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U-46 HR reports drop in vacancies after targeted recruiting and details state grant use
Summary
Human-resources officials said the district reduced teacher vacancies substantially through early contracts, job fairs and targeted international recruitment and that much of a state teacher-vacancy grant funded a district recruiting team.
Mark Moore, assistant superintendent for human resources, told the board the district operates roughly 7,800 employees with about 3,300 teachers and typical year-to-year teacher retention near 92 percent. He said U-46 used state teacher-vacancy grant funds to build a recruiting team and that initial allotments varied across years as the statewide pilot evolved.
Moore reported a drop in reported full-time-equivalent vacancies for the coming school year from 266 on May 27 to about 178.6 as of a later update, a reduction he attributed to targeted offers, early contracts and internal hiring fairs. He described recruitment activities including attendance at 62 out-of-area job fairs, outreach to Spain and Puerto Rico under international visiting-teacher arrangements, and social-media and billboard campaigns targeted to specific zip codes.
Moore summarized hiring yields from internal fairs: of 472 unique attendees, 351 were screened as a good fit, 314 applied, and 121 were hired. He confirmed continuing pressure in bilingual teacher supply and noted the state grant amounts have declined in recent budget cycles; the district will sustain a recruiting function with district funds if the grant is reduced further.
No formal action was taken; the board acknowledged positive hiring progress and discussed ongoing vacancy challenges in bilingual and specialized endorsements.
