Collier County Schools. Photo via WINK News There is a desperate search to find teachers across the state. A school district on the east coast plans to come here to recruit in one week. The Broward County school district will hold a teacher recruiting event in Naples Thursday, Nov. 8. Which is why Ava Dagon and her mother Taryn Berk said they would hate to see Ava’s third-grade teacher or any teacher from Osceola Elementary School leave the county. “I would kinda feel sad because all the teachers here are brilliant and very nice,” Dagon said. Berk said her daughter loves the school and teachers, and she feels for her daughter having to worry about her beloved teachers leaving the school and the county. “I know Ava loves this school, we’ve loved all of the teachersm” Berk said. “They work with the families; they work with the students. I would be just as sad as Ava to hear that some of the teachers would be moving on.” Executive Director Jonathan Tuttle with Collier County Education Association said this teacher recruitment problem is not only affecting neighboring counties but the entire state. “I don’t think it’s a bad tactic,” Tuttle said. “I think Broward County is doing what they can to take care of their kids, and they should. They need to. We all need to.” WINK News retrieved numbers from the Florida Department of Education, and the average salary for a teacher in the state is around $48,000. In Broward, they’re paying an average of $52,000, while it’s $54,000 in Collier. Because the cost of living is different, each teacher would have to make the best decision for them and their families.