Almost one-fourth of San Francisco Unified School District's teaching positions are filled by people without full teaching credentials, according to a civil grand jury report released Thursday.
SAN FRANCISCO – Almost one-fourth of San Francisco Unified School District's teaching positions are filled by people without full teaching credentials, a predicament that highlights larger issues in the district's teacher shortage as well as for the quality of education students are receiving, according to a civil grand jury report released Thursday.
California requires teachers to be credentialed, but it allows for exceptions when those teachers aren't available. However, those exceptions are supposed to be temporary. A statewide teacher shortage—worsened by the pandemic—resulted in many school districts relying upon those exceptions, the jury said.
The civil grand jury found that recruitment and retention may be harmed by low starting salaries—the third-lowest of 22 Bay Area districts, according to 2021-2022 data—and a lack of awareness for potential hires of available competitive benefits like pensions. Another impediment may be last year's payroll"fiasco," which impacted employee paychecks and prompted a"sleep-in" by educators at district offices.
"As educators who love and care for our students, we will continue to urge our leaders on a local and national level to take this crisis seriously and partner with us to fix these solvable problems," wrote union president Cassondra Curiel. The civil grand jury also reported that district administrators were reluctant and non-responsive during the investigation, which led to delays and required repeated intervention from the office of the San Francisco city attorney.
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