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Human Resources

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.

Email: walderns@wlwv.k12.or.us

Phone: 503-673-7095

SHYLA WALDERN

Director of Human Resources

ADA Accommodation Requests
Administrator New Hires
Complaints/Investigations
Labor Relations
Loan Forgiveness Forms – Public Service and Teacher Grant
Retirement Process

Support for Superintendent and School Board







 

Email: vitalen@wlwv.k12.or.us

Phone: 503-673-7004

NATALYA VITALE

Sr. Human Resources Specialist

Languages: Russian & Spanish

Casual and Coach Hiring Process
Classified & Licensed Hires – Middle & High Schools
Frontline — Absence Management
Intern/Student Teachers Placement Coordination
Licensure/PEER Forms
Tuition Reimbursement/Professional Development







 

Email: HanksM@wlwv.k12.or.us

Phone: 503-673-7018

Mary Hanks

Human Resources Specialist

Classified & Licensed Hires - Primary Schools
Employee Leave – FMLA/OFLA/PLO
TalentEd/PowerSchool System Administration
Workers Compensation

Email: NathanA@wlwv.k12.or.us

Phone: 503-673-7063

ANJU NATHAN

Human Resources Administrative Assistant

Address & Name Change Requests
Employment Verification (Mortgage verifications go to payroll)
Parent Volunteers – HelpCounter
Staff Injury Reports
SafeSchools Training
Unemployment