The Office of Recruitment and Pre-Service Teacher Internships is responsible for facilitating the recruitment and hiring of the highest quality instructional, classified, and administrative employees.  The Office of Recruitment and Pre-Service Internships also coordinates the Maryland Approved Alternative Preparation Programs (MAAPP) as well as recruiting and staffing teacher mentors.  This office supports the goals of the Blueprint for Progress, Master Plan, and Bridge to Excellence (BTE) with regard to hiring “highly qualified” teachers.

Additionally, the Office of Recruitment and Pre-Service Teacher Internships:

• Recruits, hires, and maintains all personnel-related activities for instructional, administrative, and classified positions
• Plans and executes transfer and job fairs
• Develops the Recruiting Calendar
• Represents BCPS at colleges and universities, located outside of Maryland, in order to recruit highly-qualified personnel
• Designs and implements the new employee orientation and benefits meeting
• Collaborates with the Office of Professional Development for training and support on current issues for educators
• Assigns student interns
• Networks with local colleges and universities to develop alternative preparation programs such as Great Beginnings and MAAPP
• Provides professional growth advisors and liaisons to the Maryland State Department of Education

The Office of Recruitment and Pre-Service Teacher Internships’ website provides you with:

• Recruitment calendar for 2009-2010 school year (TBD)
• Teacher recruitment fairs, recruiting schedules, and open houses (TBD)
• Student internship participation and placement information - www.bcps.org/offices/dpd/
• New teacher support - www.bcps.org/offices/dpd/
• Job opportunities - www.bcps.org/jobs/

Joelle Skorczewski Personnel Officer 410-887-2945	Deborah Kuemmel Administrative Secretary 410-887-2945
6901 Charles Street Towson, MD  21204 FAX:  410-887-4207