Our Services
LCSD Human Resources is committed to recruiting and hiring staff who support our mission of “Every Child Every Day Future Ready” and retaining staff who embrace our students and the geography in which we live. Our department supports staff with new teacher mentoring, payroll and benefits, financial wellness and retirement, and general employee support. We engage employees from recruitment and retirement and everything in between. We provide the following core services:
- recruitment and staffing
- employee relations
- employee excellence
- compensation and payroll
- benefits and wellness
- information management
- risk management
- state and federal compliance
Vision & Philosophy
As we serve, we value and commit to:
- Maintaining excellence, honesty, integrity, principles of fairness, equity, respect, understanding and high standards in the quality of service that we provide;
- Providing personalized, trustworthy service, courteous assistance, patience, and compassion for any client needing our assistance or service;
- Promoting personal and professional growth as well as job satisfaction for all district staff; fostering an environment in which employees’ creativity and productivity are recognized, valued and encouraged;
- Never forgetting to see the human side of our work, maintaining our sense of humor and valuing each other;
- Continuously re-examining and improving our processes in order to achieve the best practices in human resources;
- Using technology to enhance and streamline our information management and service delivery;
- Recruit and hire the most qualified and talented employees – dedicated to creating the optimum educational environment for our students;
- Retain our valued employees by providing competitive wages and benefits in a manner that recognizes the value of each position and person;
- Administer benefits options in consideration of the health and well-being of district employees and their families;
- Establish, administer, and communicate sound policies and practices that treat employees with dignity and respect while maintaining compliance with applicable law, policy, and regulation;
- Support a safe, efficient, and pleasant work environment through proper work practices and safeguards, and the fostering of harmonious work relationships among all employees.
LCSD is an affirmative action and equal employment opportunity employer.
Lincoln County School District appreciates the diversity and worth of all individuals and groups and their roles in society in accordance with federal and state legislation, and prohibits discrimination on any basis protected by law, including but not limited to, an individual’s perceived or actual race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national or ethnic origin, marital status, age, mental or physical disability, pregnancy, familial status, economic status or veterans’ status of any other persons with whom the individual associates. The District prohibits discrimination and harassment in, but not limited to employment, assignment and promotion of personnel. The District does give preference to veterans as required by federal law and actively seeks minorities in employment.
For District American Disabilities Act compliance, please contact the Human Resources office.
Human Resources Staff
Tiana DeVries
Human Resources Director
- Licensed and Classified Contracts
- Employee Evaluation
- Professional Growth
- Human Resources Policies
- Staff Communications
Phone: 541-265-4436
Jennie Williams
HR Specialist
- Frontline: Professional Growth, Central, Recruiting and Hiring, Absence Management Safe Schools
- Vector Solutions
- SAIF/Workers Comp Issues
- TSPC Info/Questions
- Leave of Absence Info/Questions
- Hiring-recruitment, job postings, interviews, onboarding
- Loan Forgiveness
Phone: 541-265-4422
Susie Sproul
HR Assistant
- Reception/Mail
- Frontline-Absence Management
- Substitutes Support
- New Employee Orientation
Phone: 541-265-4434
Allison Blodgett
Payroll Specialist
- Payroll Info/w4s
- Payroll Advances
- Employee Timesheets
- Contractual Paid/Unpaid Leaves
- Employment Verifications
- Unemployment Processing
Phone: 541-265-4416
Amanda Hockema
Benefits Specialist
- Medical and Dental/Vision/Life Insurance
- Payroll Deductions and Benefits
- FMLA/OFLA Processing
Phone: 541-265-4411
Theresa Kessi
Benefits and Payroll Specialist
- Sick Leave Bank
- Payroll and Benefits Reconciliations
- Web Portal Maintenance/Support
- Staffing Sheets Maintenance
- Position Control in iVisions
- Work Calendar Coordination
- PERS
Phone: 541-265-9214
Anita Hernandez – se habla español
Customer Service Coordinator
- Reception/Mail
- Substitutes support
- Classified Grow Your Own support
Phone: 541-265-8253
Kaylynn Millikan
Customer Service Coordinator
- Reception/Mail
- Responds to incoming calls and visitors
- Vector Solutions
Phone: 541-265-9211
TBA
Volunteer Coordinator
- Volunteer recruitment, retention and recognition
- Volunteer applications and background checks
- Volunteer scheduling and management
Phone: 541-265-9211
Email: tba