Kelly Educational Staffing Recognizes Top Substitute Teachers

December 21, 2005

Employees Honored Throughout the Country for Outstanding Service

TROY, Mich., Dec. 21 -- Kelly Educational Staffing, a service line of global staffing provider Kelly Services, is recognizing employees throughout the country as Substitute Teachers of the Semester for the first semester of the 2005-2006 school year. These employees have demonstrated outstanding performance and service as substitute teachers.

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All Kelly Educational Staffing substitute teachers receive regular performance feedback from permanent teachers and school administrators, and each semester, Kelly Educational Staffing managers have the opportunity to nominate one substitute teacher as Substitute Teacher of the Semester. The honorees earn gift certificates and are eligible to become Kelly's National Substitute Teacher of the Year, an honor that is awarded at the end of the school year.

"While we recognize the valuable contribution made by all of our substitute teachers for the work they do in maintaining the progression of learning, the outstanding example set by these individuals is particularly noteworthy," said Scott Smith, vice president for Kelly Educational Staffing. "They have demonstrated a genuine dedication to student achievement."

Established in 1999, Kelly Educational Staffing employs 13,000 substitute teachers who meet all state and local certification requirements for any K-12 teaching situation in a public or private school. Kelly Educational Staffing currently serves more than 2,900 schools in the United States and the United Kingdom. For additional information on Kelly Educational Staffing, visit http://www.kellyeducationalstaffing.com/backgrounder .

About Kelly Services, Inc.

Kelly Services, Inc. is a Fortune 500 company headquartered in Troy, Mich., offering staffing solutions that include temporary staffing services, staff leasing, outsourcing, vendor on-site and full-time placement. Kelly owns and operates nearly 2,600 offices in 29 countries and territories. Kelly provides employment to more than 700,000 employees annually, with skills including office services, accounting, engineering, information technology, law, science, marketing, light industrial, education, health care and home care. Revenue in 2004 was $4.98 billion. For more information, visit http://www.kellyservices.com .

 

Substitute Teacher School Name Location
Pam Romine Florence City Schools Florence, Alabama

 

David Benedict Benton School District Benton, Arkansas
Craig Parker Mt. Pleasant School District San Jose, California
Catherine Avant-Carter Christina School District Wilmington, Delaware
Airthean Wilburn Duval County Public Schools Jacksonville, Florida
Amanda Singleton Greenwood School District Greenwood, Indiana
Rose Ann Mahoney Henry County Public Schools New Castle, Kentucky
Gwendolyn Ceaser Lake Ponchartrain Elementary School LaPlace, Louisiana
Joseph Fogarty Chicopee School District Chicopee, Massachusetts
Angie Emming Memphis School District Memphis, Michigan
Kevin McCalib East Metro Integrative District and Mahtomedi School District Maplewood, Woodbury and Mahtomedi, Minnesota
Barbara Runnels Pearl Public Schools Pearl, Mississippi
Mary Bucy Beatrice Public Schools Beatrice, Nebraska
Ellen Murphy The Hun School Princeton, New Jersey
Cynthia Blakely Rock Hill School District #3 Rock Hill, South Carolina
Lois Wiese Garretson School District Garretson, South Dakota
Pamela McColloch Warren County School District McMinnville, Tennessee
Ken Bredehoeft Barbers Hill Independent School District Mont Belvieu, Texas
Meredith Mansfield Rutland Northeast, Central and Southwest Supervisory Union Rutland, Vermont
Stephanie Odom Chestnut Hill Academy and Early Childhood Center, Seattle Jewish Community School Bellevue and Seattle, Washington
Phylisa Thomas Morgantown Learning Academy Morgantown, West Virginia
Kathy MacAvaney St. Francis School District, Atlas Preparatory Academy and Milwaukee Academy of Science St. Francis and Milwaukee, Wisconsin

SOURCE Kelly Services, Inc.

CONTACT: Denise Ridenour of Kelly Services, Inc., +1-248-244-4305