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Staff Success

Staff Success Strategic Priorities

Maintain Necessary Resources

Garfield Re-2 School District's three-year smart goal to secure and maintain the resources necessary to attract, recruit & retain outstanding staff for our schools is:

Garfield Re-2 will build two systems of support to positively impact staff success:

1. Compensation packages will remain at or above market value in comparison to our regional competition

2. Identify and secure financial resources necessary to sustain Re-2 payroll and compensation strategy

Initiative 1: Financial Education AND Training

District-Level Actions:

  • Board training/education on a monthly basis at board meetings/committee meetings
  • Legal/financial education at every financial secretary
  • meeting
  • Protocols and Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) revised & built by the financial team

School/Department-Level Actions:

  • Fully supported financial secretary training with
  • improved communication & accountability

Initiative 2: Financial Communication

District-Level Actions:

  • Financial transparency improvements
  • Provide financial education
  • three times per year at the Administrative meetings

School/Department-Level Actions:

  • Regularly scheduled financial meetings at every school/department

Initiative 3: Improved Procedures

District-Level Actions:

  • Creation of Compensation Committee
  • Improved SOP’s for financial secretaries and leaders
  • Creation of budget transfer schedule

School/Department-Level Actions:

  • Adherence to financial schedules to improve efficiency & timeliness of payments to staff & vendors
  • Submission of all staffing adjustments to be submitted through compensation committee