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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have heard from multiple sources that hr doesn’t act on sub applications they get.    Until they fix the hr problem it won’t work [/quote]

Everyone refers to HR problems all the time but never specifics.  What are the problems there? [/quote]

A few of APS HR’s blunders:

- Messed up the board certified teachers’ pay bonuses – paid everyone in group A the amounts that should’ve gone to group B, and everyone in group B the amounts that were due group A. Then it took three separate tries (complete with surveys, of course) to be fixed.

- Not moving on substitute applications. Retired APS teachers report being told that they will have to have background checks, fingerprints, and in-person and interviews to sub.

- Over the last few years, APS has put a lot of energy and effort into name changes — focusing on whether it should be “Personnel”, or “HR, and now there is “Talent Acquisition” too. Overall, totally on point with the APS trend of paying more attention to how things look and what they are called than to how they work or don’t.[/quote]

Yeah.  I’m beginning to understand that Duran is running APS like FCPS. Meaning he wants lots of middle managers and layers of bureaucracy between himself and the teachers/children/parents he is serving.  He is over hiring at this level and not understanding that the beauty of APS is that it needs to be sleek and responsive with 3-5 high schools.  It should not be overrun with higher ups because it is not necessary.  Sad to see that go because as a system gets bigger it gets less responsive and less nimble.  [/quote]

I know this unpopular here, but I do think some of the Syphax hiring is good. APS has been a confederacy of schools for too long, with separate but unequal fully accepted by past sups (looking at you Murphy). Also, there are just so many more mandates from self, state and federal over past few decades, of course there have to be more middle managers to handle them. And my guess is each mandate has some vocal constituency, e.g., ESL from the lawsuit or SpEd under NVD's time. There is some goodness in centralization. Yes, there is more bureaucracy and I agree I don't want to see it keep growing forever. [/quote]

I used to buck the trend and supported the need for additional central office staff as APS was exponentially growing. But not anymore. Duran has done too much central office hiring and has done so with too many incompetent people and positions that do absolutely nothing. (Someone - anyone - please tell me what the CDEIO director and 3 sub-directors actually DO? or have done?) The different departments don't talk to each other like they used to and/or have become more territorial. And most importantly, he has continued to expand central administration staff while the quality of APS education has been continually declining. So, while there is a need for a sufficient administrative staff, that staff needs to be efficient and effective. Arlington is NOT Fairfax Co. [/quote]

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