Human Resources Department

Please click the links below to find resources and information that may be useful to you as an employee during the COVID-19 crisis.

For additional information or any questions about the above leave request forms, please contact Mary Ann Melendez at mmelendez@swboces.org. Completed forms and documents will need to be sent to Mary Ann Melendez at mmelendez@swboces.org.

Employee Resources

• Calendars
• Certification
• Employee Assistance
• Forms and Documents
• Mentoring Program
• Non-Discrimination
• Union Contracts
• Workers Compensation

Benefits

• Employee Benefits
• NYSHIP Empire Plan
• NYSHIP Online Guide
• Employee Assistance
• Retirement
• Retirement Checklist

The Human Resources Department serves nearly one thousand employees who provide a variety of services to school districts and individual students in the region.

The Human Resources Department administers all personnel policies and procedures for SWBOCES employees. These include: recruiting, interviewing, and hiring new staff; orienting and supporting new employees; administering benefits; maintaining attendance and personnel records; assisting in contract negotiations; and planning and coordinating agency-wide special events and staff development activities.

We are seeking employees at every level who will join us in our mission to provide regional leadership and cost effective, high quality services. SWBOCES is committed to ensuring that all staff are selected and supported in an environment that nurtures their professional growth and advances our mission. We recognize that the people who work for SWBOCES are its most important resource.

View our HR Roadmap for answers to your frequently asked HR questions.

The Human Resources Team

To contact Human Resources please call: 914-937-3820.

Director

Suzanne Doherty
sdoherty@swboces.org | ext. 4553

• Civil Rights Compliance Office
• Accommodations
• COVID staff issues

Executive Assistant

Mary Ann Melendez
mmelendez@swboces.org | ext. 4558

• COVID staff issues
• Wincap Web and Wincap reports
• GCN annual training
• Employee years of service review
• Final approval for My Learning Plan

Secretary to Administrator

Joanne Lawson
jlawson@swboces.org | ext. 4538

• Board Recommendations/ Personnel Agenda
• Updating personal information in Wincap
• Unemployment claims, Verification of employment and Loan forgiveness applications
• Course approval and salary lane movement
• Fingerprint information

Personnel Assistant

Nancy Riznychok
nriznychok@swboces.org | ext 4523

• Job Postings for certified and classified staff
• New hire on-boarding
• Civil Service
• OLAS

Personnel Clerk

Diane Sedacca
dsedacca@swboces.org | ext. 4506

• Attendance
• Health Screening/Vaccinations
• FMLA/Sick Bank
• My Learning Plan for New Hires

Benefits Coordinator

Jodi Riverso
jriverso@swboces.org | ext. 4509

• Cabinet on-boarding for benefits
• Retirement process and questions
• Workers Compensation
• Open Enrollment

Benefits Representative

Alison Strauzer
astrauzer@swboces.org | ext. 4511

• New hire on-boarding for benefits
• Replacing medical plan ID cards
• COBRA Coverage, Qualifying life events and Retiree benefits
• Open Enrollment

Regional Certification Officer

• Certification
• TEACH Registration
• CTLE hours

HR Clerk

Judy Bullitt
jbullitt@swboces.org | ext. 4512

• Replace lost or stolen badges for all sites except 450 Mamaroneck Ave.
• Personnel files and HR records
• Record evaluations in Wincap

Personnel Clerk, Special Services

To be determined
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• Attendance for SS, CS and ACS (All Instructional Programs)
• Assist with on-boarding documentation and orientation process for new hires
• Support the hiring process for vacancies in Instructional Programs

Southern Westchester BOCES

17 Berkley Drive Rye Brook , NY 10573

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