The Anchorage School District is seeing high numbers of educators resigning and retiring — a trend that picked up during the COVID-19 pandemic and is continuing this school year.
Also, Alaska’s university system produces far fewer teachers than there are vacancies, which means the district has to look Outside for teacher recruitment, according to Anchorage schools superintendent Jharrett Bryantt. But Alaska lacks a defined benefit pension plan for teachers — which would guarantee a monthly sum of money for teachers following their retirement.
“I do theorize that many individuals will come to Alaska and realize, as they get older in their careers, that they’d prefer to choose an option where they have a hope of an honorable retirement after their service,” he said. Anchorage School District teacher Marnie Hartill, who has been with the district since 2009 and currently teaches high school English virtually, is resigning at the end of the year. Amid continued flat funding, poor retirement options, and multiple involuntary reassignments, Hartill made the choice this year to leave and take a job in Washington state.
After 14 years teaching in the Anchorage School District, Marnie Hartill says she has decided to leave for several reasons. Photographed in Anchorage on May 16, 2023. “I hate to always bring up COVID and blame COVID, but those years really did cause a lot of burnout,” Miller said. “And so I’m just tired.”Educator vacancies are not the only ones afflicting the district — it has struggled to hire bus drivers, student support staff andFilling support staff positions at Creekside Park Elementary has been the most challenging employment issue this year, according to the school’s principal, David Christal.
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