Staff News

The deadline to submit any changes to your address or direct deposit information is Friday, May 29, for all June payroll runs. If changes are submitted after this date, you may experience delays in receiving paychecks in June. 

• Address changes are made in Employee Access (Employee Access Overview)
• Direct Deposit Changes are made in Employee Records (video instructions)

Exception timesheets for May are due to payroll by Monday, June 1.

Exception timesheets for June:

• 10-Month Employees
  • Due to Payroll by Friday, June 5.
  • Employees working on or past June 5 will need to project out the time they are scheduled to work. These exception timesheets must still be turned in by the June 5 deadline. If the projected time needs to be adjusted for any reason, please notify Payroll as soon as possible.
• 12-Month Employees
  • Due to Payroll by the 5th of the following month, as usual.

Remaining Pay Dates

• April 20, 2026
• May 20, 2026
• June 12, 2026 (pay period 13 and 14 - for 10-Month staff only)
• June 18, 2026 (12-Month staff only)
• June 26, 2026 (pay period 15, 10-Month staff only - Balance of Contract)

The Lewis & Clark Graduate School of Education and Counseling invites interested teachers to explore the process for earning their Special Education Generalist Endorsement. Learn more at go.lclark.edu/sped.

The latest edition of HR’s High Five Podcast focuses on school nursing in HSD. Join host Betzabe Siguenza as she interviews RN Tracy Evers Selleck and LPN Teal Bernhardt to explore how student health is being prioritized throughout HSD and why it matters. Listen on our website. 

George Fox University is holding a virtual information night at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 9, to discuss their Accelerated Teaching Degree program options. Learn more in this flyer.

The 2026 Elevating Voices in Education (EVE) Workforce Survey from the Oregon Department of Education (ODE) is now open. Your voice is essential to help school, district, and state leaders identify and prioritize your needs and allocate resources most effectively. 

What You Need to Know:

• All members of Oregon’s Public Education Workforce are invited to participate (i.e., licensed, classified, and contract staff who work for a Public Education Provider). 

• The survey is voluntary, confidential, and anonymous. ODE will not share your individual responses with schools, districts, ESDs, or other public education providers.

• The survey will take approximately 20 minutes to complete.
  • Link to the survey
    • English or Spanish versions of the survey will automatically display if the respective language is the browser's default language. Participants can also select English or Spanish in the language toggle at the top of the survey.
  • Instructions for Survey Participants

• The survey window will be open now through March 31, 2026.
• ODE will provide aggregated and suppressed data to each Public Education Provider for use in improvement planning processes.

Additional Information:
The EVE Workforce Survey was designed with input from over 200+ educators and education groups across the State of Oregon. You can read more about the process to develop the survey and input that was shared on the EVE Workforce Survey website. 

Contact Us:
If you have questions or concerns during the open survey window, please contact the survey help desk at ode.edstaffsurvey@ode.oregon.gov.