Inside HR Services

Need salary data for recruiting season?

Save yourself time and get ready for teacher recruiting season with HR DataCentral . Statewide surveys on salaries and stipends for teachers plus more than 120 other job titles will be available in December. HR DataCentral members will be able to log in and compare their pay with other districts in their target market in minutes. There are now 255 districts that have added HR DataCentral to their HR Services membership. MyTASB users who do not have HR DataCentral will have access to a printable report of survey results in January.

Don’t forget the final survey—Extra-Duty Stipends

Our survey of extra-duty stipends for coaches and sponsors of academic contests and performing arts is the final survey in our annual series. A new electronic survey tool was emailed to our district contacts in September. The deadline for completion of the Extra-Duty Stipend survey is Dec. 12. At this point, just 331 districts have responded, about half the usual level of participation. Please participate! You can access the survey spreadsheet here . 
   
If you need an extension, just send a message to salary.survey@tasb.org

Work-site posters with FMLA update available in January

The federal government has just released the final rules concerning amendments to the Family and Medical Leave Act . Updates to our work-site posters have been delayed pending the final release of these rules. The updated Federal Work-Site Postings for Texas Public Employers will be available for purchase in January. Any district that purchased this poster after June 1, 2008, will receive a discount to replace those posters with the updated version.

Need do-it-yourself training on ethics for educators?

If so, then we have a great deal for you. Jed Reed, HR director in Garland ISD, has generously made available a PowerPoint training presentation, complete with graphics and presentation notes, that was developed during his employment with Lewisville ISD. And best of all, it’s free! After Jed’s presentation at Personnel Academy last month, many participants were asking for a copy of his slides. He’s been generous enough to provide HR Services with access to Ethics for Educators  so that administrators can download the information for use in their own districts.

Training Events

• Employee Pay Systems—Advanced Topics will be offered at TASB on Jan. 20 and again on Feb. 4, 2009. This workshop focuses on how to maintain effective pay plans and prevent or correct internal pay equity problems.
• Fundamentals of Pay Systems for those new to compensation systems will be offered at TASB on Feb 3, 2009.
• Performance Appraisal—Methods and Issues is a new training program that will be offered at TASB on Jan. 21, 2009. This workshop focuses on tools and techniques for evaluating the job performance of nonteaching employees.

Also in February, several regional workshops will be offered.

• Managing Leaves and Absences will be held at ESC Region 7, Kilgore, on Jan. 16; and ESC Region 20, San Antonio, on Feb. 10, 2009.
• Managing Personnel Records will be offered at four locations in February: Houston (ESC 4) on Feb. 11; Fort Worth (ESC 11) on Feb. 12; Kilgore (ESC 7) on Feb. 16; and Waco (ESC 12) on Feb. 18, 2009.

See all our upcoming training and register for sessions in Austin and around the state through HR Services Web site .

Happy Holidays!

The staff of TASB HR Services wishes all of our readers a very happy holiday season! HR Exchange is not published in January. Watch for the next issue in early February.