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Increase diversity of school educators

21.9% 

SY22 Actual

SY21 Actual
20.5%

Objective Description

Howard County Public Schools (HCPSS) is deeply committed to the goals of the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future to address educational inequities. Our educators are central to this undertaking, and we must ensure that every school is staffed with outstanding, diverse, and experienced teachers who can meet students needs with high-quality teaching that engages students and provides individual support. The diversity of our educators is central to applying an equity lens to our staffing efforts. Research has shown that all students benefit from having teachers from diverse backgrounds. The benefits are particularly strong for students of color, with the Kerwin Commission declaring the benefits to students of color when they have teachers of the same race. HCPSS shall create and sustain a teaching and educator faculty that reflects the diversity of the public student population. HCPSS is committed to attracted and sourcing highly qualified individuals with diverse backgrounds and experiences to further represent our students, staff, and community.

Trend Analysis

HCPSS has increased minority representation by 2.3% over the last 5 years, but lags behind the state average for growth and for overall representation. 29.3% of instructional staff hired, promoted, or returned from leave were members of a racial or ethnic minority group. Ongoing continuous improvement efforts include working with Coppin State University and other HBCUs to identify potential student-teacher candidates to work in HCPSS. A challenge not unique to HCPSS is finding qualified candidates to fill high-needs areas such as library media, ESOL, and special education. Enrollment in Maryland based teacher preparation programs fell by 41% over the last decade. Approximately half of the new teachers coming into HCPSS annually are from other states. A statewide strategy focusing on increasing over all teacher education enrollment in high need content areas would benefit not just HCPSS, but all districts in Maryland.

Strategies


Source: Howard County Public School System

References

Target = 30.5

Detailed Analysis


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