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Human resources: district at about 94% certified teachers; additional residents nearing certification
Summary
Human resources director Deborah Yarbrough reported the district’s teacher certification rate is about 94 percent and that several teachers in residency or alternative certification programs will earn level‑1 certificates this academic year, adding roughly 10 fully certified teachers by year end.
Dr. Deborah Yarbrough, director of human resources, told the committee the district is in recruiting season and that it currently has a certification rate of about 94 percent for teachers.
Yarbrough said five or six teachers in residency programs such as ITEACH will finish their residency year and obtain a level‑1 teaching certificate at the end of the current semester. She also said about 10 additional participants began residency or alternative certification programs this semester; she estimated that by the end of the school year an additional roughly 10 teachers will be fully certified.
Board members praised the district’s certification rate and said the outcome reflects the district’s staffing and consolidation decisions last year. Yarbrough did not present specific budgetary figures associated with recruitment.
