Yellow PagesST. GEORGE, Utah (May, 2009) - Kelly Educational Staffing, a service line of global Kelly Services, has selected Chris Stewart as ‘Substitute Teacher of the Semester' for the second semester of the 2008-2009 school year. Ms. Stewart, a substitute teacher in the Washington County School District, is being recognized for outstanding performance and service as a Kelly Educational Staffing substitute teacher.
All Kelly Educational Staffing substitute teachers receive regular performance feedback from permanent teachers and school administrators. Each semester, Kelly Educational Staffing managers have the opportunity to nominate one substitute teacher for this honor based on their performance and recommendations from school personnel.
Ms. Stewart will receive gift certificates and becomes eligible for Kelly's national Substitute Teacher of the Year honor at the end of the school year. "Ms. Stewart has become a valuable asset to our school because she is a very dedicated substitute teacher," said Mona Haslem, principal at Horizon Elementary School. "The children always look forward to her presence in the classroom and she inspires a love of learning in all of our students."
Where is concerns educational staffing, Kelly provides an extensive staffing solution that includes recruiting, screening, orientation/training, scheduling, quality control and retention of qualified substitute teachers. During the 2007-2008 school year, Kelly employed 30,000 substitute teachers and filled nearly one million classrooms nationally.
Kelly Educational Staffing began its partnership with the Washington County School District in December of 2008. Commenting on Kelly Educational Staffing, Lyle Cox, human resources director for the district said, "Partnering with Kelly has been a very positive experience for the Washington County School District. Not only has the overall classroom fill rate increased to 99%, but Kelly Educational Staffing substitute teachers are recognized as well-qualified professionals vital to the continued achievement of students when regular teachers must be absent from the classroom."
Editor's Note: To learn more about substitute teaching opportunities, please contact the St. George Kelly Educational Staffing office at (435) 628-5213. Since its inception in 1997, Kelly Educational Staffing has provided substitute teachers nearly 4 million classrooms in more than 3,000 schools in 45 states, the District of Columbia and the United Kingdom.
