According to figures released this morning by the NC Department of Public Instruction, the state’s public schools added 3,198 state-funded education jobs this year and 7,811 jobs since Republicans became the majority in the NC General Assembly.

As you can see from the table below, Republican legislators made good on their promise to 1) curb the growth of administrative positions and consultants and 2) add teaching positions at all levels.

Assignment 2012-13 State-Funded 2011-12 State-Funded 2010-11 State-Funded
Official Adm., Managers 918 919 1,026
Principals 2,382 2,323 2,103
Asst. Princ., Teaching 40 6 47
Asst. Princ., Nonteaching 1,679 1,562 1,633
SUB TOTAL ADMIN 5,019 4,810 4,809
Elementary Teachers 43,623 43,048 41,046
Secondary Teachers 24,789 24,697 24,597
Other Teachers 13,683 13,275 13,320
SUBTOTAL TEACH 82,095 81,020 78,963
Guidance 3,511 3,319 3,404
Psychological 616 578 560
Librarian, Audiovisual 2,098 1,979 2,163
Consultant, Supervisor 599 613 629
Other Professional 3,621 3,412 3,191
SUBTOTAL PROF 10,445 9,901 9,947
Teacher Assistants 17,579 17,117 18,227
Technicians 469 487 478
Clerical, Secretarial 5,169 4,701 3,682
Service Workers 11,676 11,192 8,553
Skilled Crafts 951 946 882
Laborers, Unskilled 389 420 440
SUBTOTAL OTHER 36,233 34,863 32,262
GRAND TOTAL 133,792 130,594 125,981

 

(Note: This chart does not include charter school employees or those funded with federal and/or county dollars.)

While the number of public school jobs funded by the federal government continues to drop, there are 1,519 more public school employees this year than last year.  Increases in positions funded by state and county governments compensated for the loss of temporary federal grant funding.