Posts Tagged ‘teacher shortage’
Grappling with staff shortage, WCCUSD hires nonprofit to provide substitute teachers
The West Contra Costa Unified School District board unanimously approved a $306,000 contract this week to fill teacher vacancies with substitutes. Under the contract with Scoot Education, TeachStart (Scoot’s nonprofit arm) will place one to two “high quality” substitute teachers at four schools: Kennedy High, Stege Elementary, Peres K-8 and Helms Middle. If those placements…
Read MoreRichmond schools adapt to growing need for bilingual teachers
Richmond and surrounding cities have not escaped the teacher shortage facing the rest of California, but the problem here is different than in many other school districts: a shortage of bilingual teachers. In order to fill vacancies for bilingual teachers this school year, the district turned to a state-run visitor-exchange program.
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