IV. Gymnastics program reduces classes due to staff shortage The Menlo Park Gymnastics program cut classes recently due to an ongoing staff shortage. When the program is at capacity it employs seven full-time employees and averages between 30-40 temporary part-time employees. The program relies heavily on part-time employees with much of the staffing consisting of high school and college aged students looking to work around their school schedule and other obligations. On average, the Gymnastics program needs between six and eight staff per hour to adequately provide the current mix of programming and student to teacher ratios. Currently, the program has four teaching staff per hour. Also, the staffing shortage was exacerbated with the recent retirement of a full-time gymnastics instructor along with other vacancies. A temporary solution was implemented at the start of the winter session which reduced classes by one per hour, or roughly 40 classes per week, until enough staff can be hired to operate gymnastics programing at capacity. The classes that were cut had lower participation numbers than other classes at the same hour. Hiring and retaining qualified staff is not unique problem to Gymnastics or to the other programs..
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City Gymnastics Program failures
Original post made by Bring Back Teacher Michelle!, Menlo Park: Linfield Oaks, on Apr 7, 2018
IV. Gymnastics program reduces classes due to staff shortage The Menlo Park Gymnastics program cut classes recently due to an ongoing staff shortage. When the program is at capacity it employs seven full-time employees and averages between 30-40 temporary part-time employees. The program relies heavily on part-time employees with much of the staffing consisting of high school and college aged students looking to work around their school schedule and other obligations. On average, the Gymnastics program needs between six and eight staff per hour to adequately provide the current mix of programming and student to teacher ratios. Currently, the program has four teaching staff per hour. Also, the staffing shortage was exacerbated with the recent retirement of a full-time gymnastics instructor along with other vacancies. A temporary solution was implemented at the start of the winter session which reduced classes by one per hour, or roughly 40 classes per week, until enough staff can be hired to operate gymnastics programing at capacity. The classes that were cut had lower participation numbers than other classes at the same hour. Hiring and retaining qualified staff is not unique problem to Gymnastics or to the other programs..
Comments (2)
Posted by Bring Back Teacher Michelle!
a resident of Menlo Park: Linfield Oaks
on Apr 7, 2018 at 5:26 pm
a resident of Menlo Park: Linfield Oaks
on Apr 7, 2018 at 5:26 pm
This is why the City can't staff positions Web Link
Posted by Bring Back Teacher Michelle!
a resident of Menlo Park: Linfield Oaks
on Apr 18, 2018 at 5:06 pm
a resident of Menlo Park: Linfield Oaks
on Apr 18, 2018 at 5:06 pm
how many more gymnastics teachers have quit since last month? The City doesn’t have a hiring problem they have a management problem.
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