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Hiring, Discipline, Documentation: Just Another Day Working With HR
By Michelle Fisher While school transportation and human resources departments
may function as two different parts of the same body, or district, both focus on serving people and protecting them. When these de- partments are working in sync, the body experiences optimal health. STN asked student transporters on LinkedIn: What’s the single
most important thing you’ve learned from your HR director? Kim Catalano, transportation supervisor at Wappingers Central School District in New York, summed it up in one word: “Documentation!” Bob Streeter, transportation director at Dysart Unified School
District, Surprise, Ariz., said the HR department within a school dis- trict usually stays focused on school- and education-related issues, and often HR directors don’t understand that the transportation runs more like a business than a school. Still, he appreciates the guidance HR has provided to smooth out employee management. “Our district has assigned an HR specialist to transportation, and it has helped improve our overall operation tremendously,”
Is this how you train your drivers?
Streeter said. “Our employee issues have dropped, and our disci- pline procedures are quicker, smoother and have more impact. We are a team.”
COLLABORATION PROMOTES CONFIDENCE Tose in both departments agree that collaboration is needed
to cover their bases and increase efficiencies. Mark Hinson, chief human resources officer at Adams 12 Five Star Schools in Torn- ton, Colo., has 14 years of experience at this district and 30 years total in HR. He travels the country to share his expertise with school transportation officials. Like other school systems nationwide, Adams 12 has been forced
to make tough budgetary decisions that trickle down to trans- portation. Two years ago, the district began charging for student transportation. Since then, Hinson and Director of Transportation David Anderson have weighed high-school service cuts as well as
And, is this the result?
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26 School Transportation News Magazine August 2012
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