PowerSchool’s 2024 Education Focus Report found that only 33% of education leaders say their current talents record management technology supports their needs. With national teacher shortages, school districts face increasing pressure to fill staffing vacancies, meet staffing quotas, and efficiently onboard new teachers.
That’s why PowerSchool has Talent Recruitment & Retention solutions–to help districts bring in top-tier talent, streamline hiring processes, and transform real-time instructional coaching data into personalized goals and professional development recommendations.
The Talent Recruitment & Retention solutions help K-12 leaders manage every step of the employee lifecycle, from hire to retire, with products including:
- SchoolSpring Job Board—Recruit teachers and staff from over half a million unique visitors monthly to the nation’s most popular online K-12 job board.
- Applicant Tracking—Provide a modern candidate experience and hire faster with integrated screening tools.
- Employee Records—Digitize onboarding paperwork and simplify regular HR and talent management tasks.
- SmartFind Express—Streamline online substitute management with text, mobile app notifications, email, and automated phone calls to quickly fill teacher and staff absences.
- Perform—Manage and conduct meaningful teacher evaluations and observations online or in person.
- Professional Learning—Provide professional learning for teachers that supports career growth with easier PD management and 24/7 accessibility.
Mississippi
I’ve used Employee Records and Applicant Tracking for nearly a decade within two districts. It’s one of the first things I log into each morning and one of the last I log out of each day. I live in these programs! They have helped us become more efficient and effective, so nothing slips through the cracks. From a candidate applying to hiring to onboarding to evaluating to offboarding, we do it all in Employee Records and Applicant Tracking.”
Amanda Henderson Director of Personnel & Human Resources
Marshall County School District
Good for Administrators, Good for Educators
Hiring effective teachers is arguably the most crucial part of providing a high-quality education for students. But getting the right people into the classroom can be a challenging and tedious process. Digitizing and optimizing HR workflows can help districts save everyone time. For HR staff, that means more time to focus on people, not paperwork.
“PowerSchool solutions have helped our Human Resources department become much more hands-on when onboarding new employees,” said Stacy Rush, Director of Human Resources, Fredericksburg Independent School District. “Now we have a digital view of the progress of new hire paperwork so we can see how far along a candidate may be and easily jump in to answer any questions. Prior to PowerSchool, we had zero access to the progress of this paperwork, so the entire process is faster and more transparent for everyone now.”
Tools from the Talent Recruitment & Retention solutions allow your team to:
- Simplify payroll processing with the ability to send approved direct deposit and W-4 data directly to payroll.
- Make reporting absences easy for all employees (full-time, part-time, and substitutes) and apply custom logic for accurate pay rates and accounts.
- Reduce workflow burdens with a comprehensive employee management application—featuring robust functionalities such as personnel management, compensation and benefits administration, and an intuitive online employee portal.
- Seamlessly connect to the nation’s largest K-12 job board and other popular job boards like Indeed and ZipRecruiter.
- Digitize the employee onboarding process.
Maryland
One of our main goals for the longest time was to simplify and digitize the employee onboarding process. PowerSchool has made this possible through the integration and flow of data between Applicant Tracking, Employee Records, and ERP. Employee Records in particular has been a very useful tool as it allows us to create custom forms that capture the data that we need without having to send color-coded paper forms to the new employee. We can also direct that employee to external sites to complete their benefits enrollment and online training. We are looking to further refine our procedures and workflows in order to make them more efficient not only for us but also for our employees.”
Dennis Ledesma MIS Manager
Caroline County Public Schools
Effective and efficient onboarding may impact teacher retention, too. For new hires, a simplified onboarding experience gives them more time to prepare for their first day with students, connect with other educators, and integrate into the school’s community. And with today’s smaller candidate pool, a district’s ability to deliver a supportive and seamless hiring process could make all the difference.
