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Tempe Union details teacher hiring, warns of shrinking applicant pool and launches local preparation program
Summary
HR director Mary Keller told the board Tempe Union hired 93 certificated staff this year but national applicant rates have fallen from around 15 to about 8 per posting; the district rolled out a local teacher preparation pathway and retention supports to respond.
Dr. Mary Keller, Tempe Union’s director of human resources, told the governing board the district hired 93 certificated staff this year — 77 teachers plus counselors, social workers, psychologists and four new assistant principals — but faces a shrinking national pool of applicants.
Keller said the district’s vendor data (Frontline) show applicants-per-posting have fallen from roughly 15–16 to about eight on average. “The supply of teachers has gone down,” Keller said, noting the drop is nationwide rather than regional. She pointed to particular shortages in science, math, social studies and world languages and flagged a decline in teachers willing to take leadership roles:…
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