Overview
Hello,
Welcome to the official website for the Personnel Commission and Classified Human Resources Department for Santa Paula Unified School District (SPUSD). The SPUSD Personnel Commission and Classified HR Department work to establish policies, practices, and procedures serving and affecting classified employees within the district, in the areas of personnel both directly and indirectly related to recruitment, assessment, retention, training, evaluation, professional development, classification, and compensation. Currently, there are approximately 315 classified employees within SPUSD.
The SPUSD Personnel Commission and Classified HR Department are dedicated to the establishment and execution of fair and equitable employment practices in the effort to hire the most qualified classified support staff assisting in the education of Santa Paula Unified students. It is one of approximately one hundred (100) school districts in California to utilize the Merit System (comprising almost 70% of all classified school employees within the State) to ensure that this goal continues to be met in the administration of the classified personnel. Merit System school districts such as SPUSD, encompass the following basic principles and concepts:
- Hiring and promoting employees based on ability, with open competition in initial employment.
- Providing for equitable compensation.
- Retaining employees based on performance.
- Correcting inadequate performance and separating those whose inadequate performance cannot be corrected.
- Training employees as needed for high quality performance.
- Assuring fair treatment of all applicants and employees in all aspects of personnel administration without regard to political affiliation, race, color, national origin, gender or religious creed, and with proper regard for their privacy and constitutional rights as citizens.
- Protecting employees against political coercion.
In encompassing and incorporating the basic principles of merit, the Personnel Commission and Classified Human Resources Department are ultimately dedicated to enabling the strategic interconnectedness of all personnel practices. This enables the establishment of a cost efficient organization that promotes employee development and continuous learning, whereby the needs of the district, district employees, and surrounding community are not only all simultaneously met, but are met in the most modern and innovative manner possible.
Contact Us
You may contact the Classified Human Resources Office any time during normal business hours,
Monday-Friday 7:30 am - 4:30 pm during the school year.
We are located at:
201 S. Steckel Drive Santa Paula, CA 93060 Fax Number: (805) 933-8888
classifiedhr@santapaulausd.org
Our District and the Title IX Coordinator are aware of and acknowledge the new Title IX regulations effective on August 1, 2024. Our Title IX Coordinator and Team received training on these new regulations on July 24, 2024. We are in the process of reviewing and revising our Title IX policies and practices, after input from our stake-holders in order to implement a fair, thorough and impartial Title IX complaint process and District response. As always, if you want to report discrimination based on sex, including sexual harassment, or if you need reasonable modifications related to pregnancy or a pregnancy related condition, please reach out to our Title IX Coordinator, Dr. Andrés Santamaría, Director of Student Support Services, at 201 S. Steckel Drive, Santa Paula, CA 93060, (805) 933-8843, and titleIX@santapaulausd.org.
The Personnel Commission of the Santa Paula Unified School District prohibits discrimination, harassment, intimidation, bullying and sexual harassment based on actual or perceived ancestry, age, color, disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, nationality, immigration status, marital status, parental status, family status, pregnancy status, race or ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or association with a person or a group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics in all educational programs, school related or school sponsored activities, school attendance or employment policies which may have an impact or create a hostile environment at school as required by Title IX of the 1972 Education amendments, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the California Fair Employment and Housing Act, and other applicable laws and regulations.
For questions or concerns regarding discrimination, harassment, intimidation, bullying or sexual harassment, please contact the District's Discrimination, Equity, and Title IX Compliance Officer: Dr. Andrés Santamaría
titleIX@santapaulausd.org /asantamaria@santapaulausd.org
201 S. Steckel Drive, Santa Paula, CA 93060
(805) 933-8843
