Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Education Personnel topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
District HR reports 86 moves and ongoing vacancies; recruiting partnerships and mentoring emphasized
Summary
HR director Dawn Adams told the board the district recorded 86 total separations/transfers this cycle, with continued openings in school psychology and speech, and outlined recruitment strategies including university partnerships, transitional certification, mentoring, exit interviews and retention programs.
Dawn Adams, presenting the personnel update to the Binghamton City School District board on Sept. 17, said the district tracked 86 total employee changes this year, including certified and uncertified separations and 19 retirements.
Adams said the district has 11 current openings that do not leave classrooms without coverage; some positions were collapsed or reallocated and others were covered by transfers. She identified harder‑to‑fill roles at the time of the meeting — notably school psychologists and speech teachers — and said certification pipelines remain a challenge in several secondary core subjects.
To address staffing and diversity goals, Adams described a suite of strategies: outreach to area colleges (Binghamton University, Cortland, Empire State), promotion of New York State transitional certification for industry candidates, tuition reimbursement via Teachers of Tomorrow grant, mentoring programs for new hires, and stay/exit interviews (about 25 completed) to identify retention drivers. She also noted the district’s student population is about 60% nonwhite, and the education staff is not yet reflective of that demographic.
Board members commended the office for rapid summer hiring work and asked about long‑term diversity improvements; Adams said she is meeting regularly with university partners and regional stakeholders to recruit minority educators and to create pipelines from local students into teaching careers.
No vote was required; the update will inform policy committee work on staffing and recruitment.
