaching Fellows program.
More than 15,000 students have participated in the program since its inception, including the current school's chancellor, Kamar Samuels.
A critical priority for Governor Hochul, Mayor Mandani, Speaker Menin, and this council is the shared goals of universal child care.
CUNY is uniquely positioned to meet the moment.
The university already enrolls more than 3,600 early childhood education students across 50 academic programs, making us the primary engine for training the educators needed
to make this effort successful.
We're expanding that pipeline through the statewide New York Early Childhood Professional Development Institute, and we're also launching new programs in early childhood leadership and administration, addressing a critical shortage in the field.