Every special-education teacher we placed stayed.
For First Philadelphia, FocusedEDU didn't just fill the hardest SPED roles fast — the educators stuck, giving students unbroken support.
- School
- First Philadelphia Public Charter School
- Location
- Philadelphia, PA
- Partner since
- 2021

- 100%
- Retention of placed educators
- 100%
- SPED-teacher roles filled
- 2 wks
- From request to filled
- 2021
- Partner since
Client-attested outcomes from this FocusedEDU engagement; individual results vary.
What they were up against.
First Philadelphia needed its most difficult roles filled — certified special-education teachers, paraprofessionals, substitutes, and one-on-one aides — the positions where a vacancy lands directly on the students who can least afford it.
A limited local talent pool and traditional recruiting methods weren't keeping up.
How FocusedEDU delivered.
Working directly with the school's leadership, we built a customized recruiting plan and a dedicated pipeline, consistently presenting multiple qualified candidates per position so the school could choose the right fit.
We owned the advertising, interviewing, credentialing, and screening end to end — and stayed focused on the special-education roles where continuity matters most.
- 100% retention — every certified special-education teacher we placed stayed, giving students unbroken support
- 100% of open SPED-teacher roles filled, each one within two weeks of the request
- Multiple vetted candidates presented per opening
- A partnership that's held since 2021
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