“I consider this already as my family, the community here, the kids here,” said special education teacher Dale Ebcas, who moved from the Philippines to Upper Kalskag in 2020.
"Alaska teaching jobs"
Alaska has a teacher retention problem. The state is ready to pay someone to help solve it.
Teachers and the union support the move to solve the teacher retention problem in Alaska. But they say the number one reason they’re leaving is pretty obvious.
Filipino teachers fill staffing gaps in Lower Kuskokwim schools
A national teacher shortage left the Lower Kuskokwim School District scrambling. The district had dozens of positions to fill in only a few months, and looked to the Philippines for solutions.