Rio District HR Staff
Carolyn Bernal, Assistant Superintendent, School and Systems Improvement
(805) 485-3111 ext. 2113; cbernal@rioschools.org
- Chief Negotiator for Negotiations with Certificated and Classified Associations
- Enrollment and Staffing projections/monitoring
- Professional development programs for classified and administrative personnel
- Monitor compliance with Education Code, Labor Law, Government Code, Credentialing, and other laws and regulations regarding employment and labor
- Certificate and Classified contract management
- Employer-employee relations, district customer service, District formal complaint Process
- Sexual Harassment training
- Certificated and Classified employee evaluation

Carolyn Bernal
Veronica Rauschenberger, Director, School and Systems Improvement
(805) 485-3111 ext. 2122; vrauschenberger@rioschools.org
- Enrollment and Staffing projections/monitoring
- Professional development programs for classified and administrative personnel
- Monitor compliance with Education Code, Labor Law, Government Code, Credentialing, and other laws and regulations regarding employment and labor
- Certificate and Classified contract management
- Employer-employee relations, district customer service, District formal complaint Process
- Sexual Harassment training
- Certificated and Classified employee evaluation

Veronica Rauschenberger
Michelle Duckett, Human Resources Specialist, Classified Personnel
(805) 485-3111 ext. 2115; mduckett@rioschools.org
- Classified Employment
- Classified Personnel Professional Development
- Job Descriptions
- Salary Schedules
- Classified Bargaining Unit Agreement Analysis
- Labor Management/Employer – Employee Relations
- Employee Leaves
- CSIS Reporting
- Board Policy/Procedures & Annual Mandates
- Designated Employer Representative/Central Drug System, Inc.
- AESOP, Automated Substitute Placement & Absence

Michelle Duckett
Erica Pizano, Human Resources Credential/Data Specialist
(805) 485-3111 ext. 2116; epizano@rioschools.org
- Certificated Employment
- Substitute Teacher Recruitment
- No Child Left Behind Advisement/Monitoring
- Teacher Credentialing/Monitoring
- Certificated Transfer Requests
- Certificated Personnel Records
- Step and Column Changes
- CSIS Reporting (CalPads)
- Unemployment Insurance Claims – TALX
- Letters of Reasonable Assurance
- Verification of Employment
- Personnel Report
- Summer School
- Seniority List
- AESOP, Automated Substitute Placement & Absence
- Layoffs

Erica Pizano
Pamela Gonzalez, Human Resources Assistant
(805) 485-3111 ext. 2114; pgonzalez@rioschools.org
- Substitute Employee Recruitment
- Employment Exams
- Unemployment Insurance Claims – EQUIFAX
- Letters of Reasonable Assurance
- Verification of Employment
- Surveys
- Resource Guide/Handbooks
- Substitute Employee Orientation
- Division Webpage Manager
- AESOP, Automated Substitute Placement & Absence
- Tuberculosis Assessment Clearance

Pamela Gonzalez
Jane Guynn, Substitute Coordinator
(805) 485-3111; jguynn@rioschools.org
- Substitute Employee Recruitment
- Employment Exams
- Substitute Employee Orientation

Jane Guynn
Norma Mendoza Rosas, HR Assistant/Ed Services Asst.
(805) 485-3111; mrosasmendoza@rioschools.org
