South Bend Schools holds hiring event ahead of school year

SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- The South Bend Community School Corporation held a hiring event Monday morning at Brown Intermediate School, where they met with job seekers regarding certified and non-certified staff for elementary, middle and high school positions.

These positions include teachers, paraprofessionals, bus drivers, coaches, food services, bilingual resource specialists, aides, and behavioral interventionists.

Dr. Sarita Stevens, Deputy Superintendent Chief Human Resource Officer, stated, "Well, I'd just like to say that today's event is focused on us improving our teaching and learning environments, we have to make sure that our kindergarten to second grade students are readers and are strong readers. So, we're still focused on literacy. We're still focused on making sure that our high school students have the career pathways they need to graduate. So, we want to make sure we have as the least amount of vacancies in our classrooms as possible, and that's the goal today, is to get you know, get those vacancies filled."