In every Detroit neighborhood, there is a church and there is a school.
Those two anchors of the community united Thursday in a campaign to bring more students and teachers back into classrooms at Detroit Public Schools Community District this fall and to encourage everyone to put fear aside and get vaccinated against COVID-19.
Inside the Liberty Temple Baptist Church in Detroit, faith leadership and education officials issued a call to action to the Detroit community to bring their children back to school for in-person learning and to urge teachers to get vaccinated and return to face-to-face teaching after a school year full of disruptions and mostly online learning.
"Special education vacancies are always harder to fill," said Supt. Nikolai Vitti. "Because there are fewer teachers are generally going into the field of teaching and when they are, they aren't necessarily going into special education."
Detroit public schools offers $15K bonuses for special education teachers
Bonus for certified teachers is recurring
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Detroit public school district offering $15K bonsues for special education teachers
DETROIT – The Detroit Public Schools Community District (DPSCD) is offering a recurring bonus of $15,000 for certified teachers to teach students with special needs.
“As we jump one hurdle, there’s often another hurdle, and you know you just got to keep on jumping the hurdles until you cross the finish line and I think this is one of our last hurdles,” Superintendent Dr. Nikolai Vitti said.
Vitti spoke on the progress being made to get DPSCD full staffed across the board. The goal has almost been achieved, but the main teachers needed now are those that instruct with extra care.
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Mayor Mike Duggan will focus on five areas across Detroit to invest $400 million of the COVID-19 pandemic-related federal funding.
Detroit expects to
receive $826 million in federal funding to address various challenges throughout the city and Duggan is inviting the public to provide feedback on areas needing investments. The first $413 million will be available by
early June, while the second half will come next year, said Deputy Mayor Conrad Mallett.
Key areas Duggan is eyeing include: fighting intergenerational poverty, investing in neighborhoods, investing in parks, improving
recreation and cultural assets, enhancing public safety, closing the digital gap and supporting small businesses, Mallett added.