LOS ANGELES—The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) has temporarily filled nearly half of its vacant teaching positions with administrators and district staff, with plans to finish these reassignments this week.
Earlier this month, LAUSD Superintendent Alberto Carvalho—who took office in February—announced plans to fill about 420 vacant teaching positions with administrators and other staff as a part of his 100-day plan to address the district’s teacher shortage during his first few months on the job.
The district is only reassigning staff who already have teaching credentials issued by the state, focusing first on staff who recently moved from teaching to non-teaching roles within the same school—including interventionalists, coaches, and teachers on special assignments, Carvalho told the Los Angeles Times.
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