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Chandler Unified to convert some media and tech roles into career-literacy teachers; pilots expand to 13 schools
Summary
District leaders said 13 schools currently teach career-literacy standards and recommended combining certified media and technology teacher roles at elementary schools into a single career-literacy teacher position to preserve project-based instruction while reducing certified staffing in some media centers.
District instructional leaders described a programmatic shift that would combine elementary certified media specialists and technology teachers into a single "career literacy teacher" position at many campuses as part of staffing- and cost-reduction measures.
Dr. Ecker said the career-literacy standards come from the Arizona Department of Education and that the district expanded implementation from a three-school proof-of-concept to 13 schools this year. She described career literacy as a K–12 pathway for work-readiness skills…
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