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Instructional subcommittee refers international teacher recruitment partnership to full board
Summary
The Instructional Subcommittee voted to refer a proposal to contract with an international teacher recruitment consultant to recruit up to 10 teachers at an estimated $5,000 per teacher; the plan would use a $3,000 visa pass-through and a $2,000 consultant fee per teacher and prioritize clustered placements for support.
The Instructional Subcommittee on March 6 voted to refer to the full board a proposal to contract with an international teacher recruitment consultant to recruit up to 10 teachers at an estimated cost of $5,000 per teacher.
The proposal presented to the committee breaks each teacher’s cost into roughly $3,000 for visa and embassy appointment-related expenses and $2,000 for the consultant’s recruitment and on-the-ground support, district staff said. The consultant would screen and prescreen candidates, arrange interviews (sometimes filmed), help with visa paperwork and provide housing, transportation and early-career support after arrival.
The plan is intended primarily to fill bilingual and English‑learner positions in the district’s dual language and ESL programs, but presenters said the partnership could expand into math, science and special education hires. Staff emphasized they aim to place new international hires in clusters or “pods” of three to five…
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