On Monday, a state legislative subcommittee adopted a report recommending that the state increase the number of school support personnel to provide better care of the social and emotional needs of students. (ncforum.org)
Several remedies to overcome recruitment and retention obstacles are listed in the NEA publication, including the development of a new program that would recruit teachers from existing school support personnel, said Sigun Eubanks, NEA's teacher recruitment specialist and one of the contributors to the report. (educationworld.com)
To truly serve the whole student, everyone needs to be on board including educators, school support personnel such as bus drivers and school safety officers, administrators / leadership, families, and community members. (rethinked.com)