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Pitt County Schools

Central Office Contacts

1717 West Fifth Street
Greenville, NC 27834
Phone: 252-830-4282
Fax: 252-830-4256

For all your needs, please utilize the Online Directory below.

Dr. Tara Patterson

Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources
pattert@pitt.k12.nc.us

 

Kishlyn Jones

Director of Human Resources
jonesk2@pitt.k12.nc.us 

Duties Include:

  • Personnel Investigations
  • Teacher/Administrator Evaluations
  • Employee Performance Consultation (Assistance/growth plans) 
  • Allotments (Position Verification/Tracking)
  • Hiring and Posting Authority (AppliTrack) 
  • Title IX Investigator (Staff) 
  • Evaluates Certified Specialists, HR Coordinator, and HR Operations Supervisor 
  • Unemployment

Laurie Bailey

HR Operations Supervisor 
baileyl@pitt.k12.nc.us

Duties Include:

  • Teacher Recruitment 
  • Onboarding (late hires)
  • Frontline/AppliTrack Support/Technical Assistance (Administrators) 
  • K12 Drug-Free Workplace Program 
  • Allotments (Position Verification/Tracking)
  • Supervises Generalist(s), Classified  Specialists and Information Systems Administrator
  • AS200 error report
  • Verifications and Volunteer Monitoring
  • Onboarding of Bus Drivers, Bus Monitors, Custodian Substitutes

Clinton Todd

Talent Acquisition Coordinator

Interim Director of PCS Education Foundation
Toddc@pitt.k12.nc.us 

Duties Include: 

  • Recruitment and retention of highly qualified staff
  • District marketing solutions 
  • International Teacher Support 
  • District liaison with university partners and Teach for America
  • District contact for clinical placements

Mary-Margaret Wiggins

Human Resources Coordinator
wigginm1@pitt.k12.nc.us

Duties Include: 

  • Employee Relations/HR Trainer
  • Employee Events/Recognitions 
  • Classified Employee Evaluations 
  • Substitutes (non-certified) 
  • Exit Surveys 
  • Internships and Clinicals
  • Overpayments/Money Owed

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Shannon McBride

Benefits Specialist
mcbrids@pitt.k12.nc.us

Duties Include: 

  • Organizes employee benefits   
  • Point of contact during open enrollment for benefits                   
  • Works with payroll for benefit deductions 
  • Work with insurance carriers to ensure compliance                          
  • Ensures employees are enrolled in insurance plans             
  • Exceptional customer service 
  • Processes state service 
  • Meets with employees individually to process state retirement 
  • Coordinate new hire and benefits orientations 
  • Completes maternity leave of absence forms, return to work forms, and adding new dependent to policies

Anita Buck

Executive Administrative Assistant
BuckA@pitt.k12.nc.us

Duties Include: 

  • Executive Administrative Assistant to Assistant Superintendent of HR and HR Director
  • HR Department payroll & purchase orders
  • Employment Verifications
  • Non-Employee contract verification
  • Loan Forgiveness forms

Ed McBride

Switchboard Operations
mcbride@pitt.k12.nc.us

Duties Include: 

  • Provides essential administrative and security functions within district
  • Oversight of visitor log-in, paging and HR support/security via communication system operations, visitor check-in and safety protocols 

Jeannette Thomas

Worker's Compensation/ Risk Management Specialist

thomasj2@pitt.k12.nc.us

  • Head of CPI Training

  • Leave of Absence, Return to Work, Shared and Donating leave, FMLA (for Employee or Family FMLA), and the State Disability
  • Handles all Worker's Compensation Claims

 

Certified Specialists

Celonda Cox

HR Certified Specialist
Coxc1@pitt.k12.nc.us

Duties Include: (Alternative License)

  • Licensure – Administrators, Central Office  and Other Certified Positions 
  • New Hires/Onboarding/ I-9 
  • Change Forms 
  • Contract Questions 
  • Administrative Contracts 
  • HRMS Staff Action/updates
  • Allotments (Position tracking)
  • CEU’s Professional Development & Tracking
  • LicSal Audits

Tinisha Banks

HR Certified Specialist: Pre-K, Elementary, K-8 Schools
Bankst@pitt.k12.nc.us

Duties Include: 

  • Licensure Specialist – Pre-K, Elementary, K-8 Schools  
  • New Hire Onboarding - Certified Positions
  • Certified Employee contract questions
  • HRMS - certified staff action updates 
  • Position tracking 
  • CEU/Professional Development tracking
  • Certified Employee forms processor

Elizabeth Roberson

MS/HS Certified Specialist
Robersoe@pitt.k12.nc.us

Duties Include: (Middle/High) 

  • Licensure - Middle and High Schools
  • New Hires / Onboarding / I-9 
  • Change Forms 
  • Contract Questions 
  • HRMS Staff Action/updates 
  • CEU’s Professional Development & Tracking
  • LicSal Audits

Classified Specialists

Susan Crass

HR Classified Specialist
Crasss@pitt.k12.nc.us

Duties Include:

  • K-5 Elementary & K-8 Schools, Transportation
  • New Hires/Onboarding/I-9/E-Verify 
  • Change Forms 
  • HRMS Staff Action/Updates 
  • Non-Faculty Coaches 
  • Bus Agreements (all sites)
  • CDL reimbursements

Dannielle Brown-Taylor

HR Classified Specialist
TaylorD@pitt.k12.nc.us
 

Duties Include:

  • Middle & High Schools, School Nutrition, Technology, Facility Services, Central Office Classified
  • New Hires/Onboarding/I-9/E-Verify
  • Change Forms 
  • HRMS Staff Action/Updates 
  • Contracts (employee and district administrators)

DEEL - Human Resources

 

Kimberly Smith

Beginning Teacher Support and National Board Coordinator
smithk4@pitt.k12.nc.us

Duties Include:

  • Provide leadership and support for  Beginning Teachers
  • Lead and coordinate New Teacher Orientation experiences
  • Facilitate Mentoring Support and Professional Learning
  • Guide and support educators pursuing National Board Certification
  • Guide and support Alternative Licensure Teachers through training and development