May Update

The month of May experienced a decline in visitors and applications submitted on the Kansas Education Employment Board (KEEB). Fewer jobs are currently open and many applicants have found positions for the 2008-2009 school year. The above data reflect the changes in just a month.

Status of Special Education Positions in Kansas

There are currently over 200 special education positions open in Kansas; closely following elementary positions as the highest number of openings. Special education positions are classified one of two ways. Either as a special education position (i.e. classroom teacher) or related service position (i.e. speech language pathologist, occupational therapist, physical therapist, psychologist, etc.). By region, the Northeast currently has the most openings at 77 (see table above). The table below identifies the number of openings compared to positions which have been filled.

2008-2009 New KEEB Features

As the summer fast approaches, we have begun to identifying ways to improve the recruitment services offered on the Kansas Education Employment Board. Many of the features you will begin seeing next fall are based on feedback from users. Below is a list of new features that are currently in development stage for the next recruitment year:

• Multiple Security Levels of Access: Provide controlled access to other administrators in your district so that they can view applicants resumes without access to your entire account
  
• Interview Scheduler: Request interviews and schedule right in KEEB, while receiving email reminders on upcoming interviews
  
• Contact Log: Track which applicant resumes have been viewed, contacted for interview, references checked, or additional material was requested
• Search applicants by geographical region
• Added images to job postings
• Additional resume fields including;
• geographical region preference
  
• teaching preference
• Student teaching experience, including supervisor

Please feel free to provide us feedback if you have suggestions for improving the website at support@kansasteachingjobs.com

April Update

It is hard to believe that May is upon us and it is a great time to reflect on April's recruitment and retention activities. Continued growth was experienced during the month including:

• 98% of districts now utilizing KEEB
  
• over 1 million page views in the month
• approximately 900 more applications submitted
• 1,019 total positions filled since September
• 1,035 positions currently open

Checkout the presentation below to see how April compares to past months.

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