In Kansas, Maria Santiago was among the 40 Filipino teachers who arrived in the US state to fill teaching vacancies in Math, Science and special education classes. During the summer break, she took her children from the Philippines to live with her in the US.
According to Superintendent Winston Brooks, they choose Filipino teachers over other nationalities because most regular teachers in the Philippines are also college professors. Many have applied for overseas jobs to earn better wages and provide well for their families in the Philippines.
In January, representatives of Topeka Unified School District 501 will be traveling to the Philippines to recruit teachers who can provide instruction in areas where US schools are finding it increasingly difficult to fill for the next school year.
Springfield, Missouri-based HealthQuest Enterprises will finance the recruitment trip.
Currently, 18 teachers from the Philippines are employed in 11 other district schools in Kansas. Seven of them work as middle or high school science teachers, four as math teachers, five as special education teachers and two as elementary teachers, one of whom is certified to teach English second language learners and the other with math concentration, the report said.
Of the 18 Filipino teachers, 13 had a master's degree or have completed one since being hired.
Alabama hires more Pinoy mentors.
School officials in Alabama recruited 14 Filipino teachers this school year to teach Math, Science and special-education instructions there.
Baldwin County is the first school system in Alabama to lure in foreign teachers to the state. It sent two officials to the Philippines to recruit competent teachers.
The school system offered jobs for 16 teachers from the Philippines but only 14 of the applicants met the requirements. GMA News
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