The Department of Human Resources provides collaborative, proactive, and responsive leadership in the human resources field to all levels of the school system in order to further the effective and efficient delivery of quality services to APS employees, parents and students, and to Arlington residents.
Human Resources is responsible for the administration of all aspects of the personnel and payroll programs for all Arlington Public Schools employees, teaching and non-teaching. These include:
- Recruitment and selection of staff
- Classification and re-classification of positions
- Employee benefits program
- Licensure of teachers
- Evaluation of staff
- Retirement programs
- Employee recognition program
- Terminations
- Board-staff communications program
- Payroll programs
- Grievances and discipline problems