Editor's note: On the second Monday of each month, Washington County Board of Education members and school staff will use this space to write about school system issues. This month's column is written by board member Wayne Ridenour.
The No Child Left Behind Act is a far-reaching piece of legislation. Not only are there issues of student achievement, but also items that impact the job of the Human Resources Department. After assuming the chair of this committee, I met with our new director to discuss not just issues of interest to me, but also to ask how we could help him carry out his responsibilities.
Without hesitation, he asked that our Human Resource Management System be implemented as soon as possible.
As my education regarding the HRMS expanded, I realized that implementation of this system would move the human resource department into the 21st century. HRMS is simply a sophisticated program/system that, when fully operational, provides the capability to handle all central human resource and payroll processes from recruitment to separation of employees.