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District updates hiring, retention strategies amid statewide teacher shortages
Summary
District 100 human resources staff reported demographic hiring trends, hard‑to‑fill positions, and a suite of recruitment and retention strategies including partnerships, student‑teacher placements and a mentorship program.
Berwyn South School District 100 presented a districtwide update on recruiting, hiring and retention on Tuesday, outlining demographic trends among staff, a set of hard‑to‑fill positions and a multi‑pronged recruitment strategy.
Human resources staff described long‑term goals to hire candidates who reflect the student population and to retain employees through coaching, onboarding and mentoring. The presentation said the share of teachers identifying as white decreased from about 91% in 2017 to 76% in 2025, while the district saw an increase in teachers identifying as Hispanic of about 13 percentage points over that period. The…
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