Screen & Engage Candidates

1. Form Personnel Committee

School site hiring in OUSD is a collaborative process held by a Personnel Committee that includes site leaders, elected representatives of OEA, and others (potentially family members, classified staff, students, and other site based stakeholders). 

Personnel Committees

• Each school elects a Personnel Committee (“PC”) of not more than 7 members (ideally 3-7) with the simple majority of the committee being teachers at the site. The non-teacher members can comprise classified staff, parents, and students (at high schools). Elect members in a manner consistent with your site’s SSC elections. 

• For teacher representatives, PC members should reflect the needs of grade levels, departments and Specialized Programs (e.g. hiring a Bilingual teacher, a current bilingual teacher should be on the personnel committee). 

• Teacher members of the PC will receive $250 stipend and an additional $100 to be available during June and July, which will be paid through OUSD’s central budget. 

2. Train Personnel Committee

• Please join the Talent Division at a training for you or your Personnel Committee Members. 

• Convene PC to determine school site staffing process and roles. 

3. Screen Candidates

• Review candidates on Applicant Tracking to determine which candidates to interview.

  • Candidates should already have completed references.

• If a candidate has not been pre-screened by Talent, please ask your TDA to screen them. 

• TDA's screen for the minimum qualifications.

  •  ‘Passing’ paperscreen means they:

    • have a bachelor’s degree

    • have complete reference checks without red flags

    • are rehire eligible (if employed by OUSD previously),

    • have relevant and sustained employment,

    • do not have flags in their background information (free of felony conviction, revoked credential, etc.)

4. Interview Candidates

• If possible observe a candidate teaching through a lesson observation or demonstration lesson. 

• Guidance about interviewing can be found in the Hiring Toolkit.