>> Ted: NEXT ON ARIZONA HORIZON, AN UPDATE ON THE LATEST OMICRON VARIENT AND A SURGE IN RESPIRATORY ILLNESSES IN CHILDREN.

AND LATER ON CRONKITE NEWS, CANDY COLORED DRUGS IN HALLOWEEN CANDY.

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>> Ted: GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO ARIZONA HORIZON.

I'M TED SIMONS.

ARIZONA REPUBLICAN PARTY CHAIR, KELLI WARD ASKED THE U.S. SUPREME COURT ASKED TO BLOCK A SUBPOENA FOR HER PHONE AND TEXT RECORDS AFTERWARD LOST TO KEEP THE HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE TO KEEP FROM GETTING THE PHON PHONE RECORDS.

THEY ARGUE THE RECORDS WERE TOO INTRUSIVE AND HURT WARD'S FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS BUT THE NINTH CIRCUIT UPHELD THE RULING AND ORDERED THE SUBPOENA CAN MOVE FORWARD BECAUSE THE COMMITTEE'S INVESTIGATION IS NOT ABOUT WARD'S POLITICS BUT HER INVOLVEMENT IN THE EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE ATTACK ON THE U.S. CAPITOL.

>>> A SUPERVISOR SAID THAT SHE'S BEEN ASSURED BY THE STATE SENATE CAN HELP THE COUNTY HAVE A HAND COUNT OF THE ELECTION'S BALLOTS AND IT WAS APPROVE APPROVED BY THE SUPERVISORS.

SECRETARY OF STATE, KATIE HOBBS, GAVE THE COUNTY UNTIL 5:00, TO SHOW HOW HAND COUNTS ARE LEGAL AND FACE A LAWSUIT.

WE'VE JUST HEARD IN COCHISE COUNTY, THEY HAVE AGREED TO EXPAND IT AND WE'LL SEE HOW THAT GOES OVER WITH THE STATE.

>>> A NEW OMICRON VARIENT IS RAISING CONCERNS AND RESPIRATORY VIRUS IS FILLING FILLING FILLING PEDIATRIC BEDS AND WILL HUBBLE, LET'S START WITH THE RSV, THIS IS HITTING KIDS HARD.

>> BIG TIME.

RSV IS A RESPIRATORY VIRUS THAT'S PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS FOR LITTLE KIDS.

AND WE HAVE RSV EVERY WINTER SEASON AND THIS YEAR, IT'S STILL OCTOBER AND WE'RE SEEING A REALLY BIG INCREASE IN THIS RSV TRANSMISSION AMONG LITTLE KIDS AND THE HOSPITALS ARE PACKED FULL OF KIDS WHO NEED, YOU KNOW, SOME ASSISTANCE BREATHING AND THAT IS A RESPIRATORY VIRUS.

IT'S FOR OLDER KIDS AND FOR ADULTS, IT'S NOT A BIG DEAL.

FOR LITTLE KIDS, IT CAN BE QUITE DANGEROUS.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF IT RIGHT NOW.

>> Ted: OBVIOUSLY, A RESPIRATORY VIRUS, TROUBLE BREATHING?

>> IT CREATES A LOT OF MUCOUS AND IN LITTLE TINY KIDS, THEY DON'T HAVE THE COUGH REFLEX AND THAT FLUID CAN BUILD UP AND CAUSE PNEUMONIA AND THAT'S WHAT MAKES IT SO TROUBLING.

>> Ted: DOES 90% OF PEDIATRIC BEDS IN ARIZONA, DOES THAT SOUND RIGHT?

>> THERE'S NOT A LOT OF BEDS AND I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED.

I LOOKED AT THE SURVEILLANCE REPORT BEFORE COMING IN AND I STOOD BACK AND SAID, WOW!

THIS LOOKS LIKE A JANUARY EPICURVE AND THIS WILL USUALLY RUN ITS COURSE AND NOT LIKE RSV WILL BE TERRIBLE ALL WINTER.

IT WILL RUN ITS COURSE AND IT WILL MELLOW OUT.

JUST BECAUSE IT STARTS EARLY DOESN'T MEAN IT WILL LAST FOREVER.

>> Ted: I READ THAT, OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS FOCUSING ON CHILDREN, BUT VERY MUCH THE EDERLY AND THEY COULD BE AT RISK, AS WELL?

OR IS THAT TRUE?

>> LESS SO.

>> Ted: THE FLU, WHAT ARE WE SEEING AND WHAT ARE WE SEEING AROUND THE COUNTRY AND WHAT ARE WE SEEING IN ARIZONA?

>> I SHOULDN'T SAY NOTHING IN ARIZONA YET, BUT HADLY VERY FEW CASES OF KNOWN INFLUENZA AND IN ARIZONA, NOT MUCH AROUND THE U.S.

YET.

BUT WHAT WE SAW IN THE SOUTHERN HEM MISSHEMISPHERE, THEY HAD A ROBUST INFLUENZA SEASON AND FINISHED THEIR WINTER AND THAT'S USUALLY A PRETTY GOOD SIGNAL ABOUT WHAT WILL HAPPEN FOR THE COMING YEAR.

WE'VE HAD TWO VERY MILD INFLUENZA SEASONS BECAUSE OF THE INTERVENTIONS WITH MAXIMUMMING.

MASKING.

YOU TALK ABOUT EDERLY A SECOND AGO, CALL TO ACTION, GET THAT VACCINE DONE AND YOUR BIVALIENT BOOSTER FOR SENIORS.

A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY GET THEM TOGETHER, BUT NEVER MISS AN OPPORTUNITY AND THAT'S WHY THEY SAY THAT DO WHAT YOU WANT.

>> I GOT THE BOOSTER LAST SATURDAY AND I WON'T GET MY FLU SHOT FOR ANOTHER WEEK OR TWO.

WE SPREAD THEM OUT, MY WIFE AND KIDS.

WE SPREAD THEM OUT SO IT WASN'T SUCH A BAD -- I MEAN, MY ARM HURT PRETTY MUCH FROM THE BOSTONNER.

BOOSTER.

>> Ted: LAST QUESTION REGARDING THE FLU, IT SEEMS LIKE IN ARIZONA, OUR FLU SEASON SEEMS LATER IN THE YEAR.

>> GENERALLY LATER ON IN THE YEAR COMPARED TO THE REST OF THE COUNTRY.

WE WOULD HAVE YEARS AT THE STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, IT WOULD RAMP UP BEFORE THANKSGIVING, BUT IN GENERAL, IT'S JANUARY, FEBRUARY, SO YOU GET SOME TIME AND MOST LIKELY YOU HAVE TIME.

I WOULD GET YOUR BOOSTER FOR COVID NOW AND IF YOU WANT TO INVESTIGATE THEM, GET THE COVID BOOSTER NOW AND GET YOUR INFLUENZA VACCINE IN NOVEMBER.

>> Ted: OMICRON IS INVOLVED AND I'M HEARING OF OMICRON SUB SUBVARIANTS AND THE BOOSTER STIMULATES THE RNA SPECIFICALLY FOR THE OMICRON VARIENT, THE BA4 AND 5.

THESE ARE DIFFERENT, THE NEW ONES OUT OF EUROPE AND IN SINGAPORE, THE BXX AND THE OTHER ONE FROM EUROPE.

IT'S DETECTED IN ARIZONA NOW, BUT IT HASN'T TAKEN OVER YET.

THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION, IT STANDS TO REASON MORE PROTECTIVE THAN THE REGULAR BOOSTER SHOT, BUT THERE'S THEY'RE DOING THE EVALUATION AND THAT'S WHEN YOU ROLL IT OUT TO SEE IF IT PANS OUT.

AGAIN, REMEMBER, THE REAL VALUE OF THE SHOT THESE DAYS IS THE BOOSTER, THAT IT HELPS YOU -- IT PREVENTS YOU FROM HAVING THAT BAD OUTCOME.

>> Ted: THERE'S A STUDY THAT WAS RELEASED AND STEAMS STEAM SEEMS SHOW IS THE BIVI ARCALENT SHOWS IT WAS THE SAME AS THE ONE WE GOT EARLIER IN THE YEAR.

>> THEY MAY BE RIGHT, BUT I'M NOT DRAWING THAT CONCLUSION.

>> Ted: YOU MUST BE HAPPEN WITH IT.

>> YES.

>> Ted: YOU HAD A REACTION AND THERE'S ANOTHER STUDY AND WE TALKED ABOUT THIS AND IF YOU HAD HAVE A BAD REACTION, DOES THAT MEAN IT WORKS BETTER OR YOUR MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO COVID?

THIS STUDY SUGGESTS IF YOU HAVE MORE SIDE EFFECTS, YOU HAVE A BETTER ANTIBODY RESPONSE?

>> MAYBE IS THE ANSWER TO THAT AND ACTUALLY PROBABLY.

SO, WHAT HAPPENS, YOU GET THAT VACCINE AND YOUR BODY SAYS, WHOA, WHAT'S THIS?

THIS IS BAD AND I'LL CREATE AN IMMUNE RESPONSE AND YOUR BODY HAS A REACTION TO THAT ANTIGEN AND THAT IS WHAT MAKES YOU FEEL BAD.

IF YOU HAVE A SORE ARM OR FEEL POORLY, A SURE SIGN YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM KICKED IN.

IF YOU DIDN'T GET A SORE ARM AND FELT GREAT, THAT DOESN'T MEAN IT DIDN'T WORK.

BUT AT LEAST YOU DIDN'T GET THAT IMMEDIATE FEEDBACK SAYING OK, NOW I KNOW THAT WORKED BECAUSE I FEEL BAD.

>> Ted: THOSE OF US WHO HAD A SORE ARM AND SAYING THIS IS GREAT.

I DON'T KNOW IF I'M THINKING THIS IS GREAT ANYMORE.

>> Ted: IT'S A GOOD THING?

>> YES.

>> Ted: A GOOD THING SAYING FLU SHOTS, YOU CAN IF YOU WANT TO BUT NOT NECESSARILY.

HOW LONG DO THEY WORK?

WE COULD HAVE THE FLU INTO MARCH AND APRIL AROUND HERE?

>> RULE OF THUMB, LIKE YOU SAID IS THAT WE TEND TO HAVE A LATER INFLUENZA SEASON AND A LOT OF PEOPLE GET THEIR VACCINE IN OCTOBER AND I GENERALLY GET IT IN NOVEMBER SO I KNOW I'M GETTING PROTECTION INTO FEBRUARY AND MAYBE EVEN MARCH.

THAT'S A GUESSING GAME AND YOU'RE GUESSING, REALLY, BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, YOU STIMULATE THE IMMUNE RESPONSE AND MAKE THE T-CELLS AND ANTIBODIES AND THAT LASTS FOR A FEW MONTHS AND THAT'S WHY YOU NEED A BOOSTER WHEN THE NEXT SEASON COMES UP AND TIMING IT CAN BE PART OF HOW WELL IT WORKS.

>> Ted: PART OF THE FUN, RIGHT?

WILL HUBBLE, ALWAYS A PLEASURE AND TALK ALL THINGS GOING ON.

THANK YOU.

AND UP NEXT, A TRAINING PROGRAM TO IMPROVE HEALTHCARE DELIVERY TO YOUNG PEOPLE.

>> A NUMBER OF HEALTH CENTERS ADDRESSING THE HEALTHCARE NEEDS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AND WE WELCOME VALLEY PEDIATRICIAN, DR. WINNY CHULANI.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US AND TRACEY, THE PARTNERSHIP NETWORK, WHAT IS THAT?

>> WELL, THE ARIZONA HEALTH PARTNERSHIP IS A FEDERALLY FUNDED NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION AND WE'RE FOCUSED ON PROVIDING SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTHCARE SERVICES TO ANYONE IN ARIZONA AND THE CHAMPION MODEL IS ONE OF OUR MODELS.

>> Ted: TALK TO US MORE ABOUT WHAT HEALTH CENTERS WERE INVOLVED.

>> WE HAVE A WIDE RANGE OF HEALTH SERVICES AND HEALTH CENTERS THAT ARE PROVIDING COMPREHENSIVE OR PRIMARY CARE SERVICES P AND SO WE STARTED WITH THREE AND GREW TO SEVEN AND WITH HAVE TWO DIFFERENT COHORTS GOING THROUGH THE CHAMPION MODEL AND THAT'S 30 IN THE FIVE YEARS WE'VE BEEN REPLICATING THE PROJECT.

>> Ted: DR. CHULANI, WHAT IS THIS?

IS THIS INCORPORATING BEST STRATEGIES OR IS THIS A HEAD DISCUSSION HERE AND WHAT'S GOING ON?

I THINK THE MODEL IS BASED ON THE UNDERSTANDING THAT YOUNG PEOPLE ARE NOT JUST BIG CHILDREN OR LITTLE ADULTS AND THAT IN PROVIDING HEALTH SERVICES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE, OUR SERVICES NEED TO BE CATERED TO THE DEVELOPMENTAL NEEDS, CULTURAL NEEDS AND THE SPECIFIC NEEDS OF ADOLESCENCE.

THE CHAMPION MODEL IS HOW HEALTH CENTERS GO THROUGH A PROCESS OF OBTAINING FEEDBACK FROM THERE.

YOUNG PEOPLE, FROM THE PATIENTS THEY SERVE, AROUND HOW THEY CAN BETTER ADAPT THEIR PRACTICES TO BETTER SERVE YOUNG PEOPLE.

HEALTH CENTERS GO THROUGH AN 1 18 MONTH CYCLE AND HOW THEY SERVE YOUNG PEOPLE AND IMPLEMENT CHANGES.

SUCH AS EXTENDING OFFICE HOURS TO INCLUDE AFTER-HOURS AND WEEKEND VISITS TO ALIGN WITH YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE IN SCHOOL AND HAVE AFTER-SCHOOL COMMITMENTS AND FOR ADOLESCENTS AND KNOWING THERE ARE CERTAIN PIECES OF YOUR HEALTHCARE THAT YOU CAN KEEP PRIVATE AND FEEL COMFORTABLE SPEAKING ABOUT.

IT'S ABOUT CREATING THAT SPACE.

IT RECOGNIZES THAT THE PATIENT EXPERIENCE DOES NOT BEGIN IN THE OFFICE, IN THE WAITING ROOM.

IT BEGINS IN YOUR FRONT OFFICE AND IT BEGINS ALL THE WAY.

THINK OF THE MANY STEPS IT TAKES BEFORE THEY GET TO THE EXAMING ROOM TO MEET WITH A PHYSICIAN LIKE ME.

IT'S ABOUT ADAPTING STEPS TO MAKE YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE POSITIVE EXPERIENCES.

>> Ted: ADOPTING STEPS AND REMOVING BARRIERS AND TALK ABOUT THAT.

>> WE'RE NOT GENERALLY WORKING IN SYSTEMS THAT WE'RE INTENTIONALLY DESIGNED FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AND THERE A LOT OF BARRIERS TO FACE IN TERMS OF ACCESS AND CARE IN THE FIRST PLACE AND THE QUALITY OF CARE AND TRAINED CLINICIANS.

THERE'S CONFIDENTIALITY CONCERNS.

AGAIN, THE ACM IS HELPING OUR PROVIDERS AND THINK ABOUT HOW THEY CAN BE MORE INTENTIONAL AND HELPING TO OVERCOME THE BARRIERS AND MAKE THAT HEALTHCARE MORE ACCESSIBLE TO YOUNG PEOPLE AND MORE TAILORED TO MEET THE NEEDS.

>> Ted: WHEN YOU GET THIS BRAIN-STORMING SESSION, HOW DOES THAT WORK?

HOW DOES THIS SESSION -- FOR DOCTORS WHO ARE LISTENING, WHAT CAN THEY EXPECT?

>> A LOT OF SUPPORT AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND IT'S REALLY SO UNIQUE IN THE SENSE THAT IT'S UP TO THE CHAMPIONS WHO CALL THEM AND THE HEALTH CENTERS TO DETERMINE WHAT ARE THE PRIORITY AREASES AND BASED ON DATA FROM YOUNG PEOPLE AND DATA FROM STAFF AND CLINICIANS, RATES OF WELL SAFETY VISITS.

IF THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF WAYS TO TWEAK AND MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO YOUR POLICIES OR PHYSICAL SPACES, WHAT ARE THE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO IN YOUR HEALTH CENTER AND WE'LL HELP YOU.

>> Ted: AND DR. CHULANI, IS THIS A MASSIVE OVERHAUL IN THE WAY THEY'VE BEEN TREATED IN THE PAST?

>> I THINK IT'S BOTH.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS, THERE'S PEDIATRIC SPACES AND ADULT SPACES AND NOT VISIBLE ADOLESCENT SPACES.

THERE ARE MINOR TWEAKS THAT YOU CAN DO, BUT I THINK WE HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THERE'S A GENERAL LACK OF RECOLLECT RECOGNITION OF NEEDS.

>> Ted: ARE WE TALKING THE WHOLE NINE YARDS?

>> WE HAVE A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO YOUNG PEOPLE.

HEALTH IS PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL AND IT'S HOW WE HELP YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL SUPPORTS TO THRIVE.

>> Ted: YOU GET GOOD HEALTH HABITS AS AN ADOLESCENT AND YOU EXHIBIT THOSE AS AN ADULT.

>> WE WANT OUR YOUNG PERSON TO FEEL EMPOWERED AND THEY HAVE OFTENTIMES PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT AND TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR HEALTHCARE INTO THE FUTURE AND SO WE WANT THEM TO FIND A MEDICAL HOME AND A TRUSTED PROVIDER AND TO UNDERSTAND SERVICES THEY CAN ACCESS IN PRIVATE.

WE JUST WANT THEM TO BUILD COMFORT SO THAT IT'S A MORE POSITIVE HEALTHCARE EXPERIENCE AND THEY HAVE ACCESS SO THAT THEY DON'T AVOID CERTAIN OPPORTUNITIES TO SEEK HEALTHCARE.

>> Ted: I WOULD IMAGINE COMMUNICATION AND FEELING WELCOME AND BASIC THINGS.

YOU DON'T NEED A MEDICAL DEGREE FOR THAT AND IT SURE HELPS.

>> RIGHT.

I THINK THAT WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT IS ONE OF THE MOST COMMON CHANGES WE'VE SEEN AND JUST THINKING ABOUT ARTWORK AND DECORE AND THE CLOTHING YOU WEAR AND THE WAY THAT YOU MAKE PEOPLE FEEL LIKE INTENTIONALLY, THIS IS AN ENVIRONMENT FOR THEM TO FEEL WELCOMED AND VALUED.

>> Ted: DR. CHULANI, THE RESPONSE FROM THOSE PARTICIPATING FROM MEDICAL DOCTORS, ARE THEY RECOGNIZING THE ISSUE HERE OR THIS TORNADO AND SEEING THE VALUE HERE?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

ONE OF THE THINGS WITH THE HEALTH CENTER IS THAT THEY'VE ACTUALLY COME BACK, ESPECIALLY THOSE IN LARGE SYSTEMS WHERE ONE CLINIC WAS A PART OF A PREVIOUS COHORT.

THEY'VE COME BACK BECAUSE THEY WANT TO DISSEMINATE THIS BECAUSE THEY SEE THE VALUES OF WHAT WE DO EXPECT CHALLENGE AND THE VALUE OF CHANGES.

>> Ted: GOOD TO HAVE YOU BOTH HERE.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THE ARIZONA TEACHER'S ACADEMY IS EXPECTED TO RECEIVE $15 MILLION IN NEW FUNDING FOR THE PERSISTENT TEACHER'S FUNDING AND FRED DUVAL, IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.

>> NICE TO SEE YOU.

>> Ted: WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS AND ARIZONA TEACHER'S ACADEMY AND LET DEFINE TERMS AND HOW DID THIS COME ABOUT?

>> SO WHAT IT IS, WE'VE OFFERED TO STUDENTS, IF YOU AGREE TO COME GET A DEGREE FROM ONE OF OUR ARIZONA UNIVERSITIES OR COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND AGREE TO TEACH, WE WILL PICK UP YOUR TUITION.

FOR EVERY YEAR YOU AGREE TO TEACH, WE PICK UP YOUR TUITION.

>> Ted: HOW DID THIS COME ABOUT?

I RAN FOR GOVERNOR IN 2014, DOUG DUCEY AND WE WERE FRIENDLY.

AFTER I PROPOSED THIS IDEA AND AS WE SAW EACH OTHER MOVING THROUGH THE CAMPAIGN, HE PULLED ME ASIDE AND SAID I LIKE THAT IDEA AND WHEN I BEAT YOU, I'LL USE THAT.

HE WAS GOOD TO HIS WORD AND PUT ME BACK ON THE BOARD.

ONE OF THE REASONS IS BECAUSE HE WANTED TO SEE THIS TO COMPLETION.

HE GETS A LOT OF CREDIT FOR FUNDING IT.

>> Ted: HOW MUCH ARE YOU GROWING?

>> FIRST COUPLE OF YEARS, 200, 300300 STUDENTS AND WE HAVE GRADUATED 3200 TO DATE.

LET ME DESCRIBE THE CRISIS.

ONE THOUSAND CLASSROOMS LACKED A TEACHER THIS FAME.

WEFALL.THE WORK-AROUNDS ARE PAINFUL TO THINK ABOUT AND THE REPUBLIC HAS BEEN COVERING THIS NICELY OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS AND GIVING IT FLAVOR.

STANFIELD SCHOOL DISTRICT DOUBLED THEIR CLASSES AND WHAT KIND OF TEACHER ATTENTION DO YOU GET?

TUCSON AND V ARC VALE IS RECRUITING FROM THE PHILIPPINES AND A HUNDRED VACANCIES ALONE.

THREE WORK-AROUNDS ARE PAINFUL AND THE SOLUTION IS MORE TEACHERS.

WE ARE GROWING AND NEED TO TRIPLE THE PROGRAM TO CATCH UP GIVEN THE FACT THAT WE HAVE THIS LAGGING ONE THOUSAND CLASSROOM NUMBER BEHIND US AND THE FACT THAT THE RETENSE NUMBERS ARE RETENTION NUMBERS ARE WHAT THEY ARE.

ONCE YOU KEEP A TEACHER THREE OR FOUR YEARS, THEY'RE LIKELY TO STAY 20 OR 30 AND IT'S GETTING THEM OVER THE NUMBER.

YOU CAN'T MAKE A RATIONAL DECISION TO GO INTO TEACHING IF YOU GO INTO DEBT.

YOU WON'T HAVE THAT STUDENT DEBT DEBT.

WE HAD A REGENT'S MEETING IN FLAGSTAFF AND A WAITRESS TAKING MY ORDER AT A MEXICAN RESTAURANT AND WHAT BROUGHT YOU TO FLAGSTAFF?

I LIVED IF BAKERSFIELD AND I REALLY WANTED TO TEACH AND I WANTED TO GO TO ONE OF THE CALIFORNIA SCHOOLS AND I LOOKED AT THE AMOUNT OF DEBT I WOULD CARRY AND THE AMOUNT THEY WOULD PAY ME AS A TEACHER AND NEVER MADE IT WORK AND HEARD ABOUT THIS PROGRAM.

I MOVED MY FAMILY TO FLAGSTAFF AND WILL SPEND MY LIFE HERE.

>> Ted: THAT'S NICE ABOUT ARIZONA TEACHERS GO TO NEIGHBORING STATES BECAUSE THEY PAY MORE.

YOU COULD LEARN TO BE A TEACHER IN A VARIETY OF WAYS AND DO YOU LEARN TO BE A TEACHER -- ARE THEY READY TO FACE THE CHALLENGES SO THE RETENTION RATE IMPROVES?

>> YES, BUT BE MINDFUL OF THE CHALLENGES THEY FACE.

WHEN YOU PUT 43 STUDENTS IN A CLASSROOM, THAT TEACHER WILL HAVE BURNOUT.

THE WORK-AROUNDS ARE CREATING STRESSES WHICH IS AGGRAVATING THE RETENTION ISSUE.

SO WE NEED TO ADDRESS IT WITH SALARY INCREASES AND WE NEED TO MAKE THE PROFESSION OF TEACHING MORE REWARDING FOR THESE WONDERFUL PEOPLE MOTIVATED TO TEACH AND CAN'T DEAL WITH THE STRESS.

>> Ted: THAT SOUNDS LIKE AN ANSWER TO A QUESTION, WHY IS THERE A TEACHER SHORTAGE?

I'VE HEARD EVERYTHING FROM LACK OF RESPECT TO LACK OF MONEY TO ALL IN BETWEEN.

IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SEEING?

>> THIS IS A NATIONWIDE CRISIS AND REFLECTS ALL WHAT YOU'RE SEEING.

THE COSTS OF GETTING THE DEGREE AND STUDENT DEBT REQUIRED AND DOESN'T SQUARE WITH THE SALARY AND YOU HAVE OTHER STRESSORS IN THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS INVOLVED.

THE LACK OF RESPECT, WE EXPECT TEACHERS, SOCIAL WORKERS, SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS, ET CETERA, AND IT'S AND IT'S DESIGN FOR FAILURE AND NOT SUCCESS AND THE ACADEMY IS TRYING TO REVERSE THE ENGINEERING.

>> Ted: WE JUST SAW TEST RESULTS IN ARIZONA AND THERE'S MAJORITY OF STUDENTS ARE FAILING ENGLISH AND MAJORITY K-12 FAILING MATH AND THIRD GRADE.

IS THAT WHAT'S GOING ON HERE AND IS THAT A PART OF THE FALLOUT?

>> SURE.

AND WHEN A STUDENT IN STANFIELD, ARIZONA, 43 STUDENTS, THAT'S NOT CONDITIONS TO GET THOSE KIDS READY IN MATH, SCIENCE AND READING TO PERFORM WELL.

SO WE'VE GOT TO ULTIMATELY GET TO RETAINING GOOD TEACHERS AND GETTING THEM IN A CLASS SIZE TO LIFT EVERY STUDENT TO THEIR POTENTIAL.

>> Ted: BACK TO THE ACADEMY, HOW MANY STUDENTS HAVE GRADUATED AND MOVED ONTO THE CLASSROOM?

>> WE HAVE 32 TOTAL AND ANOTHER IN THE PIPELINE AND PRODUCING 1200 PER YEAR AT THE MOMENT.

I'LL TAKE 50 MORE SECONDS AND SAY IT, WE SHOULD GET TO SCALE AND SCALE MEANS 12,000.

THAT WOULD CATCH US UP AND GET TO THE PLACE WHERE WE CAN REPLACE THOSE TEACHERS LEAVING WITH NEW TEACHERS THAT ARE READY TO PERFORM.

THAT'S REQUIRES THE LEGISLATURE UP TO 40, $50 MILLION A YEAR.

>> Ted: YOU WON'T HAVE GOVERNOR DUECY AROUND TO HELP AND IS THIS A MINIMUM?

>> I CAN HOPE SO AND HOPE THE NEXT GOVERNOR IS EQUALLY MINIMAL MINIMAL.

>> Ted: AND THAT IS IT FOR NOW.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AND YOU HAVE A GREAT EVENING!

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