Coming into the new school year, Clinton High School Principal Jerry Wayne had nine teaching positions to fill.

Monday morning on the WHOW Morning Show, Wayne told Regional Radio it was a challenging and stressful summer but he was able to get all the positions filled ahead of the first day of school in a few weeks.

Wayne explains they were getting creative in how they went about getting those positions filled.

The teacher shortage is starting to be felt at the university level as they are not seeing as many, if any, students go into teaching in certain subject areas. Wayne believes it is important to let youth know how important teachers are and the impact they have on the lives of their students.

There are a lot of things educators have to go through to get a teaching job and Wayne believes it has become a big challenge to become a teacher. He says they have to be very dedicated to wanting to teach to stick with everything required.