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Albany schools report staffing challenges: 50 teaching-assistant vacancies, recruitment push and fingerprinting assistance
Summary
Human resources presented vacancy levels, demographic trends and recruitment plans that include fingerprinting coupon codes, planned job fairs and a recruiting position.
District human resources staff told the Board of Education the district faces ongoing staffing challenges, including about 50 teaching-assistant vacancies and persistent difficulties hiring staff of color to better reflect the student population.
A staff presenter reported that roughly 8-10% of budgeted full-time equivalent positions are vacant at a given time and that teaching assistants are the most acute shortage: approximately 50 TA vacancies, including about 40 special-education TAs and 10 general-education TAs,…
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