Have you yet discovered how ChatGPT is transforming the Human Resources (HR) landscape. ChatGPT, a powerful language model developed by OpenAI, is poised to significantly enhance HR functions by automating tasks, improving communication, and generating insightful data. What is ChatGPT and How Does it Work? ChatGPT is a Generative Pretrained Transformer designed to mimic human-like … Read More
Navigating Employee Passing: Key HR Considerations and Steps
When an employee passes away, it’s crucial for school administration to navigate the situation with both compassion and professionalism. Often, the responsibility for coordination of these activities falls heavily on school HR professionals. This involves offering sincere condolences to the grieving family, colleagues, and students, managing administrative tasks such as updating records and processing final … Read More
What Does It Take to Be a Successful Charter HR Professional?
Today’s HR Tip is an interview with an HR Expert – Charter School Success’s very own Jordan Elliott. Read below for Jordan’s valuable insights from her career as an HR professional How did you get into the field of HR in education? My real love for HR evolved while I was serving as Superintendent of … Read More
Charter School Success… celebrating 10 years of supporting Texas Charters
Since January 1, 2013, Charter School Success has been providing support for Texas Charter Schools. As we celebrate this milestone, we are delighted to feature a brief interview with our founder, Karen Mowbray. Below, a series of questions and answers with Karen. What inspired you to start Charter School Success 10 years ago? I had … Read More
Pro Tips for Recruiting the Best of the Best
Having stellar employees is key to your charter school’s success. However, you only have a small window of time for selection: the opportunity to explore candidates and decide who will gain that coveted spot on your charter school’s team. To make the most of it, you’ll need a well thought out recruiting strategy: a plan … Read More
Independent Contractor or Employee?
As we encounter the end of one year and the beginning of another, many year-end accounting tasks are upon us, including the issuance of W2s and 1099s to those who have performed work for us during 2021. To determine who needs to get which type of tax form, we must be able to properly classify … Read More
American Rescue Plan Act of 2021
On March 11, 2021, President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) of 2021. Among other provisions, ARPA created a 100% COBRA premium subsidy and additional COBRA enrollment rights for certain employees (and their families) including employees who lost group health plan coverage due to an involuntary termination (gross misconduct does not apply) or reduction of hours. Who is eligible? A … Read More
Charter FIRST Hearing
Charter FIRST is the Financial Integrity Rating System of Texas (FIRST), which is detailed in Texas Education Code 39.082. The purpose and goal of having a financial accountability rating system is to ensure that open enrollment charter schools continually strive to improve the management of their financial resources and provide transparency and openly report results … Read More
Six Need-to-Know Virtual Onboarding Tips
Virtual onboarding! Do those words scare you? Some charter schools have transitioned to remote work, making virtual onboarding of new hires a necessity. Are you ready? Is this your first time planning a virtual onboarding experience? How can you make a virtual onboarding experience effective? What do you need to know? Why is the onboarding … Read More
Using Letters of Reasonable Assurance
Are your unemployment claims costs mounting? What can you do to drive these costs down? Anything? Yes! Annually, you can issue a Letter of Reasonable Assurance to employees to significantly reduce the charter’s unemployment claim costs. What is a Letter of Reasonable Assurance? A Letter of Reasonable Assurance is a written agreement from the school … Read More
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