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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Diversity hiring is intended to match the available pool of candidates, so it’s nit intended to hire AA teachers as role models. It’s supposed to ensure that employers are doing their best to hire across racial boundaries. For example, if 20% of qualified teachers are Hispanic, school systems should strive for 20% of their QUALIFIED teachers to be Hispanic. It does not force schools to hire a particular percentage or to hire less qualified teachers based on race.

At least, that’s the point of EEO initiatives. I don’t know what actually happens in the school system.[/quote]

I can say with confidence that school systems want role models.  White females need not apply any longer - at least in my former system.  My friend, who's 100% Italian and very olive-complected, was hired b/c her principal thought she was Hispanic. She has not corrected her for fear he'd eventually target her.  no lie

And yes, MCPS went to PR to recruit Spanish-speaking teachers b/c of the growing Hispanic community.

It is what it is, I suppose!
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MCPS went to PR to recruit Spanish-speaking teachers because dual language immersion programs (or two-way immersion programs as MCPS likes to call them) require teachers who are trained to teach reading and writing development in Spanish.  This more or less requires teachers who received their training in Spanish-language environments.  It's not just that they are looking for bilingual teachers.  They are looking for teachers with training and experience teaching kids who do not know how to read to read in Spanish as opposed to teaching kids who already know how to read/write English to also read/write Spanish.  [/quote]

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