âToday we may have two to three applicants,â Mast said.
Mast said there has been a teacher shortage for a few years.
âAnd it doesnât seem to be getting any better,â he added.
âThe cupboard is bare when it comes to hiring right now.â
DeKalb Central Director of Human Resources Wendy Pettis echoed similar sentiments on the reduced number of job applicants.
âWhile I still consider DeKalb to be an employer that attracts the best applicants, this hiring season, I have noticed that we just havenât received as many applicants for our open positions. That statement is true for both our certified staff (teachers, guidance, admin, etc.) as well as our classified staff. Certainly, there are positions that are a little easier to fill, such as an elementary teaching position, versus filling a high school science or special education teaching position,â Pettis said.
INDIANAPOLIS â The Indiana Department of Education and the National Center for the Improvement of Educational Assessment, Inc. Wednesday presented initial findings from Indianaâs COVID-19 Academic Impact Study and released results from Indianaâs spring 2021 assessments.
The analysis and results indicate the academic impacts of the pandemic were substantial â ranging from moderate to significant across schools, academic subjects and demographic groups. And results for area school districts were no exception.
Results from the Indiana Learning Evaluation and Readiness Network (ILEARN) assessment showed students who were proficient in English/language arts totaled: 208 or 34.6% in DeKalb Eastern schools; 216 or 27.2% in Garrett-Keyser-Butler schools; 726 or 47.6% in DeKalb Central schools; and 38 or 26.8% in Hamilton Community schools.
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If you look into the California real estate market, you'll probably come across tales of people and businesses relocating from San Francisco or Silicon Valley to Oakland, Alameda, Berkeley, and the rest of the East Bay. Though there are certainly budgetary considerations too, this trend is largely due to the
The grants to each district include:
⢠Metropolitan School District of Steuben County, $3.165 million
⢠Prairie Heights Community School Corporation, $1.637 million
⢠Hamilton Community Schools, $803,332
⢠Fremont Community Schools, $1.068 million
With the money, schools can reimburse approved expenses incurred through September 2024 that address some of the greatest challenges they continue to face as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Federal requirements say schools must use at least 20% of the money to support accelerated learning opportunities for students, as schools work to make up for instructional time lost due to COVID-19.
Evidence-based interventions may include summer learning or enrichment, comprehensive afterschool programs, extended school years programs and other solutions.