Hard-to-Staff Assignments
The following assignments are considered hard to staff and are eligible for the bonus during ‘08-’09 providing the employee is highly qualified for the position:
- Occupational Therapist/Physical Therapist
- Special Education Teachers and Center Assignments
- School Nurses
- Secondary* Math Teachers (Includes Alternative Schools)
- School Psychologists
- MAST Team-Bilingual Qualified
- Speech Language Pathologists
- Elementary ELA-S stipend or Hard to Staff bonus (TNLI schools)
- ELA-S or ELA-S/E classroom teachers who pass the SLP or other District approved assessment or
- Spanish Qualified ELA Resource Teacher.
- Secondary ELA-S stipend or Hard to Staff bonus (TNLI schools)
- ELA-S or ELA-S/E content teachers (math, science, social studies) who pass the SLP or other District approved assessment.
- Middle and High School ELA-S Counselors.
* Secondary schools now include 6th, 7th and 8th grades at all K-8 Schools. Employees who cannot be attached to students through Infinite Campus or do not have an FTE Assignment to a hard-to-serve school or a Special Education Center Program will have their FTE allocation assigned by a manager. in lieu of logs, managers will determine the amount or % of time (% FTE) each employeed is assigned to serve students in Hard-to-Serve schools or special education program positions.
Hard-to-Staff positions are determined after analyzing data from several sources.
- National data on the supply of teachers
- CDE data on supply of teachers
- DPS data on the ratio of NCLB qualified teachers to the total in each central area.
- DPS data on the ratio of teachers with one year of experience to the total in that discipline
- DPS data on student services positions still vacant on December 3 of each year.
Hard-to-staff designations are reviewed every year.