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Board hears HR progress: vacancies down, driver training ramping, CCCC residency program offered
Summary
Human-resources staff told the board regular-classroom vacancies fell to 14 (from 25 a year earlier), the district is scheduling driver training to address bus shortages and is partnering with Central Carolina Community College on a $2,500 educator-preparation residency with up to $1,000 reimbursement.
Human-resources director Miss Thompson told the board on Oct. 7 that teacher vacancies in Harnett County Schools have decreased compared with the same time last year and the district is taking steps to strengthen staffing pipelines.
"For regular classrooms, we have 14 vacancies. Based on the same time last year, we had 25," Thompson said. She reported 8 exceptional-children vacancies and fewer classified openings than the prior year, and she credited principals and HR work for improved hiring.
Thompson also outlined steps to address bus-driver shortages: the district has scheduled 10 employees to complete driver training by Nov. 8 and expects 29 additional employees to be scheduled as they complete DOT physicals and obtain permits. She noted the local DMV in Wilmington is closed indefinitely and that the district is working around the barrier.
On recruitment and licensure pathways, Thompson said Central Carolina Community College (CCCC) is serving as an educator-preparation provider for a residency/lateral-entry option that currently covers elementary education. "The program cost is $2,500 as opposed to what they, you know, had to pay in the past to clear their license. And we reimburse up to 1000 dollars a year for that," she said. Thompson said the district hopes the program will expand to other licensure areas and help build a TA-to-teacher pathway.
