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I think one of the issues in deciding if you should continue teaching is your perception of your other employment options. People who only have a few years in don't really mind starting over in a new career, but the older you get, the less attractive starting at the bottom seems.
I think what your degree is in also influences your perceptions of your options. If you are strong in math and science, you've got a lot of higher paying options. If you have experience working with the disabled, you know you could probably as well or better working with disabled adults.
If your background is in art or history, you may not feel like you can make as much money working in your field if you leave teaching.
Although I'd like to think that a teacher shortage will emerge because teachers are poorly paid and poorly treated, and it would be poetic if teachers were even appreciated in their absence, I think instead "they" will just relax the standards for certification.
Since we all know some idiot teachers as well as some great ones, it's hard to be really afraid that this will have any real impact. Certification doesn't seem to mean much as is. So, it will just be different people in the same situation.
And actually, since teacher benefits are actually pretty sweet compared to most jobs (just try to find a private sector job with a fixed secure retirement pension), teaching might start looking pretty good (already I've known people who left much higher paying jobs for teaching because of the 190 day work year and the desire to spend more time with their kids.)
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