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Mission Statement

The Human Resources Department is committed to offering exemplary support to students, staff and the community of the Olympia School District.

  • Dedicated, respectful, honest team that leads by example.
  • Recruit, hire and retain the most qualified employees.
  • Ensure staff concerns are handled with respect, dignity, and integrity.
  • Advocate for hiring and retaining a diverse workforce who in turn prepare students for a world yet to be imagined.
  • Maintain a positive communication style by responding in a timely and courteous fashion.

Human Resources Staff

Scott Niemann
Executive Director of Human Resources
Phone: (360) 596-6185
Ask Me About: contract bargaining, grievances, personnel policies and procedures, employee recruitment and hiring procedures

Starla Hoff
Director of Human Resources
Phone: (360) 596-6194
Ask Me About: employee labor relations, contract bargaining, employee recruitment and hiring procedures, department compliance

Aja Dale
Certificated Contract Coordinator
Phone: (360) 596-6199
Ask Me About: secondary and itinerant certificated staff, certificated administrators, certificate endorsements, certificated clock hours, certificated salary placement

Laura Emmil
Classified Contracts Coordinator
Phone: (360) 596-6196
Ask Me About: elementary, transportation and Knox paraeducators, classified non-represented staff, classified administrators

Mackenzie McGuire
Classified Contracts Coordinator
Phone: (360) 596-6160
Ask Me About: secondary paraeducators (including Transition), athletic and activity contracts, general inquiries

Cassie Lewis
Labor Relations/ Certificated Contracts Coordinator
Phone: (360) 596-6195
Ask Me About: elementary certificated staff, OEA supplemental contracts, certificated clock hours, certificated salary placement

Thomas Farmer
Classified Contracts Coordinator
Phone: (360) 596-6192
Ask Me About: school and district office administrative professionals, shared leave, teacher overload claims, student teacher/intern placements, all teamster contracts

Diana Crawford
Public Disclosure Officer
Phone: (360) 596-6112
Ask Me About: All things concerning public records requests

Kate O'Donnell
Human Resources Assistant
Phone: (360) 596-6185
Ask Me About: job postings (in-district & EdJobsNW), substitute employee paperwork, work study and OSD student worker paperwork, OSD name badges, address/phone/name change, compliance tracking, employment verification, general inquiries

 

*Please Note:  If you need income verification, please contact our payroll department at (360) 596-6190 or fax your request to (360) 596-6191.

Human Resources Administration

EdJobsNW Contact Information

6005 Tyee Drive SW Tumwater, WA 98512 Phone: (360) 464-6700 Fax: (360) 464-6900

OSD Human Resources Contact Information

111 Bethel St. NE Olympia, WA 98506 Phone: (360) 596-6185 Fax: (360) 596-6181 Office Hours: 8:00 am to 4:30 pm, Monday - Friday.

Notice of Nondiscrimination

The Olympia School District will provide equal educational opportunity and treatment for all students in all aspects of the academic and activities program without discrimination based on race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, honorably-discharged veteran or military status, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, marital status, the presence of any sensory, mental or physical disability, or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal by a person with a disability. The district will provide equal access to school facilities to the Boy Scouts of America and all other designated youth groups listed in Title 36 of the United States Code as a patriotic society. District programs will be free from sexual harassment. Auxiliary aids and services will be provided upon request to individuals with disabilities.

 

The Olympia School District offers many Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs/courses in the following areas:  Skilled and Technical Sciences/STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics); Agriculture/Natural Resources; Business Marketing; Family and Consumer Sciences; and Health Sciences. For more information about CTE course offerings and admissions criteria, contact Pat Cusack, Director of College and Career Readiness, 111 Bethel St. N.E., Olympia, WA 98506, (360) 596-6102. Lack of English language proficiency will not be a barrier to admission and participation in CTE programs.

 

The following people have been designated to handle inquiries regarding the nondiscrimination policies, reports of alleged sexual harassment, concerns about compliance, and/or grievance procedures:

James Whitehead, Title IX Officer
Knox 111 Administrative Center
111 Bethel St. N.E., Olympia, WA 98506
(360) 596-8545

Autumn Lara, Executive Director of K-12 Support
Knox 111 Administrative Center
111 Bethel St. N.E., Olympia, WA 98506
(360) 596-8534

Ken Turcotte, Section 504 and ADA Coordinator (Students)
Knox 111 Administrative Center
111 Bethel St. N.E., Olympia, WA 98506 
(360) 596-7530

Starla Hoff, ADA Coordinator (Staff)
Knox 111 Administrative Center
111 Bethel St. N.E., Olympia, WA 98506
(360) 596-6185

Scott Niemann, Affirmative Action Officer and Civil Rights Compliance Coordinator
Knox 111 Administrative Center
111 Bethel St. N.E., Olympia, WA 98506
(360) 596-6185

Paula Perryman, Director of College and Career Readiness
Knox 111 Administrative Center
111 Bethel St. N.E., Olympia, WA 98506
(360)-596-6102