Recruiting blitz on even as teachers await layoffs

04-27-2010

By Emily Richmond/Las Vegas Sun

Here’s one of the paradoxes facing the Clark County School District: Even as hundreds of teachers await word on whether their positions are being eliminated, recruiters are on a nationwide hunt to fill hundreds of critical, hard-to-fill jobs. Among them are 19 math, 27 science and 22 special education teaching jobs at the middle school level, and 32 math, 28 science and 43 special ed teaching positions at the high school level. Those numbers are expected to increase this summer as teachers quit, retire or move up to administrative positions. Filling those vacancies isn’t as easy as shuffling the existing pool of teachers, because not everyone is qualified for the high-need areas, nor does everyone want those jobs. (more...)

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