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Columbus County Schools reviews alternative licensure and teacher attrition data
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Summary
Human resources director Shauna Jarrell told the board the district has seen an increase in limited alternative licenses and reviewed state and local attrition measures, and the board asked for school‑level breakdowns to better target retention supports.
Shauna Jarrell, the district's human resources director, told the Columbus County Board of Education on April 14 that the district is tracking several types of alternative teacher licenses and has increased supports for those educators.
Jarrell said the district uses one‑year permits, emergency licenses, residency licenses and limited and provisional licenses, and that the district now meets with alternatively licensed teachers twice a year to provide supports. "So I'm Shauna Jarrell, human resources director," she told the board, then described the residency and limited license pathways and related renewal processes.
The presentation included attrition data and a clarification of state versus LEA (local education agency) attrition measures. Jarrell said the state attrition rate for North Carolina rose to about 10.11% from 9.88% in the prior reporting period and that the district's LEA attrition figures (which include mobility between districts) have differed from the state measure. She said Columbus County Schools had 73 alternatively licensed teachers — about 21.7% of teachers in the year compared to slightly fewer the prior year — and that the district saw an increase in limited licenses this year.
Board members thanked Jarrell and her team for steps to support substitutes and beginning teachers; one board member requested that the HR office produce an LEA attrition breakdown by school so the board can see which schools have higher turnover. Jarrell said she could prepare that breakdown.
The presentation also noted district changes to substitute orientation (moving to in‑person sessions) and upcoming recruitment efforts including the district job fair on May 16.
The board did not take formal action on this agenda item; Jarrell said more detailed reports and links to Department of Public Instruction dashboards are available for board review.
