ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC SCHOOLS BEGINS ITS FIRST-EVER TRAINING SESSION WITH SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS ON WEDNESDAY. THEY'LL MEET WITH DRIVERS TO DISCUSS BULLYING, BEHAVIOR MANAGEMENT AND OTHER ISSUES.
MEANWHILE, HAS 141 PENDING OFFERS TO TEACHERS WHO APPLIED FOR WORK AT THE DISTRICT'S JOB FAIR LAST WEDNESDAY. THAT FROM SPOKESPERSON MONICA ARMENTA, WHO SAYS 562 PEOPLE TURNED OUT FOR THE FAIR. SHE SAYS OF THE 330 TEACHING JOBS THAT WERE AVAILABLE … 189 HAVE YET TO BE FILLED. SOME OF THOSE JOBS ARE FOR BILINGUAL TEACHERS, OTHERS ARE FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION.
ARMENTA TELLS US BILINGUAL TEACHING JOBS ARE HARD TO FILL NOT ONLY BECAUSE THEY NEED TO BE CERTIFIED AND A LIST OF OTHER QUALIFICATIONS … BUT THOSE APPLICANTS CAN SEEK OTHER JOBS THAT ARE COMPETITIVE IN PAY. ARMENTA SAYS THE NEED FOR BILINGUAL ED AT APS IS GREAT, AS IT HAS ABOUT 14-THOUSAND STUDENTS WHO RECEIVE THOSE SERVICES.
SCHOOL STARTS AUGUST 13TH.
