MY
WHY
Wellesley Public Schools
40 Kingsbury Street Wellesley, MA 02481
DISTRICT PROFILE
Student Enrollment
5500
Approx. Number of Staff
1200
Approx. Number of Teachers Hired Each Year
40
Approx. Number of Paraprofessionals/Aides Hired Each Year
50
Public Transportation
Commuter rail
We all have a story to share. Here's an opportunity to introduce yourself and tell users about you. You can include a little bit about your professional history, your personal interests, or how this site came to be. Click to edit the text and make it your own.
What is it like to teach at Wellesley Public Schools?
Our community realizes the value of the Wellesley Public School system. It is a well-funded, high functioning school district. The teachers and community are very committed to the school system.We have a low educator turnover rate.
What kind of support does Wellesley Public Schools offer new teachers?
We have a professional development director who is committed to supporting new teachers. All new teachers are offered a mentor and the mentoring program is monitored by the professional development director.
We have a very generous professional development program. Wellesley Public Schools has literacy and math coaches at all levels. Unlike many other school systems, our department heads are level specific. An example of this is that we have three math department heads, one at the elementary level, one at the middle school level and one at the high school level. This structure allows excellent support in the academic areas.
How does Wellesley Public Schools demonstrate that it is commited to teacher diversity?
Two years ago we hired a consulting group to analyze the racial climate in Wellesley. We developed a Diversity Equity Leadership Council (DELC) to move the work forward. Some of the work that we have accomplished so far is the development of a grant program to assist employees of color pass the MTEL. This will allow internal promotion. In school year 2019-2020 will we develop affinity groups.
To increase the diversity of our staff, we attend diversity job fairs and advertise in diversity newspapers.