> about the consortium . . .

The Kane County Human Resources Consortium (KCHRC), formed in 2002, is a cooperative effort among the nine public K-12 school districts and the Regional Office of Education in Kane County, Illinois. Dedicated to the recruitment, selection, and professional growth of quality educators, the Consortium has created a single online application process allowing applicants to submit a teaching application to the following public school districts:

In recent years, these public school districts have hired a combined average of 800 teachers per year.

> why work in kane county?

The majority of Kane County's population is located along the Fox River Valley, approximately 35 miles west of Chicago (see map). Our proximity to the nation's third-largest city provides convenient access to all that a metropolitan area has to offer.

Map of Chicago's Collar Counties

 

> diversity in kane county...

The Kane County Human Resources Consortium is preparing for the not-too-distant future in which it is estimated that by the year 2050, 47.2% of the U.S. population will be people of color.  Today, in Kane County alone, dozens of languages are spoken by nearly half-a-million people of which 320,340 are White; 23,279 are African-American; 95,924 are Hispanic; 1,255 are American Indian; and 7,430 are Asian and Pacific Islander (sources: Illinois Census 2000: Census 2000 Data, U.S. Census Bureau: Census 2000 QuickFacts).

In an effort to align our teacher recruitment efforts to reflect this diverse student population, KCHRC member districts are committed to increasing the number of minority teachers through the development and implementation of strategies to recruit, support, and retain minority staff members.