Arlington Public Schools in Need of Teachers for 2014

UPDATE: The following is an update from Arlington Public Schools, on the number of teachers the school system needs before school begins; the memorandum is from Betty Hobbs, Arlington Public Schools Assistant Superintendent:

“On August 7, 2014, the Superintendent provided an update to the Board and community on staffing at that time. It was forecasted that there would be approximately 300 new teachers with 225 teachers having been hired.

As we know, Arlington continues to be challenged by increasing student enrollment. Therefore, many teaching positions have been added recently given that staffing is reviewed on a daily basis.

It is important to recognize that enrollment and staffing are fluid processes with student enrollment continuing to fluctuate.”

The county has hired 307 teachers; there are 25 positions available including 18 full-time positions and seven part-time positions.

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Original report:

Arlington Public Schools are reportedly short-handed as the beginning of the school year looms on Sept. 5. Fox-5 reports that Arlington Public Schools needs to hire 75 teachers before school starts.

According to its career Web site, there are 19 openings at the county’s public schools:

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL POSITIONS

Classroom teacher at Tuckahoe Elementary School

ESOL/HILT teacher at Science Focus Elementary School

ESOL/HILT teacher at Drew Model School

Library/Media Specialist at Tuckahoe ES

Montessori Teacher at Drew Model

Reading Specialist at Arlington Traditional School

Spanish Kindergarten Teacher at Key ES

MIDDLE SCHOOL POSITIONS

Counselor at HB Woodlawn

Library Media Specialist at Stratford Program

HIGH SCHOOL POSITIONS

American Sign Language Teacher at HB Woodlawn and Yorktown

Athletic Trainer at Washington-Lee

Athletic Trainer at Yorktown

Cybersecurity Teacher at Career Center

Earth Science Teacher at Washington-Lee

ESOL/HILT at Wakefield

Library Media Specialist at HB Woodlawn

Special Education Teacher-Life Skills at Wakefield

Also Arlington Public Schools’ has two openings in its Special Education Department:

Speech Language Pathologist

Teacher for the Visually Impaired

Patch has contacted a spokeswoman for the schools and will update the story with any new information received.

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