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KCKPS highlights staffing challenges and alternative pathways to bring teachers into classrooms
Summary
Associate Superintendent Dr. Jarius Jones said the district is using alternative certification routes and local recruitment to address teacher shortages and to attract candidates who reflect the community.
Dr. Jarius Jones said finding qualified candidates is a national trend and described local steps to recruit and develop staff, including alternative routes into teaching and partnerships with universities.
"We are fortunate that we've we have several alternative routes to education, where we're allowing individuals who...didn't necessarily go the path of an educator, but they took an alternative route," Jones said, noting recent hires who graduated from Wichita State and are serving in district classrooms.
Jones said the district is also focused on hiring support staff and community members, not just certified teachers, and emphasized recruiting people who reflect the district's student population. He also said the district must balance competitive hiring practices with fiscal stewardship of taxpayers' dollars.
Hansford and Jones both framed staffing and human resources strategies as integral to the strategic plan: ensuring the right people are in the right places will be a priority as the district translates plan goals into action.
