Human Resources

The Human Resources division facilitates the recruitment activities of component districts for both certified and non-certified staff, provides assistance to school districts in complying with certification regulations for coaches, enables participating districts to receive eligible medicaid reimbursement dollars, and acts as a regional certification office for residents and school districts of Dutchess County.

Cooperative Recruitment [Mid-Hudson Cooperative Recruitment Program]

Under this CO-SER, the BOCES Personnel Office provides shared staff recruitment services to school districts. Services include local, regional and national advertising of vacancies, coordinating the flow of applicant information, maintaining a database of job applications/resumes, liaison with placement offices, attendance at recruitment fairs, as well as the development of joint efforts to broaden the range of the applicant pool available to school districts. Internet posting of vacancies is also provided by the service. An on-line application is available for quick submission of information by candidates.

Employee Benefits Coordination

The Dutchess County Schools Workers’ Compensation Self-Insured Program Trustees established this service to coordinate a variety of activities for the program. Part-time office support is provided to audit claims, assist the Board of Trustees with program-related activities, follow up on inquiries from employees, maintain cooperative financial records, analyze claims information and process paperwork involved with the worker’s compensation program. Member districts of the program participate in this service.

Medicaid Reimbursement

Under this program, BOCES assists component districts with increasing their Medicaid reimbursements and compliance with Medicaid reimbursement guidelines. This service maintains comprehensive records to justify Medicaid Reimbursement claims in the event of an audit, submits required claims for reimbursement and follows up inquiries received from Regional Information Center, State and Federal offices. The service provides in-service training to district contact personnel on an ongoing basis and works with district personnel in the development of effective internal data collection and record keeping procedures.

Temporary Coaching Licenses

Under this CO-SER, the BOCES Personnel Office processes all applications for professional and temporary coaching licenses that were previously filed with and evaluated by the Office of Teaching in Albany. The application for either of these coaching licenses is submitted to the District Superintendent who acts as the agent for the Commissioner of Education. This process will continue to permit school districts to employ non-teacher coaches, in appropriate circumstances, and will streamline the annual reapplication process. It provides greater flexibility and expeditious approval of subsequent reapplications without the submission of repetitive paperwork.