Human Resources
Our guiding principles
Lead with positive intent for equitable outcomes to provide clear direction and communication.
Lead with positive intent for equitable outcomes to provide clear direction and communication.
- Collaborate optimistically with respect and empathy to develop authentic connections and utilize active listening to enhance unified understanding.
Phone: 503-614-1447
Employment Verification Fax: 503-614-1628
Chief Human Resources Officer
Debbie Simons: 503-614-1407
Executive Assistant to Chief Human Resources Officer Isabell Gomez-Rios: 503-614-3194
Assistant Director of Human Resources Carol Helfer, Ph.D.: 503-614-1658
Human Resources Specialist Lynsie Scharpf: 503-614-1482
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Collective Bargaining Agreements Licensed - NWEA Classified - OSEA Memorandums of Agreement Salary Schedules |
Human Resources Specialist
Michelle Odell: 503-614-1644
Human Resources Specialist
Grace Fasching: 503-614-1425
Human Resources Specialist
Kathy Fernandez: 503-614-1445
Service Center Administrative Assistant
Carolyn Quinn: 503-614-1447
Substitute Services
Melinda Halverson: 503-614-1273
Washington Service Center Receptionist
Maria Navarro Ambriz: 503-614-1428
Wellness Coordinator
Bailey Kose: 503-935-9615
Michelle Odell: 503-614-1644
- Classified staff hiring support
- Classified staff liaison
- OSEA bargaining
- Student loan paperwork (public/federal student loan forgiveness)
- Verification of Employment
Human Resources Specialist
Grace Fasching: 503-614-1425
- Licensed and administrator staff hiring support
- Licensed and administrator staff liaison
- NWEA bargaining
- State reporting and data integrity
- Second Language Assessment (Spanish, Chinese, Arabic for the 2022-2023 School Year)
- Technical support:
Human Resources Specialist
Kathy Fernandez: 503-614-1445
- Benefits
- Employee assistance program
- Leave management
- Short and Long-term disability
- Staff separations
- Resignations
- Retirement
- Technical Support (Ergopoint)
- Unemployment
- Workers' Compensation
Service Center Administrative Assistant
Carolyn Quinn: 503-614-1447
Substitute Services
Melinda Halverson: 503-614-1273
- District calendars
- District reports
- Expedite requests
- Frontline configuration
- Subdocs support
- Substitute management
Washington Service Center Receptionist
Maria Navarro Ambriz: 503-614-1428
- ID Badges
- Initial homeschool contact
- Job alert responses
- Room reservations
- Staff directory
- Substitute services support
- Visitor management
- Washington Service Center mail
Wellness Coordinator
Bailey Kose: 503-935-9615
The next Open Enrollment period is August 15, 2023 - September 15, 2023 for benefits effective October 1, 2023.
Employee Assistance Program - EAP (Access Code is: OEBB)
Uprise Health provides services to employees, their dependents, and household members to help them privately resolve problems that may interfere with work, family, and life.
The EAP can help you get back on top of your world. They provide: counseling; childcare services; adult and eldercare services; health coaching; legal and personal mediation; will preparation; financial services; home ownership program; and identity theft services. Call or go online to learn more 1-866-750-1327, or visit their website at https://members.uprisehealth.com/ (Access code for registration is "OEBB"). |
FMLA/OFLA Leave
For information and paperwork, or if you think you may have an FMLA/OFLA Qualifying Event, please contact
Kathy Fernandez. FAQ: http://www.mynwresd.org/fmlaofla.html |
Complaints
New Employee Forms
Please Note: IRS regulation and the Federal Employers Handbook of 1998, requires that every employee’s payroll name must exactly match their Social Security card to prevent misdirected social security funds. To verify this, HR must see your original Social Security card and make a copy for your file.
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Worker's Compensation Resources
Retirement Information
- Preparing for Retirement: Your Blueprint for Success: http://www.mynwresd.org/hr-benefits-and-retirement.html
- PERS Retirement Checklist: https://www.oregon.gov/pers/mem/pages/opsrp-and-iap-steps-to-retire.aspx
- Medicare website: http://medicare.gov/
- Medicare questions and plan selection assistance: www.oregonshiba.org
- PERS Health Insurance Program (PERS offers Retiree and Medicare Plans): https://www.pershealth.com/