Director of Human Resources

Office Location: District Office

Phone: Ext. 1009

Oversees all HR operations that impact the recruitment, retention, development, and support of district employees. This role ensures the district follows labor laws, certification requirements, and personnel policies while fostering a positive, professional, and compliant workplace culture. The HR Director manages hiring processes, employee records, onboarding, staffing allocations, performance concerns, and HR systems. They serve as the primary resource for employment-related questions, guiding leaders and staff through complex personnel situations while ensuring fairness, consistency, and legal compliance.

Responsibilities Overview:

Recruitment, Hiring & Retention: Leading districtwide recruitment strategies, managing job postings and applicant screening, and guiding principals and department leaders through equitable selection and retention procedures.

Employee Relations & Compliance: Advising leaders on employee conduct, performance evaluations via TalentEd Perform, and disciplinary procedures. This role serves as the district's ADA Compliance Officer, coordinates labor negotiations, and manages Title IX, sexual harassment, and grievance processes after supervisor contact.

Certification, Contracts & Records: Overseeing teacher certification, licensure compliance, renewals, and annual contracts/letters of assurance, while maintaining highly secure and audited personnel records and the District Staff Handbook.

Onboarding, Offboarding & Workflows: Streamlining new-hire onboarding, managing exit documentation and employee separation clearance, and ensuring back-end HR database systems run efficiently.

Professional Learning & Supervisor Support: Coaching supervisors on effective observation/evaluation conversations, delivering feedback, establishing standard operating procedures, and coordinating the substitute liaison program with ESS.

What can I help with?

Hiring, Licensing & Careers:
- “How do I hire or fill a position at my campus or department?”
- “What are the state requirements for my licensure or employment?”
- “How do I navigate transfers, resignations, retirements, or separations?”
Contracts & Board Policy:
- “What does our collective bargaining contract or district policy say about this situation?”
- “What leave options or ADA accommodations are available for myself or an employee?”
Employee Relations & Documenting Issues:
- “How do I address employee performance concerns or document issues properly?”
- “What steps are required before taking disciplinary action?”
- “How do I handle employee complaints, workplace conflict, or potential Title IX/discrimination concerns?”
Consistency & Equity:
- “How do we ensure consistency and legal compliance across our staffing and organizational planning?”

🛑 When to Contact Someone Else

To help route your request quickly and efficiently, please note that the HR Director does not handle the following:

Direct Payroll & Benefits Operations: Managing monthly payroll processing, payroll calculations, benefit enrollments/disenrollments, or completing mortgage verification paperwork. (Contact the Payroll & Benefits Department).
Daily Supervision: Directly managing the daily work or duties of individual school employees. (Contact your building Principal or direct Supervisor).
Academic Decisions: Evaluating instructional practices or making curriculum decisions unrelated to general employment/evaluation compliance. (Contact the Teaching and Learning/TLA Department).
Supervisor Overrides: Overriding a principal's or supervisor's decision, unless that decision directly violates board policy, collective bargaining contracts, or state/federal law.
Advocacy & Legal Advice: Acting as a personal legal advocate for employees or managers. (HR serves the district as a neutral party to ensure fairness, equity, and compliance).