Teacher Staffing ReportBoard of Education Meeting

October 1, 2019

Elementary and Preschool

– Granite School District has filled 247 elementary and preschool teaching openings compared to last year’s 218.

Secondary Granite School District has filled 175

secondary teaching openings compared to last year’s 115.

Teacher SurplusWe are currently experiencing a shortage of both

elementary and secondary teachers.

– Of the 731 total elementary applicants, 61 candidates remain on the list.

– Of the 791 total secondary applicants, 78 candidates remain on the list.

*Applicants may have been hired outside of Utah.*Applicants may have applied for multiple positions.*Number of applicants also includes applicants deemed as not qualified for position.

WHERE DOES GRANITE GET ITS TEACHERS?

In-State Recruiting

• University of Utah 131

• Brigham Young University 52

• Utah State University 49

• Utah Valley University 24

• University of Phoenix 12

• Westminster College 24

• Western Governors University 32

• Southern Utah University 22

• Weber State University 18

• Dixie State University 4

*Applicants may have attended more than one university/college in Utah.

TEACHER EXPERIENCE

Of the 422 teachers we hired for the 2019-2020 school year:

201 are new to the profession

Elementary: 116Secondary: 85

221 come to us with experience

Elementary: 131Secondary: 90

LEVEL OF EDUCATION

New hires for the

2019-2020 school year

Teachers with Bachelor’s Degrees: 248

Teachers with Master’s Degrees: 142

Teachers with Doctorate Degrees: 7

Interns working on Bachelor’s Degree: 25

ESL Endorsements and Languages• ESL Endorsements: 64• Fluent in Spanish: 44• Fluent in Italian: 5• Fluent in Chinese: 4 • Fluent in German: 4• Fluent in Portuguese: 3• Fluent in French: 2• Fluent in Japanese: 1• Fluent in Korean: 1• Fluent in Russian: 1• Fluent in Nepalese: 1

RECRUITING EFFORTS

• Our recruiting efforts will begin as early as October for the 2020-2021 school year. We will continue to be aggressive in our recruiting efforts.

• We will be recruiting out-of-state this year, attending teacher fairs in various regions of the country.

Destination District

Collective efforts made by the Granite Board of Education and the Granite Education Association during negotiations have had a very positive influence on our ability to recruit teachers. Our salary and benefit package settlement is one of the best in the state. This fact has allowed us to be competitive with other school districts along the Wasatch Front.

GSD has the only public education Wellness Center in the state of Utah.