Retain, Recruit And Train High Quality Employees
The core of a successful school system is its employees, both those who teach and those who support teachers. Preparing for the future and developing new leaders is more important than ever. This year 13 percent of principals will be eligible for retirement and 25 percent of our teachers will reach retirement age over the next five years. We will need more qualified teachers and administrators in place to fill these vacancies and keep up with growth in the system.
We have taken a number of steps to ensure that we are retaining, recruiting and training the best people. The Triangle Leadership Academy has co-developed 40 seminars and trained close to 3,000 WCPSS employees; our recruiters are traveling to more than 200 sites nationwide; we hired more than 900 new teachers last year; we’ve developed a framework for succession planning model that contains 10 unique training opportunities for teachers, assistant principals, and principals; advanced study opportunities are being offered at Peace College, NC State University and East Carolina; a Master of School Administration (MSA) Degree Program at NC State is helping us retain 98 percent of WCPSS assistant principals.