Personnel Advisory Committee

The attached Administrative Organizational Chart is a reminder of what has been developed with the current positions in place.

What is the role of the SRO? Who does he report to?

There is a concern about the line of authority with regards to the SRO. The SRO is listed on the Administrative Chart. From the public comments at the last board meeting, some members of the public feel that the SRO should report directly to the board.

The SRO is not an independent contractor. The SRO is employee of the Tipton City Police Department who is assigned as the SRO to the school and is bound by the MOU between the City of Tipton and the TCSC.

The SRO reports directly to the Director of Operations, Mr. Wessel. Mr. Wessel is to submit an evaluative report of the first year. Following this report will meet with Chief Clark and make any necessary revisions.

It has been asked that Officer Maddox meet with the Business Affairs Advisory Committee (School Safety).  This IS NOT one of the contracted 185-days in the MOU and TCSC will be charged for the time.

It is getting more and more difficult to find substitutes for all departments within the school corporation. ESS is a company that more and more schools are turning to help in this effort. We, the office staff, have met with a representative of ESS and believe the services would be of benefit to TCSC. The major change is that the substitutes would be employed by ESS rather than TCSC. There are a number of advantages to this:

• ESS would provide more training and mentoring than we could provide,
• They would provide a wider geographical net in attracting substitutes
• They would have an ongoing effort to recruit qualified substitutes
• They provide benefits, including Workers Compensation Insurance
• By providing benefits, TCSC would not have to track the hours/week to stay in compliance with the Affordable Healthcare Act.
• They have a proven track record of have a higher "fill rate"
• They offer software similar to the current AESOP without the added cost.

Taking our current rate of pay for substitutes, which remain teh same for TCSC substitutes, there would be a 29% mark-up.  This would include all of the taxes and other required benefits that we pay TCSC substitutes. 

Since this a substantial change for a group of employees, it will be presented for approval at the July board meeting.

A number of people state that staff morale is low.  We are still looking for, and are open to ideas of what is causing the low morale and what can be done to change it?  A climate audit conducted in the spring of 2018 did not indicate an issue with climate and how the majority of employees view their workplace.  

We will continue to look at this issue to find ways of improvements.

Some areas theorized from Central Office include:

• Not all buildings (administrators) following directives/initiatives
• Employees not liking to follow directives they don't want to follow.

It was suggested that we look at shirts for administrators and board members for when they are in public.  Perhaps individuals could pay half-price.

Typically, it has been recommended in July that administrative contracts be "rolled over" for the following year. This provides administrators assurances they have a contract beyond the coming school year. It is the consensus that this be delayed until towards the end of the semester.  Those administrators having specific expectations will have an opportunity to demonstrate they can meet those expiations during the fall semester that will help in determining continuation of their contracts.

A reminder that the board will want to meet with administrators prior to the beginning of the school year to discuss expectations.  This will be planned for the end of July – after the fair and before the start of school.

Changes in the bargaining laws were discussed, especially regarding having public hearings prior to starting formal bargaining and prior to ratification of any agreement.  This is not a public hearing for the school board, but one from the board and TCSC, though they could be part of the regular board meeting.  We are continuing to look at the finances and what we may be able to do.

The TEA has informed us that they plan to have their UniServe Director at the table.  This is because of the changes in the school’s budget so that they may aide in the understanding of the newer budget.  Hopefully, the process will remain collaborative as it has ion the past.

The next meeting is scheduled for Monday, September 16 at 5:30 PM.

Other meetings will be scheduled as we approach and enter into negotiations.