![]() ![]() It’s a practice the district began using to address the teacher shortage in April, shortly after Carvalho joined LAUSD as superintendent. Still, the district has 500 staff members on standby for redeployment in the first week of school as LAUSD continues its dependence on administrators and out-of-classroom teachers to fill any gaps as the new school year begins. “We have a lot of applicants, a lot of people on the eligibility roster, but sometimes the match is not that easy.” “If you have somebody who lives in East L.A., and the call comes from a school in the Valley, sometimes there’s a challenge there,” Carvalho said. Stay up-to-date Sign up below to receive breaking news alerts from EdSource by text message. ![]() ![]() He said LAUSD’s struggle with vacancies has been an issue of teacher distribution rather than shortage, adding that the district has not had trouble getting enough applicants but in getting applicants who are willing to work where needed. Looking at current staffing levels, Carvalho said he considers the district adequately staffed, saying the remaining positions go beyond necessary ratios due to schools’ flexibility in opening additional positions. Half are in schools ranked as high- or highest-need by the Student Equity Needs Index the district uses to allocate funding based on need. A third are situated across Local District West, which includes parts of the South Bay and South and West Los Angeles. More than a quarter of the remaining vacancies consist of special education positions, followed by elementary school, math and science positions, according to LAUSD’s vacancy list, last updated Tuesday. Last summer, the district started the school year with about 500 open positions, with 900 positions filled in June and July. The fact that we have sizable vacancies year after year is the real issue at hand,” UTLA Secondary Vice President Julia Van Winkle said in a statement to EdSource. “We find it improbable that the district was able to fill 700 vacancies in less than two weeks considering that LAUSD continues to fall behind other districts in terms of the pay, class size and working conditions offered by comparable districts. The sudden drop in vacancies, however, has left United Teachers Los Angeles, the primary union representing LAUSD teachers, with questions. ![]() About 700 of those positions were officially filled in the last week following the return of principals and assistant principals to their schools on July 20 and 29, according to the district. Those hired include fully credentialed teachers as well as those on provisional and intern permits. The district began the summer with 2,100 vacancies. “We are doing very, very well, even when comparing ourselves to small districts,” Los Angeles Unified Superintendent Alberto Carvalho said when discussing staffing Monday at a news conference. That leaves the district at a 99% fill rate as it welcomes students back to the classroom Monday to start the new year amid a nationwide staffing shortage that’s ongoing since before the pandemic. Just over 200 classroom teaching positions remain open across LAUSD’s nearly 1,000 schools following a summer of ramped-up recruitment. Eyes on the Early Years Newsletter Archive.Local Control Funding Formula Explained.California’s Homeless Students: Undercounted, Underfunded And Growing.Full Circle: California Schools Work To Transform Discipline.Tainted Taps: Lead puts California Students at Risk.Education during Covid: California families struggle to learn.College And Covid: Freshman Year Disrupted.Adjuncts’ gig economy at CA community colleges.California’s Community Colleges: At a Crossroads. ![]()
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