The Madison Metropolitan School District has cut its teacher vacancies by 72% in two years, The Capital Times reports. It reported nearly 100 unfilled teaching positions at that time and now said it has only around 28.
District spokesperson Ian Folger in a statement cited a “number of factors” behind this year’s lower vacancies, including salary raises, a new bonus program for substitute teachers, increased pay for special education assistants, improved customer services, a streamlined hiring process and professional development opportunities.
Folger said for full-time equivalent employees, there are around eight teaching vacancies at elementary schools, 10 at middle schools, five at high schools and five for district-wide roles.
A list of available district positions is available here.
