1. Financial Leadership LISD
How do we open a school?
Financial Leadership LISD
January 2019

2. Yikes! New School!!! First Comes Zoning
Zoning is really the first step to the process which reduces enrollment at many campuses.

3. Prior Year Start up Costs
How Much Does it Cost?
Personnel Cost – 85.6%
Prior Year Start up Costs
200,000 (approximately)
Opening Year - Personnel
800,000 (approximately)
Budget Impact
1.1 million (approximately)
Previous year personnel cost : 191,084 (16-17 school year). Costs are built into the prior year budget. (10-12% fringe)
Opening year – this is a reallocation of resources from campuses reducing enrollment with the total budget impact being 1.1 million.
Other positions hired/moved from other campuses
28 General Ed Teachers
11 Special Education
9 IA’s
Interventionist (SRP)
Dyslexia

4. Principal – January 14 Where Do We Start? Admin Assistant – March 15
Registrar – April 1
Librarian – May 1
Assistant Principal – June 1
The first position that must be hired it the Principal. A cross functional committee selects the top two or three candidates and Dr. Troxell makes the final decisionl of We post the position in late December, early January. THIS YEAR WE POSTED IN NOVEMBER AND HIRED IN DECEMBER
Interview in January and hire in late January.
Many other staff are hired the previous year which enables the campus to be ready for opening. There is much to do ! Posting, interviewing, hiring
Counselor July 24th Various auxiliary – June 1(Custodians, Maintenance, Grounds workers Maintenance)
Receptionist – July 29th
Instructional Coach – August 7
LVN/RN – August 11th

5. Staffing the School Recruitment Demographer Report Staffing Guidelines
Constantly Recruiting – We hired about 368 teachers last year through attrition and promotions. 769 Total staff hired
Attend area universities such as UT, Texas State, as well as A&M, Texas Tech, Mary Hardin-Baylor
Demographer Report – January - this shows us the growth and where
Creating Positions - Teachers teaching more kids
Elementary Kinder/1 = 22:1 2nd = 23:1 3rd & 4th = 24:1 district-wide, except 27:1 in 5th. MS Teams HS 20:1
Special Programs – Based on Need Administrators & Counselors – Based on need

6. BIG YAHOO – This is a process we go through with principals after receiving their staffing projections and after current teacher complete the transfer request
With the changes in enrollment some campuses have a surplus of teachers
campuses who are losing staff and campuses gaining staff meet to discuss transferring of staff. Principals consider teachers first who put in for a transfer
Next meeting – All elementary principals come together to look at their transfer requests and open positions at other campuses and pursue conversations with those teachers who are requesting transfer to see if they would be a good fit
Notify teachers of new assignment in April – typically the Thursday before Good Friday.
BIG YAHOO!!

7. Based on demographer report and zoning we start the process with plugging the numbers into the spread sheet and see who is gaining and losing.
Monitor daily to make staffing decisions
Work along side business office who is approving student transfers.
in August (enrollment surges or drops, adding last minute hires, possible reassignment of staff to match enrollment needs, etc.)

8. Getting the Best Teachers!
Screening
Certification
Recruiters: Internal/External
TeacherFit
Digital Interview
References
Fingerprinting
Criminal Background
Texas
National
Interview
HireVue
Principal
Hired
Hiring
After teachers are placed from campuses having to lose staff we move to hiring additional positions open through attrition.
Due to the volume of applicants – HR will assist with screening. We have close to 2,000 applicants for elementary teaching position. We also hire many of our IA’s that are certified as well as subs. Former Student teachers
Other position we receive applications depending on the position

9. Placing
Placing them in the right positions. Principals find a balance with the teams with a mixture of new to profession and experienced teachers. Ensuring that we have all teachers placed
Notify teachers in April of their new assignment.

10. Parallel Processes
Budget
Determining programs
Also hiring special education teachers, crossing guards, et.
Demographic Study
Student Transfer Moratoria
Contingency Teachers – If we are over in projections, we will request additional positions from the Board
New Students Are Still Coming!!

11. Here’s our goal!

12. Questions??

13. THANK YOU!