Aurora Public Schools

Division of Human Resources Annual Report 2010-2011

Division of Human Resources Annual Report 2010-2011The purposes of this report are to provide demographic information about current employees of Aurora Public Schools and summary data about other activities of the division. Staff members in Human Resources analyze the information in order to become more effective in carrying out the functions of the division that include the recruitment and retention of quality employees. Unless otherwise indicated, data were collected on October 15, 2011 or totaled from October 16, 2010 to October 15, 2011.

Staff Demographics Licensed staff 2045 – 35.5%Classified staff 1754 – 30.4%Administrator/Professional Technical staff 259 – 4.5%Total contracted staff 4058 – 70.4% Total non-contracted staff * 1709 – 29.6%

Total employees 5767

* Non-contracted staff includes Agreements for Services, Coaches, Part-time Temps, Tutors, etc.

Employee GenderLicensed staff – Female 77.5% - Male 22.5%Classified staff – Female 75.6% - Male 24.4%Administrator/Professional Technical staff – Female 60.6% - Male 39.4%Total staff - Female 75.6% - Male 24.4%

Employee Ethnicity The ethnicity of employees in APS is similar to the ethnicity of the United States but has a higher representation of whites. The percent of APS employees who are Hispanic/Latino (16.1%) is almost identical with the percent of US population who are Hispanic/Latino (16.3%). APS employees’ ethnicity almost matches that in Colorado also. The percent as well as number of white employees has decreased from last year (75%-3031) to this year (72.3%-2935). The percent and number of Hispanic employees has increased from 13.1% (531) to 16.1% (653). The increase in Hispanic/Latino employees was true in every employee group. While the number and percent of Asian employees remained about the same, there was a small decrease in percent and number of Black/African American employees. APS employed 1.3% more employees than the previous year with the majority of the increase in non-contracted staff.

APS Total Contracted Employee Ethnicity

Amer. Indian/Alaskan Native – .4% Asian/Pacific Islander – 2.5%Black/African American – 8.7%Hispanic/Latino – 16.1%White – 72.3%

US Population Ethnicity (Census 2010)

Amer. Indian – .7%Asian/Pacific Islander – 4.9%Black/African American – 12.2%Hispanic/Latino – 16.3%White – 63.7%Other – 2.1%

State of Colorado Ethnicity (Census 2010)

Amer. Indian – .6%Asian/Pacific Islander – 2.8%Black/African American – 3.8%Hispanic/Latino – 20.7%White – 70.3%Other – 2.2%

Other Employee StatisticsEmployee Group Average Age Average Years Percent within with APS Retirement Age 50+

Classified 46 10 46.8% Licensed 40 9 25.0%Administrator/ 47 12 42.0%Professional Technical

Additional Licensed Employee StatisticsAverage Licensed Employee Salary - $56,575Licensed Employees’ Type of Degree – BA 46.3%, MA 53.0%, Doc 0.7%Percent in their first three years of teaching – 30.6%

Staff QualificationsAPS licensed staff continues to be highly qualified for their positions as defined by the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). Only one teacher has an Emergency Authorization. The district had 11 Teachers in Residence (TiR) and three Alternative Teacher Licensing teachers – most all of them in math, science and special education where it is difficult to find qualified teachers. The following chart shows the different types of licenses held by APS staff.

Interim Teacher Auth – .5%Initial Teacher/Special Services – 19.8%Professional Teacher/Special Services – 77.9%Professional Principal – .7%Initial Principal – .7%TiR – .6%Provisional Teacher/Special Services – 1.0%Career/Tech Ed – .9%Other – .75%

APS Student EthnicityAugust 2011

Amer. Indian – .8%Asian/Pacific Islander – 4.6%Black/African American – 17.9%Hispanic/Latino – 51.9%White – 22.1%

APS Licensed Staff Ethnicity

Amer. Indian/Alaskan Native – .3%Asian/Pacific Islander – 1.5%Black/African American – 4.0%Hispanic/Latino – 9.1%White – 85.1%

APS Classified Staff Ethnicity

Amer. Indian/Alaskan Native – .7%Asian/Pacific Islander – 3.5%Black/African American – 14.3%Hispanic/Latino – 24.9%White – 56.6%

APS Admin./Prof. Technical Ethnicity

Asian/Pacific Islander – 2.8%Black/African American – 7.5%Hispanic/Latino – 15.4%White – 74.3%

Teacher Applications The following data give an overview of the teacher applicants that includes total numbers, states where those hired came from and their endorsement areas. The numbers in this section reflect applications and hires from July 2010 through June 2011. There were almost 200 more applications than last year.

Total applications 3870Total hired 233 – 6.0%

Top Ten States Where APS Gets Applicants

Top Ten Endorsement Areas of Applicants

Top Ten States from Which APS Hires

Top Ten Endorsement Areas for New Hires

100%

50%

0% Colorado Michigan Texas California Illinois Ohio Arizona Ohio Minnesota Missouri

82.4%

1.9% 1.5% 1.3% 1.3% 1.0% 0.8% 0.8% 0.7% 0.6%

100%

50%

0% Elementary English Special Ed. Social Science Math Early Art Bilingual School Education Generalist Studies Childhood Psychologist

42.7%

8.8% 7.8% 7.8% 6.5% 5.6% 3.7% 3.3% 2.5% 2.4%

100%

50%

0% Colorado California Arizona Wisconsin Georgia, Kansas, and Michigan and New York New Mexico and Utah

54.8%

6.1% 2.8% 2.2% 1.7%

100%

50%

0% Elementary Special Ed. Math English Science Social Foreign Art Counseling Early Education Generalist Studies Language Childhood Ed.

36.0%

10.8% 9.5% 8.1% 7.7% 4.5% 2.7% 2.3% 2.3% 2.3%

New EmployeesMore new employees were hired in 2010-2011 than the year before. The licensed personnel rose from 214 new employees to 233 and the classified increased from 68 to 96.

Licensed new staff – 233 – 11.4% of all licensed staffClassified new staff – 96 – 5.5% of all classified staffAdministrator/Professional Technical new staff – 20 – 7.7% of all administrator/professional staff

New Employee GenderLicensed new staff – Female 70.9% - Male 29.1%Classified new staff – Female 82.3% - Male 17.7%Administrator/Professional Technical new staff – Female 70.0% - Male 30.0%Total new staff - Female 73.9% - Male 26.1%

New Employee EthnicityThe ethnic backgrounds of new employees generally reflect the ethnic makeup of the district staff as a whole and reflect the changes in total ethnicity between 2009-2010 and 2010-2011.

Other New Employee InformationThe average age of new licensed employees is fourteen years younger than the average age of licensed employees in the total district, while the average age difference is six years for classified employees. The average age for new administrative/professional technical employees is four years younger. Fifty percent of new licensed employees have a BA while 48% have a MA and 1.5% have a doctorate. One hundred and fifty (64.38%) are in their first year of teaching and 83.26% of teachers new to the district are in their first three years of teaching. These numbers reflect an increase from last year. The average newly hired teacher salary was $44,288 which is a decrease from last year also.

Most new teachers learned about APS from the district’s web site and the second most frequent way they learned of the district was through word of mouth. The two greatest reasons that teachers shared for deciding to work for APS were location and friendliness of staff. Student demographics was third while compensation was fourth. All new employees, who completed the New Hire Survey, felt that they were treated courteously and professionally during their hiring process.

RecruitingRecruiting activities were minimal as the district anticipated hiring a small number of teachers. HR employees and a few building administrators attended career fairs at: University of Phoenix, Colorado Association of School Personnel Administrators (CASPA), University of Northern Colorado and Colorado State University. Staff members informally counted the number of candidates of color and unfortunately there were very few, less than twenty.

The following chart reflects the number of contacts, number of follow up recommendations and the endorsement areas of contacts.

Contacts Follow up

Elementary 144 30Secondary 118 24K-12 29 4Special Education 18 8

LA SS Math Sci ESL/ELL Foreign Language Art Music PE Other

29 33 20 28 5 12 10 11 4 11

RetentionThe number of licensed employees who left the district increased in 2010-2011. The primary reason for the increase is that all new employees were put on one year only contracts and 86 of those employees were not rehired. In the previous year, only 20 employees were in this category.

Teachers Who Left the District

Listed below is a breakdown of the main reasons that licensed employees left the district. The number of teachers who left the district to teach in another district increased from 23 to 34.

Reason for Leaving 2010-2011End of fixed contract - 86 (29.0%)Retirement – 65 (21.9%)Relocation or moving out of state - 49 (16.5%)Other employment in education – 34 (11.4%)Family care – 20 (6.7%)

The following chart reflects the number of years that employees who left the district had been employed in APS. The numbers indicate that employees new to the district are more likely to leave the district while those who have taught over 20 years are more likely to be retirees from the district.

Number of Years Teachers Who Left the District had been Employed

25%

20%

15%

10%

5%

0% 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11

20.6%

17.8% 15% 15.3% 14.6% 14.0% 12.1% 13% 10.5%

25%

20%

15%

10%

5%

0% Less than 1 1 year 2 years 3 years 4 years 5 years 6-10 years 11-19 years 20+ years

19.2%

17.5% 12.1%

14.8%

14.5%

7.1% 5.0% 3.7% 6.1%

Compensation and Negotiations SummaryAPS suffered severe budget constraints due to unprecedented reductions in state funding. As a result, none of the employee groups received salary increases for 2011-2012. The district and AEA will meet to review the budget early in 2012 to determine if any increases would be possible. PERA increases and health care premiums continue to be funded by the district.

The entire AEA contract was included in negotiations. The following were some of the changes.

• AdditionofsupervisionlanguagefromSpring2010MemoofUnderstanding• Definesoneteacherworkdayatthebeginningoftheyear• AgreestoataskforcetoconsidersignificantrevisionstoArticle13• Agreesto45minutesofconsecutiveanduninterruptedteacherplanningtimedailyfor2011-2012only• Addsneedsassessmentforprofessionallearningandexpectationforclimatesurveys• ChangestheInstructionalAdvisorygroupfromacommitteetomonthlymeetingbetweentheChiefAcademic

Officer and AEA president• AgreestonotinitiateanySB-191-basedchangesuntil2011-2012toprovidetimeforevaluationcommitteesand

negotiations discussions

20.6%

17.8% 15% 15.3% 14.6% 14.0% 12.1% 13% 10.5%

MissionTeach every student within a safe environment the knowledge, skills and values necessary to enter college or a career and become a contributing member of society who flourishes in a diverse, dynamic world.