Staff News

Please join us for one of three free upcoming PERS/403(b) retirement planning seminars, all beginning at 6 p.m.: Thursday, March 5, on Zoom; Tuesday, March 17, on Zoom; and Thursday, March 19, in the Administration Center Board Room. 

The workshops are open to all employees and their partners, whether they are planning to retire in the near future or are simply looking to get some questions answered. Topics will include explaining the PERS system, its changes over time, and what they will mean to you. Different payout options will also be discussed to help you start thinking about what may be best for you and your family. Other topics will include taxes, health insurance, long-term care, and how PERS fits into other retirement tools to create a cohesive financial strategy for retirement. 

• Register for Thursday, March 5, at 6 p.m. on Zoom
   
• Register for Tuesday, March 17, at 6 p.m. on Zoom
   
• Register for Thursday, March 19, at 6 p.m. in the Administration Center Board Room

Schedule a one-on-one session with Skylar Koon, an independent Fiduciary, Wealth Manager, and Investment Advisor representative with Cetera Investors in Tigard.

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.

Licensed staff are invited to join Superintendent Reiman for a listening session from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Thursday, March 12, in the R.A. Brown Middle School Library.

Classified staff are invited to join Superintendent Reiman for a listening session from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Thursday, March 19, in the R.A. Brown Middle School Library.

As a way to help minimize the impact of anticipated 2026-27 budget reductions on staffing, HSD has negotiated memorandums of understanding with both HEA and HCU to offer a voluntary Early Retirement/Separation Incentive to eligible licensed and classified employees. Administrative and supervisory/technical staff have been offered an incentive similar to licensed. Staff logged in with their HSD-issued email address can access an FAQ on our website.