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Who Does What?

Our Human Resources team is here to help. On this page, you’ll find the HR staff members who support different areas across the district, along with their responsibilities and contact information. If you’re not sure who to reach out to, this page is a great place to start so we can connect you with the right person.

Name and Contact Information

Responsibilities

Bradley Paddock
Assistant Superintendent
248-489-3358
bradley.paddock@fpsk12.net

  • Provide oversight for Human Resources

  • Supervise and provide oversight for HR team members

  • Integration of HR functioning with overall District strategic plans

  • Talent Development

  • Provide oversight of employee recruitment, screening, and hiring process

  • Staffing for professional and non-unit staff

  • Performance management, evaluation, and discipline for professional staff; facilitate teacher evaluation steering team to update teacher evaluation requirements per legislative changes

  • Provide oversight for staffing, performance management, evaluation, and discipline for non-certified staff

  • Support staffing assignments and placement for non-certified staff

  • Contract negotiations, support Superintendent

  • Teacher certification oversight

  • Support of benefits management and administration

  • Insurance Advisory support

  • Labor Relations with all employee groups

  • FASA, FEA, Non-unit contract administration

  • Title IX support (for staff)

  • Provide oversight of 3rd party services

  • Leadership Team and general administrator support

  • Department Based PD support

  • Organizational Development

  • Policy Review

Kelly Kaminski
Director of Human Resources
248-489-3357
kelly.kaminski@fpsk12.net

  • Supervision and support for daily HR functioning

  • Contract negotiations

  • Recruitment, screening, hiring process

  • Support staffing, performance management, evaluation, and discipline for professional and non-unit staff

  • Staffing, performance management, evaluation, and discipline for  non-certified staff

  • Support staffing assignments and placement for professional staff

  • Staffing assignments and placement for non-certified staff

  • Candidate communication with FEA and ESP candidates recommended for hire 

  • Teacher certification

  • Employee benefits management and administration

  • Co-Lead Insurance Advisory (with Benefits Manager)

  • Support FEA Contract administration

  • ESP, FTA, FMC Contract administration

  • Labor Relations - FEA, ESP, FTA, FMC

  • Legal services liaison and oversight

  • Oversee FMLA, ADA, Workers’ Compensation administration

  • Title IX support (staff)

  • Support with third-party services

Elizabeth Hopper
Benefits Manager
248-489-3354
elizabeth.hopper@fpsk12.net

  • Health, Dental, Vision & Life Insurance

  • Short and Long Term Disability

  • Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)

  • Health Savings Accounts (HSA)

  • Retiree Life Insurance

  • COBRA

  • Unemployment

  • Qualified Health Care Letters  

 

HR Specialist

  • Coordinates hiring process and contracts for Non-Unit and FASA

  • Monitoring ESP Evaluations

  • iObservation for Teachers

  • Collective Bargaining agreements process oversight

  • Criminal and FBI records check

  • Coordinates Teacher and Support Person of the Year

  • DOT Drug Testing

  • Notary Public

Tanishia Peterson
HR Specialist
248-489-3556
tanishia.peterson@fpsk12.net

  • New hire processing for FEA

  • FEA processing of class size overages and compensation changes

  • FEA staffing coordinator

  • FEA seniority database tracking and administration

  • FEA evaluation monitoring

  • Prepares and files Federal EEOC reports

  • Notary Public

Gazell Watkins
HR Generalist
248-489-3355
gazell.watkins@fpsk12.net  

 

  • Support Administration of FMLA, ADA and Worker's Compensation

  • Support Talent Development Committee

  • Facilitate Office Staff Professional Development

  • Support Professional Development for  ESP, FTA and FMC

  • New Hire Processing for FTA and ESP Paras

  • Wellness Programs and Activities

  • HR Related Data and Reports

  • Support Implementation of Labor Contracts

  • HR Support (All Units)

  • Notary Public

Shawna Graca
Certification & Substitute Specialist
248-489-3560
shawna.graca@fpsk12.net

  • Maintains Absence Management (RedRover)

  • Criminal and FBI record checks

  • EDUStaff Liaison/Substitute Payroll

  • Certification Specialist for all certificated personnel

  • Maintains online application system

  • Notary Public

  • REP Reporting

Kelly Knight
Leave Specialist
248-426-4724
kelly.knight@fpsk12.net

  • Medical leaves and Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) Coordinator

  • Notary Public

  • Worker's Compensation

  • Monitors FEA Extended Illness Protection

  • Coordinates pay incentive reports for FTA and FMC

  • New Hire Processing for FMC

  • Maintains Building First Aid/CPR Providers

  • Volunteer Background Checks