Staff Allocation Update

The staff allocation process is moving along according to schedule, and we would like to reinforce the planned next steps.

• Heartland Assessment Team members have started the process of calculating staff allocations for the 2009-2010 school year.
• Number of FTE by workgroup will remain the same as approved by the Heartland Board of Directors, and we will allocate to our current configuration of regions.
• The allocations should be ready for partnership directors, assistant directors, special education program assistants and discipline program assistants to use at their meeting on February 24.
• Staff assignment decisions will be driven by formula-based calculations, supplemented by input from school districts, Heartland staff and knowledge of local conditions and needs. The system will be data-driven and based on lessons learned over the past 12 months for making Heartland’s staff allocation process fair, equitable, efficient and transparent.
• Leaders have begun reviewing staff assignments for each region and are having conversations with Heartland practitioners and school districts to bring unique local needs into the decision-making process.
• The goal is to have conversations completed and decisions made by the time schools begin their spring breaks.
• If you have questions or ideas about staff allocation and assignments in your region, be sure to bring them to your partnership director and/or take advantage of opportunities your partnership director creates to have that dialogue in your region.