After the news broke that Park City School District’s substitutes would no longer be working for the school district, we reached out to the Superintendent’s office to see if they had a comment on the situation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dr Gildea’s office responded quickly with the following comment. We may not like the decision to do this but we appreciate the quick response.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We have heard from our educators and staff for multiple years that there have been a shortage of substitute roles across PCSD – teachers, instructional assistants, etc. We have tried a variety of strategies to recruit and retain including shifting the pay rate without improved results. Last year, we began to explore an outsourcing service. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The benefits of the service include: pay is more frequent (bi-monthly versus monthly), incentives and bonuses are available which is not possible in the public sector such as attendance and days worked incentives, early retirees do not have a conflict with URS if they work for a private entity, and there is a more targeted recruitment and attention paid to the temporary workforce. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
An RFP process was followed, and EduStaff was selected by HR\/Ops team\/Business Services Team in October 2020 as the preferred vendor for this process, and they will launch their services in January 2021. Because they are a separate entity, they do require their own intake application for confidentiality purposes; however, the placement remains within PCSD and works to maintain sub preferences for sites, etc. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the meantime, PCSD has also added permanent building substitute teachers to support each school site. Those roles will remain in place to cover preventive quarantine educators or longer-term sub placements. The goal is to provide a seamless learning experience and continuity for our students. We are working with a new strategy to better support our schools. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Let me know if you have additional questions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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