A tough hiring situation hitting nationally and across Iowa is also impacting school districts as they seek to find substitutes.
During the Feb. 21 meeting of the Northwest Area Education board, Julie Lohr recommended offering professional development that would be flexible as a way of helping districts balance that professional development with keeping teachers in the classroom as much as possible.
That mitigates the need for substitutes, a tenuous situation currently as a hiring dearth across the board also affects schools.
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