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School districts shop for new teachers at PSU
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East Elementary School (Lamar, Mo. R-1) Principal Zack Lemert and the district’s Executive Director of Special Services Piper Stewart, visit with a candidate during PSU’s Teacher Interview Day, Thursday. Lemert said he was looking for an elementary teacher. - photo by Ron Womble
PITTSBURG, Kan. -- Well-dressed and smiling with freshly printed resumes in hand, the newest crop of Pittsburg State teachers moved from table to table in the Plaster Center, Thursday, where they met with administrators from school districts in Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma. As demand for teachers in all areas is currently high, it seemed likely that nearly all of the young candidates would have at least one job offer by day’s end. Dr. Jean Dockers, director of Teacher Education at PSU, said enrollment in teacher education dropped dramatically during Covid, but has been steadily growing, meaning Pitt State will be able to help fill some of those open positions.