The school system is trying to recruit and hire teachers in a more competitive environment than in previous years, Superintendent Monifa B. McKnight said.
The school system — Maryland’s largest with roughly 160,000 students — is trying to recruit and hire teachers in a more competitive environment than in previous years, Schools Superintendent Monifa B. McKnight said Monday during a media briefing on the system’s staffing. The school district’s biggest hiring needs are for special education instructors, elementary school teachers and school psychologists.
School districts across the country — including in Montgomery County — are facing significant staffing shortages as a result of the pandemic that led many teachers to leave the profession. Complaints of burnout, low pay and lack of respect from students, parents and lawmakers have also impacted the number of available teachers and support staff.Despite the openings, the school system is 98 percent staffed and there has been progress in reducing the vacancies, McKnight said.
The school system is also seeking to hire 367 support staff — including paraprofessional educators and front office employees — and 16 bus drivers.“As we are continuing to set up, even until the first day of school, the process will continue,” McKnight said. “The numbers are going to change.” She said the system will continue to fill vacancies with substitute teachers, including several retirees, until the positions are filled permanently.
The number of teachers who resigned at the end of the most recent school year, 576, was actually less than the previous year when 610 left, according toin June. The number of teachers who left their jobs in the most recent year is equivalent to about 4 percent of the workforce. Retirements, however, were up in Montgomery County this year, which has caused more staffing shortages, said Jennifer Martin, president of the Montgomery County Education Association, a union that represents over 14,000 teachers. Martin regularly spoke at county school board meetings during the last school year, warning of increasesMartin was invited to the news conference Monday, but did not attend.
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