Teachers and Employees
Quality Teachers for Higher Achievement
Newport News Public Schools, like other school systems, faces the challenge of replacing an experienced workforce, as employees retire and fewer college students choose education as a career. Twenty-three percent of the licensed staff has more than 20 years of experience. The school division must seek creative ways to recruit education student majors and persons from other professions who may be interested in pursuing teaching as a second career.
Recruitment methods include:
- Technology to improve the efficiency and shorten the turnaround time for hiring teachers;
- The Transition to Teaching program to meet the needs for qualified teachers.
- Championing the Tomorrow’s Teachers program to attract NNPS students to the teaching profession.
- Strengthening relationships with Virginia college career counselors and education faculty
- Providing licensure workshops for substitute teachers
Teacher retention strategies include:
- Salary increases ensure competitive salaries.
- Mentoring services for new teachers.
- Male minority mentorship for new teachers.
- Providing college courses and/or state approved institutes for special education teachers
- Individualized and group sessions to assist with re-licensure requirements.
- Hosting an annual transfer fair to give teachers the opportunity to transfer to another school or program.