Personnel Department Staff

HR DIRECTOR / SCHOOL ATTORNEY

	315.433.2631		315.433.2650
	jbufano@ocmboces.org

• General Counsel for OCM BOCES
• Overall department responsibility
• Contract administration / interpretation
• Personnel policy interpretation
• Technical advice regarding OCM BOCES personnel and labor relations

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT TO THE HR DIRECTOR / SCHOOL ATTORNEY

	315.433.2638		315.433.2650
	pabram@ocmboces.org

• Personnel department secretarial support
• Centralized Personnel - meeting with new employees to complete new hire paperwork
• Maintains the Frontline (formerly My Learning Plan - MLP) database
• Employee Attendance
• Employee Leaves of Absence

PERSONNEL ANALYST

	315.431.8570		315.433.2650
	pdillon@ocmboces.org

• Coordination of the Board of Education personnel agenda
• Follow-up correspondence regarding board actions
• Personnel records maintenance in WinCap and personnel files
• BOCES Civil Service Liaison
• NYS Staff Reporting

EMPLOYEE BENEFITS SPECIALIST

	315.433.2632		315.433.2650
	sspadafora@ocmboces.org

• Employee benefits administration
• Retirement system/insurance enrollment & updates/unemployment compensation

Typist II

	315.433.2641		315.433.2650
	mlawson@ocmboces.org

• Workers' Compensation liaison
• Summer School staffing
• Responsible for fingerprint processing
• Back up and support for benefits administration

Typist I

	315.433.2634		315.433.2650
	ktavernia@ocmboces.org

• Management of Cooperative Personnel Recruitment Service to component school districts to include classified advertising, district support and billing
• Assist with Online Application System for Educators (OLAS)
• OCM BOCES Personnel Recruitment

REGIONAL CERTIFICATION OFFICER

	315.433.2628		315.433.2650
	Call Monday - Friday between 8:30 am - 11:30 am, only

• Assist and advise candidates in their efforts to secure NYS certification from the New York State Education Department, Office of Teaching Initiatives
• Provide certification information to clients in the OCM BOCES service area
• Evaluate applicants for NYS certification and submit recommendations for issuance of their certificate.
• Provide technical assistance to component school districts regarding certification regulations
• For further information, visit the OCM BOCES Regional Certification Office page

RCO SUPPORT STAFF

	315.433.2628		315.433.2650
	Call Monday - Friday between 8:30 am - 11:30 am, only

• Assistant to the Regional Certification Officer
• Assist candidates in efforts to secure Teaching Assistant and Coaching certification
• Provides certification information to clients in the OCM BOCES service area

PARALEGAL

	315.433.2220		315.433.2650
	mingersoll@ocmboces.org

• Assists with the preparation and drafting of legal agreements and various legal documents for the School Attorney.
• Manages transactional workflows and approval processes.
• Assembles/drafts agreements, exhibits, affidavits, legal documents, etc.
• Performs legal research or fieldwork for School Attorney.