

Total staff positions currently employed: 1,600 To view the current listing of jobs for IPS schools, go to the IDOE’s job board website at in.gov/doe/about/jobs/and filter the search to just IPS. Total staff positions currently employed: Around 3,800 School districts are hiring people every day, so the total numbers listed are subject to change: Indianapolis Public Schools For districts that didn’t respond to email inquiries, total employee amounts are listed for the most recent staffing data from the Indiana Department of Education for the 2020-2021 school year.īack to school tips: 'Safe, healthy, fed and well-rested:' Advice from educators to start the school year Some districts also provided IndyStar with the current total amounts of employees working for the district. IndyStar reached out to every Marion County school district to get up-to-date numbers on its current job openings for all staff positions in the district, not just teaching positions, as of Wednesday, July 27.

“The focus on having vacancies equaling teacher shortage is too simple of a calculation,” Moseman told IndyStar. Marion County schools: Teacher shortage not in crisis mode

Multiple district leaders have told IndyStar they have enough vital staff already in place for students when they come back into school.Īlex Moseman, the director of talent acquisition for Indianapolis Public Schools, cautioned against viewing the number of open positions a district has to equate how badly they are in need of teachers. As Marion county schools head back into session, districts will still have open staffing positions waiting to be filled as schools across the state struggle to fill not only teaching positions but various other school staffing positions.
