Harford County Public Schools

HCPS Talent Pathways Project

The Talent Pathways Project is an innovative employee development campaign and recruitment strategy that will be created and implemented to aggressively build strong talent pathways for all positions within the organization for future hiring needs. This includes defining, creating, and implementing people programs that focus on finding and developing future educators.

Our focus is on Grow Your Own (GYO). As part of this initiative the district will design and launch its own model school for student learning and educator pre-service training intended to attract and train new, non-traditional, and racially diverse jobseekers for careers in education, while also testing innovative models to increase equitable education outcomes for our students.

This effort will be implemented in partnership with public, private and higher education partners. The model will be integrated into the new Harford Academy at Campus Hills set to open in Fall 2026.

HCPS Talent Pathways Project Update, November 2023

Needs Assessment Report

Talent Pathways is a 5-year, multi-tiered, strategic initiative to support HCPS recruitment and retention goals. This Needs Assessment Report, 2022-2023, serves as an opportunity to capture the current state of HCPS's talent pathways and identify complements to expand our efforts as we continue to develop a pool of teacher candidates' representative of the local community.

Talent Pathways Model School Pilot

Talent Pathways Model School Pilot at Roye-Williams Elementary School

Growing Teachers and Leaders

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Talent Pathways Project Overview

HCPS Talent Pathways Overview, August 2023

The project is led by Vicki Jones. Vicki's background includes 25 years creating and managing innovative programming for youth, jobseekers, and businesses. For a decade she taught technology theory and public policy as an adjunct professor at the City University of New York. Vicki is a graduate of Bel Air High School, Howard University (BA) and New York University (MPA).

Vicki Jones

Talent Pathways Project Manager

Talent Pathways Taskforce

Shannon Hagan

Supervisor Staff Management

Sherron Foster-Moore

Diversity Retention & Recruitment Specialist

Aretha Young

Certification Services Team Leader

Audrey Vohs

Supervisor of Leadership Development

Joseph Connolly

Supervisor of Career and Technology Education & Magnet Programs

Erin Lange

Supervisor of Social Sciences

Rebecca Spencer

Supervisor of Teacher Preparation and Professional Development

Kim Manzo

Coordinator of Special Education

Implementation Workgroup

As a complement to existing initiatives and work championed by departments and staff throughout HCPS, this workgroup will devise pragmatic, action-oriented implementation plans by early spring 2024. These plans will feature, for instance, identify and create additional accessible pathways for training and growth.