Number of Teachers Employed
  2002-03 1999-00 1998-99 1997-98 1996-97 1995-96 1994-95 1993-94 1992-93 1991-92 1990-91
Total Teachers Employed  in the State 9,532 9,262 9,570 9,282   9,625 9,985 9,557 8,767 9,454 8,773
Newly Hired Teachers  in Each Year 374 436 507 536     611 641 576 432 414
*  The program became officially available, by state board rule, effective July 1, 1991; 20 people have participated in a pilot since 1985. **  The state's One-Year Associate Instructor Program -- which has since been repealed -- offered a credential to persons who had completed a teacher education program, but had not been certified, or had completed less than one year of full-time teaching experience.