Coni Taylor

Leadership & Strategy

• Serve as member of the Superintendent's Cabinet.
• Develop and implement HR policies and strategies that align with the district’s vision and goals.
• Provide guidance to the Superintendent on human resource matters, including workforce staffing, employee relations, legal services policy development and compliance.
• Oversee HR functions, including supervision of the Human Resource Director and Human Resource Department, to deliver professional, responsive, supportive, and efficient service to all district employees.

Labor and Employee Relations

• Work to provide employees with a friendly, healthy, inclusive work environment.
• Oversee and manage employee discipline and investigation processes, ensuring thorough and fair investigations, accurate documentation, and legal compliance.
• Serve as the primary contact for employee grievances, mediating and resolving conflicts to foster a positive work environment.
• Serve as the district’s lead negotiator for all employee groups.
• Coordinate all aspects of contract administration.

Recruitment & Retention

• Oversee hiring processes, onboarding, employee benefits, and training to ensure all staff understand district expectations, policies, and values.
• Develop innovative hiring strategies to address critical shortage areas.
• Recommend assignments, transfers, dismissals, and promotions of certified and classified personnel including specific classification and salary adjustment recommendations to the Superintendent and the Board of Education.

Legal Services

• Ensure compliance and alignment with requirements imposed by federal and state law, court decisions, practices, and Board Policies related to employment.
• Oversee the Compliance Coordinator (FOIA, FMLA)
• Oversee all district pupil accounting services
• Serve as the district’s Civil Rights, and TItle IX coordinator.

Leadership and Strategy

• Served as a member of the Superintendent's Executive Team.
• Served as a member of the Kent Intermediate Superintendent Association.
• Served as a member and facilitator of the Kent Human Resources Association

Human Resources

• Oversite of the Human Resources Department with over 1400 staff members
• Supervised all areas of Human Resources, including hiring/retention, staff development, certification and licensing, evaluations, employee discipline discipline, diversity initiatives and culture and climate.

Labor Relations

• Provided Labor Relations Support, including contract negotiations/administration, grievance administration, and arbitrations for KISD and several local districts in Kent County.

Legal Services

• Directed the adoption and implementation of Board Policies.
• Served as the Civil Rights and TItle IX Coordinator.
• Provided Legal Services supports, including monitoring litigation and legal updates for KISD and local districts within Kent County.
• Served as the District FOIA Compliance Officer

Performed all functions of Human Resource Management/Supervision, Labor, and Employee Relations and advised on school law related matters.