Human Resources Home

  • The Department of Human Resources supports and contributes to the district’s mission of "creating learning communities for the greatest thinkers and most thoughtful people for the world“ through core services and competencies including:

    • recruitment and staffing
    • employee relations
    • organizational and employee professional development
    • compensation
    • benefits and wellness
    • information management
    • risk management
    • regulatory compliance

    Please explore our web pages (navigation links to the left) for further information.

    Vision & Philosophy

    As we serve, we value and commit to:

    • Maintaining excellence, honesty, integrity, principles of fairness, equity, respect, understanding and high standards in the quality of service that we provide;
    • Providing personalized, trustworthy service, courteous assistance, patience, and compassion for any client needing our assistance or service;
    • Taking responsibility as a department and as individuals for the quality of our work and for the image we present as representatives of the school district;
    • Working as a team to develop partnerships through continuous open communication with our internal and external clients and our co-workers;
    • Promoting personal and professional growth as well as job satisfaction for all district staff; fostering an environment in which employees' creativity and productivity are recognized, valued and encouraged;
    • Never forgetting to see the human side of our work, maintaining our sense of humor and valuing each other;
    • Continuously re-examining and improving our processes in order to achieve the best practices in human resources;
    • Using technology to enhance and streamline our information management and service delivery; 
    • Achieving cross-functional expertise and reliability to ensure time-sensitive and dependable service delivery.

Human Resources Staff

Phone: 503-673-7095

Email:

Degrees and Certifications:

SHYLA WALDERN

Director of Human Resources

Districtwide/County HR
Administrator New Hires
Labor Relations
Loan Forgiveness Forms – Public Service & Teacher Grant
Retirement Process
Support for Superintendent and School Board

Phone: 503-673-7004

Email:

Degrees and Certifications:

NATALYA VITALE

Human Resources Specialist

Languages: Russian & Spanish
Licensed and Classified Hires – Middle & High Schools
Job Posting for all Middle & High School Positions
Coaches & Casual New Hires
Frontline — Absence Management
Tuition Reimbursement/Professional Development
Workers Compensation – Staff Incident Reports
Intern Teachers Placement

Phone: 503-673-7018

Email:

Degrees and Certifications:

MADELINE SPOLIN

Human Resources Specialist

Language: Spanish
Licensed and Classified Hires – Primary Schools
Job Posting to all Primary School Positions
Teacher Licensure Process
Employee Leave – FMLA/OFLA/PLO
Unemployment Process
TalentEd Application System Administration

Phone: 503-673-7063

Email:

Degrees and Certifications:

ANJU NATHAN

Human Resources Administrative Assistant

Languages: Hindi & Urdu
Verification of Employment
Address & Name Change Requests
Fingerprinting Verifications