Many Iowa Schools Scramble to Fill Openings Before the Bell Rings - Radio Iowa

Many Iowa schools scramble to fill openings before the bell rings - Radio Iowa

Dozens of Iowa school districts will be starting classes soon without a full roster of full-time teachers and staff. This morning, the state’s “Teach Iowa” website shows public and private K-12 schools have nearly 3,800 openings for all sorts of positions — coaches, cooks AND teachers. Professor Mark McDermott, associate dean of the University of […]

Many Iowa schools scramble to fill openings before the bell rings

(Radio Iowa) – Dozens of Iowa school districts will be starting classes soon without a full roster of full-time teachers and staff. This (Thursday) morning, the state’s “Teach Iowa” website shows public and private K-12 schools have nearly 38-hundred openings for all sorts of positions — coaches, cooks AND teachers. Professor Mark McDermott, associate dean of the University of Iowa’s College of Education, says it’s difficult to generalize and sa…