All were present either in person or via teleconference for the Personnel Committee meeting. 

J. Obuchi, Academic Assistant, led the Pledge of Allegiance. 

There were no public comments that were made 

S. Sherkhanov made the motion to table the approval of the minutes to the next committee meeting with the revisions requested. N. Huynh seconded the motion, the motion passed unanimously.

D. Yilmaz, Chief Accountability Officer, explained the changes that will be made to the staff protocol that MPS would like to implement in the future. He noted the difference between the teacher and principals protocol. He also described how our core values and standards are integrated into the Staff Evaluation. It was also suggested that we include a performance compensation for each bracket. It was said that we have to do more research and receive input from other departments before implementing. S. Acar. Chief Operations Officer, offered more detail to further explain the purpose of the evaluation protocols. Most of the Committee members were supportive of the idea. 


 

O. Revish, Human Resource Director, presented details to the committee on the following topics: Hiring Trends, Current Open Positions, Turnover Statistics MPS-Wide, Hiring prediction, Recruitment Schedule and Plan, and New strategies and Recruitment for the new year. One of the committee members made a suggestion on what schools to partner with and also recommended how to approach them for potential partnerships. This was a discussion item, no actions were taken.

 

S.  Acar, Chief Operations Officer, gave updates on International Hiring and explained what the possible next steps will be for MPS regarding this matter. This was a discussion item, no actions were taken. 

 

Staff reported out that MPS is planning to add administrators back into the salary scale to open a pipeline for teachers and admin to replace the teachers. This was a discussion item, no actions were taken.