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North Kansas City outlines expanded hiring pipeline and retention plans as district prepares to hire roughly 200 teachers
Summary
District HR presented a recruitment and retention strategy that includes expanded geographic recruiting, university partnerships, paid student-teacher pipelines, career-journey maps and mentorships; HR said the district may need to hire about 200 teachers next year and will roll out surveys and pilot proposals through spring.
North Kansas City Schools on Tuesday outlined a broad recruitment and retention plan aimed at closing long-term staffing gaps and keeping experienced employees in the district.
Human-resources executive director Dr. Mark McCann told the school board the district now employs more than 3,500 people and has added dozens of positions in recent years. "We can expect that we're gonna need to hire about 200 teachers if we add no positions this year," McCann said, describing both the district's scale and the shrinking national pipeline of education graduates.
The presentation by McCann and intern Shannon C. Shelton described a nine-subcommittee task force created in 2025 to build a sustainable workforce strategy. The plan centers on five priority initiatives: an expanded…
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