and Strategic Initiatives 2008–2009 - Laramie County School District ...

Resource & Support Systems
Employees
Laramie County School
District 1 strives to
hire the most qualified
employees in all areas who will
perform to the best of their
abilities, be ethical and be resultsdriven.
Recent state legislative efforts
have increased revenue to our
school district and positively
impacted employee recruitment
and retention.
The district has 2,091 fulland
part-time employees. This
includes 1,126 regular classroom
teachers, including part-time and
job shares, plus 114 full- and
part-time administrators, 17 of
whom have doctorates and 64 of
whom have master’s degrees.
During the 2007–2008 school
year, the district employed
447 elementary teachers,
490 secondary teachers, and
189 special education and
instructional support specialists.
Of the teachers, 645 have
master’s degrees; 11 of whom also
have doctorates. Eighty-seven
new teachers were hired.
• Certificated administrators &
teachers—1,240
• Instructional full-time
equivalent—1,090.34
• Support personnel—851
• Support services full-time
equivalent—861.2
• Substitute teachers—300
Employee Unit
Organization
Units include the Teacher/
Support (1,139), Paraprofessional
(278), Nutrition Services (90),
and Custodial (118).
The Transportation Unit
members are bus drivers,
dispatchers, mechanics/
upholsterers and transportation
assistants (120).
The Technical & Support
Services unit members are
executive secretaries, classified
employees, clerical employees,
facility technicians, warehouse
employees, mailroom and
grounds employees (286).
The Administration
unit members include the
superintendent, assistant
superintendents, directors,
principals, associate and
assistant principals, curriculum
coordinators, program
administrators, the energy
manager, psychologists/
psychometrists/psychological
technicians, department of
technology administrators,
managers and foremen (114).
Professional Development
All district employees
received a variety of professional
development opportunities
throughout the school year.
Employee Recognition
LCSD1 honored 142
employees at its 21st annual
employee recognition reception.
Fifty-six employees retired from
the district with up to 41 years
of service. Of those honored as
long-term employees, seven were
honored for 35 years of service,
13 for 30 years of service, 28 for
25 years of service and 38 for 20
years of service.
www.laramie1.org Report Card 2007–2008 • 21