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AACPS reports higher hiring diversity, outlines retention and recruitment steps
Summary
Anne Arundel County Public Schools officials told the Board of Education they have raised new-hire diversity above 30%, cut vacancies and are expanding recruitment and retention programs while seeking additional supports for career changers and bilingual staffing.
Anne Arundel County Public Schools officials told the Board of Education on Wednesday that new-hire diversity exceeded 30% for the 2024–25 hiring season and that overall instructional-staff retention was 94% in 2024.
The presentation by Chief Human Resources Officer Jessica Cutches and her team outlined recruitment steps — including 62 college and university recruiting events, expanded outreach to Texas and New Mexico, virtual recruitment in Puerto Rico and a later annual job fair — and retention strategies such as professional learning for principals and targeted supports for conditional or career-change teachers.
The details matter because AACPS has been trying to make its staff more reflective of its students: the district’s Hispanic/Latino student…
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