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AACPS reports gains in teacher diversity and retention, outlines bilingual recruitment push
Summary
Anne Arundel County Public Schools officials told the school board they have increased the share of newly hired teachers of color to over 30% and reduced vacancies, while launching targeted bilingual recruitment and retention efforts.
Jessica Cutches, chief human resources officer for Anne Arundel County Public Schools, told the school board that AACPS has increased the share of newly hired teachers of color from about 17% a decade ago to more than 30% this hiring season and that the district’s overall Unit 1 workforce diversity rose from roughly 13% to nearly 20% over the same period.
Cutches said the district reduced active vacancies from 175 at the close of the 2022–23 hiring season to 59 at the end of the 2024–25 hiring season, and that AACPS retained 94% of instructional staff in 2024. “Our ability to increase the diversity of our workforce is a byproduct of our deliberate outreach and consistent messaging that AACPS is a place…
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