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Human Resources highlights mentoring, staffing and labor outcomes in district report
Summary
HR presented its work on recruitment, mentoring for new teachers, labor relations updates and staffing processes; officials highlighted the mentor program, job expo and recent bargaining settlements.
Susan Rodriguez, the district's chief human resources officer, led a Human Resources update March 11 that covered teacher mentoring, labor relations, staffing assignments, recognition programs and training.
Alfonso Giardello described the New Teacher Mentor program, which he said has provided full-release mentors since 2007 and typically supports 110–120 new teachers per year. Giardello told the board the mentor team supports new teachers with classroom observations, structured professional development and peer observation releases; this year 90 new teachers in 37 buildings participated in field visits. "Beaverton new teacher mentors provide confidential support…Year after year, Beaverton teachers cite the support received from their mentor as crucial," he said.
Labor-relations work was summarized by Cortes (Cortes Semana), who said HR led negotiations and noted recent outcomes: a settlement with OSEA for the current year and a BEA contract in place through June 2027. HR said it opened successor bargaining with OSEA in February and that the OSEA contract term expires in June 2025.
Rodriguez and HR staff also described the internal staffing process ("job expo") that lets licensed employees interview for internal transfers before outside hiring; roughly 200 licensed staff participated in the last expos. HR noted affinity and mentoring programs intended to boost recruitment and retention of educators of color and described an employee recognition program (BSD Achiever awards) and expanded leadership onboarding.
Board members asked about retention tracking for educators of color, matching mentors and other program details; HR said retention is being tracked with a focus on tenure and that mentoring / affinity groups are relatively new tools being evaluated for impact.
