Austin ISD issued the following announcement.
Proposed staffing plans to accommodate alternate work arrangements have been submitted by six pilot campuses to Austin ISD school leadership and Superintendent Stephanie Elizalde for review and approval.
“I am proud of the campus teams and their collaborative efforts to be creative while meeting students’ needs,” Elizalde said. “I am hopeful that we can find solutions to think flexibly to support staff while providing instruction to serve all students.”
Teachers, in collaboration with their principal, at the pilot campuses proposed plans to serve students while internally covering the roles of staff who may want alternate work arrangements.
The pilot program is being launched at the following campuses: Cunningham and Padron elementary schools, Burnet and Covington middle schools, Bowie High School and Ann Richards School for Young Women Leaders.
Plans were developed through a process that included surveying all teachers and discussing parameters over multiple meetings. Data on teacher volunteers and student enrollment was used to deliberate in small groups to develop potential plans. The voluntary plans were based on campus consensus and collaboration and were reviewed with campus advisory committees before a campuswide vote.
Campuses have established conditions in which all staff would come to campus, including:
- An increase in on-campus student attendance that requires additional in-person teachers to maintain safe classroom environments.
- Vaccinations are available to educators.
- Austin-Travis County enters into Stage 3 in the Austin Public Health risk-based guidelines.
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