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Board hears multi-pronged teacher recruitment and retention plan, including Siena residency and 'Teachers of Tomorrow' awards
Summary
District leaders reviewed Empire State University pathways, a Siena University residency funded by the Department of Labor, a Teachers of Tomorrow retention grant (65 employees awarded $3,400 each), and strategies to retool NYU partnerships and expand CTE, with discussion on funding and mentor stipends.
District staff told the board they are pursuing a layered recruitment and retention strategy that mixes external partnerships and internal pathways. Miss Thies described an Empire State University partnership that helps teaching assistants and paraprofessionals earn degrees with credit for prior learning; the district currently has four employees enrolled. Fred Engelhardt described a teacher residency partnership with Siena University…
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