Connecticut schools looking to boost teacher diversity [Video]

NORTH HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — More than 200 people gathered Thursday in North Haven to talk about getting more students interested in careers in education. They are also aiming for a future with more diversity among the profession.

Teachers and future teachers, come together in a Quinnipiac University auditorium to talk about creating more educators.

“There’s such a lack of, and nobody really want to go into it because there’s so much demand for it, and a lot of people think it’s a really difficult job,” Waterbury Career Academy senior Haylie Johnson said.

Johnson is also part of Educators Rising, a movement that works to encourage today’s students to become tomorrow’s teachers. The symposium was about encouraging lot of different people to become teachers. It started with a video message from U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona.

“Part of our vision includes making sure that we have a beautifully diverse …