DEI Hiring: Jefferson County Public Schools

According to the Jefferson County Public Schools’ Racial Equity Policy, the district shall “Attract, recruit, hire, and retain staff and leadership that more closely reflect the racial, ethnic, and linguistic diversity of the student body of the District.” The policy continues by stating that the district will “Provide training to District and school administrators and school-based decision making [sic] councils regarding the importance of and strategies for increasing staff racial diversity in an urban school district, where a majority of students are Students of Color.”

According to the district’s Affirming Racial Equity Tool, “diverse” is defined as “pertaining to any and all cultures that are NOT heterosexual, male-centered, white, Western, and/or Christian.”

The district also features a Diversity Hiring Specialist who “provides support and guidance to minority recruitment and retention in JCPS.” The specialist collaborates with “Human Resources, the JCPS Recruiting Team, all hiring supervisors, and all principals to ensure a fair, inclusive, and equitable hiring process.”