#K12talent Archive
#K12Talent chat is for K-12 HR professionals or any school leader interested in learning more about human capital leadership. Topics include: rewards/recognition, recruiting, hiring, interviewing, difficult employees.
Tuesday September 27, 2016
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TODAY’S TOPIC: How is your year going?
Don’t forget to respond to our Q's by using A: and !
Q1. Let’s start off with introductions! Share your name, position, and location!
Jon Bartelt, Supt., Bloomingdale School District 13 in Illinois.
A1: Chris Wolk, K-4 Principal/HR, Grayslake, IL. Ducking in quick before heading home from class.
A1. The year in is off and running! Still seeking paraprofessionals to fill several vacancies
Bloomingdale has approximately 1,300 K-8 students.
Great to have you Chris - Can you also share how many employees are in your district? https://t.co/eyrRO78LZr
A1: Chris Wolk, K-4 Principal/HR, Grayslake, IL. Ducking in quick before heading home from class.
Oops! Forgot to introduce myself! A1: Monica Schroeder, Asst. Supt. HR, Highland Park, IL. Looking forward to a great chat.
Q2. Did you get all your positions filled this fall? How many are left?
That is what we are talking about tonight! Welcome - How many employees do you have?
has appx 400 staff and just over 4,000 students.
A2: Just wrapped up hiring for my building and district. Last person started Monday.
A2: Like I am short on paraprofessionals, but D13 has over 100 certified staff teaching up a storm.
has appx 600 staff and just over 4,200 students.
Guess based on everyone else's numbers, I'm the little guy! Kinda like that!
Great news for you! What was the position you just got filled? https://t.co/CMjWLwIAFG
A2: Just wrapped up hiring for my building and district. Last person started Monday.
No worries Jon - I find when it come to hiring for the problems are all the same :) https://t.co/I8vmBsoAYb
Guess based on everyone else's numbers, I'm the little guy! Kinda like that!
K asst. Due to numbers needed to open a new section after start of school. Asst went to teacher and backfill
Q3. What positions were the most difficult to fill this year? What did you end up doing?
A3: Bilingual teacher and assistants. Word of mouth found us what we needed.
A3: The two hardest for D13 over the years are certified school nurse and licensed paraprofessionals
Are your assistants AKA Paraprofessionals? https://t.co/HMGVKRHwt6
A3: Bilingual teacher and assistants. Word of mouth found us what we needed.
A3. Had a difficult time filling our Dual Language (BIL) positions. Sent emails to our staff, posted on FB, & Twitter.
Ducking out. Need to get home. Have a great chat and keep being awesome.
Q4. What was the most difficult hurdle you had starting school this year?
We couldn't fill 2 of our 3 nurse vacancies https://t.co/DJrgIoZPOQ
A3: The two hardest for D13 over the years are certified school nurse and licensed paraprofessionals
Did you offer any incentives with your emails to staff about your positions https://t.co/kZU5P7lEBW
A3. Had a difficult time filling our Dual Language (BIL) positions. Sent emails to our staff, posted on FB, & Twitter.
A4: Coming to final agreement through collective bargaining.
Did you get this done on time this year? https://t.co/mkDpu1fr3D
A4: Coming to final agreement through collective bargaining.
We didn't offer incentives, but our staff is terrific & talk abt our vacancies. We often turn to them for help
A4 Many district I work w were working diligently to handle the new FLSA changes... While they dnt start til Dec, ppl r planning!
That is awesome! Your current staff is your best marketing tool https://t.co/BjHbtkP7Jl
We didn't offer incentives, but our staff is terrific & talk abt our vacancies. We often turn to them for help
Q5. Have you found any great new resources this fall, which have helped?
Nice to have your - You always add some great to the mix! https://t.co/KTyj8w6Cvq
A4 Many district I work w were working diligently to handle the new FLSA changes... While they dnt start til Dec, ppl r planning!
A5: Working on an onboarding document in order to avoid slip ups and drafting it for feedback soon with admin
Q4. We are reviewing boundaries.
I would love to see this when you are done-sounds awesome https://t.co/b7i5jVkz4W
A5: Working on an onboarding document in order to avoid slip ups and drafting it for feedback soon with admin
Well thanks ! :) https://t.co/eguZONPk7V
Nice to have your - You always add some great to the mix! https://t.co/KTyj8w6Cvq
A4 Many district I work w were working diligently to handle the new FLSA changes... While they dnt start til Dec, ppl r planning!
We are reviewing boundaries which will impact our school district (staff, students, etc).
Q5. We have a new fingerprinting machine that is user friendly and saves us time in processing our new employees.
This guy wants a bottle about chat time... And he's the boss... Which means I'm MIA. Sorry … https://t.co/EQPU5jFaCH
That sounds great - Will you share with us who makes it and/or who you are working with?
Q7. What advice would you give our new Directors taking over in January? How should they get started?
A7: Develop your PLN, build that network, ask questions, join (not necessarily in that order)
I'll need to send the fingerprint machine info tomorrow . Can't find it at home, but shared it w/ too!
Q8. Any final words of wisdom you’d like to provide on today’s topic?
Great! We will be sure and share that information with our folks https://t.co/1RCheBw7LK
I'll need to send the fingerprint machine info tomorrow . Can't find it at home, but shared it w/ too!
Q8. I love participating & reading these tweets. Keep it up
Love it!! https://t.co/aof6J415QT
A7: Develop your PLN, build that network, ask questions, join (not necessarily in that order)
A8: Be Patient, trust your system and people (your district hires great people for many reasons, this is one of them), smile!
Thanks for the learning everyone - keep doing great work for the sake of children!
Thank you chat participants – see you on the next TUES. OCTOBER 25, 2016/ 8pm CDT
