State launches 6th annual 'Thank Alabama Teachers' month, announces teacher recruitment campaign

A new promotional video released this week launched the sixth annual “Thank Alabama Teachers Month.”

"No matter where you live in Alabama, rural counties, inner cities, you should have the opportunity to grow up and pursue whatever your life's dream is," Dr. Eric Mackey, Alabama State Superintendent of Education, said in the video.

At an event hosted by Tiffany Marron, the principal of Vestavia Hills Elementary, Liberty Park had 500 students and nearly 100 teachers in attendance. Mackey presented the department's new logo and promotional video, along with a message encouraging people to consider teaching as a career.

"You can go an hour from here and get in some of the more rural parts of the state, and we actually have a pretty severe shortage," Mackey said, according to WVM13 .

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