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Spring ISD says recruitment push boosted bilingual staffing and filled child‑nutrition roles
Summary
HR leaders reported a multi‑pronged recruitment strategy that raised certification pipeline numbers, improved bilingual teacher fills to about 87%, used paid social advertising and local job fairs, and leveraged paid teacher residencies and tuition‑free paraprofessional pathways.
Spring Independent School District’s human resources team on Dec. 9 detailed a recruitment strategy it says has meaningfully improved staffing in hard‑to‑fill areas.
Natasha Tillman, director of recruitment and pre‑service teacher development, walked trustees through four priorities: expand grow‑your‑own pipelines, optimize recruitment and branding, increase applicant quality and diversity (with emphasis on bilingual and special education), and streamline recruitment and hiring processes.
Key figures Tillman cited…
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