- As Nebraska’s oldest community, Bellevue is truly the birthplace of the Good Life!
- Many of our students have traveled around the country--and the world!-- as part of their parents’ careers in the military. They bring a wide variety of life experiences to our classrooms.
- We are neighbors of Offutt Air Force Base and the United States Strategic Command.
- Bellevue’s north boundary is Omaha, our east boundary is the mighty Missouri River and our south boundary is Offutt Air Force Base.
- Bellevue’s elementary and secondary schools employ 700 professional educators in the teaching of 9,200 students.
- Bellevue’s patrons have never turned down a bond issue for school construction.
- Citizens serve on school advisory committees and in a dynamic OTA and PTSA.
- Bellevue Schools are involved in a partnership with our local senior citizen center.
- The schools are involved in the community, and the community cares about its schools.
Your application is considered for available positions after it is complete with transcripts and three letters of reference. A printed resume is encouraged but not required. Once vacancies occur, your application is considered in the areas of preference you have indicated. Applicants whose qualifications best match qualifications of the available position are selected by a selection team for a personal interview.
If selected for a personal interview, you are contacted by the personnel department and an interview is arranged at the Bellevue Public Schools central office. You are interviewed by approximately three people and asked a series of questions designed to compare your philosophy with that of Bellevue Public Schools and to elicit your personal and professional strengths. If you are recommended for employment, you are contacted by the Director of Personnel and offered a contract. Contracts are then placed on the agenda of the Board of Education for approval. Secondary finalists and finalists in special areas are notified after employment is confirmed with the chosen candidate. Elementary classroom finalists are notified at the conclusion of the hiring season (August) because positions are filled as enrollment is determined; elementary enrollment is not confirmed until immediately prior to the opening of school. Finalists offered contracts from other districts are advised of the status with Bellevue Public Schools upon request.
In most cases, staff members are hired as vacancies are identified February through August. In August, those candidates not hired are contacted and informed that their application remains active for one year from the date of application.
The Bellevue Public Schools does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender, marital status, disability, or age in admission or access to, or treatment of employment, in its programs and activities. Dr. Sharra Smith, Director of Personnel, has been designated to handle inquiries regarding complaints, grievance procedures or the application of these policies of nondiscrimination.
Dr. Smith, can be reached at
1600 Highway 370
Bellevue, NE 68005
402-293-4032