Staff
The school system employs more than 1,700 permanent employees. Included in that number are approximately 950 teachers, of which 53 percent hold a master’s degree or higher. Specialists are placed in all district elementary buildings, to deliver instruction in visual arts, library/media services, music, and physical education.
All of the district’s teachers meet weekly in Professional Learning Communities, or PLCs, in order to improve teaching practices and student learning. Secondary teachers attend professional development days each semester that focus on improving the District’s educational process. This is in addition to the weekly professional development sessions offered to individuals and small groups throughout the year.
Also among its staff, through a partnership and cost-sharing agreement with the City of Fargo, are six School Resource Officers, police officers who are placed in the district’s middle and high schools. They are a part of the Cass-Clay Unified School Response Network, which originated in the Fargo Public Schools in the mid-2000s.
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