Sellers splits time between four schools as HR Manager

           Missy Sellers might be a Sigourney graduate, but she now works to improve human resource duties at English Valleys, Keota, Pekin and Sigourney as the new HR Manager for all four districts.

            In May of this year, the four area school districts began discussing the need for shared a Human Resource Manager whose duties would include personnel filing, documentation, approving advertisements, handling insurance and Affordable Care Act (ACA), and making sure the districts meet the numerous requirements under ACA.  In June, the schools chose Sellers, who has nine-years of experience in human resource with University of Iowa Health Care and lives in Sigourney.

            English Valleys holds Sellers contract, but in order to split her time as evenly as possible, the schools agreed to have her on their campuses for one day a week, with Monday acting as a weekly rotation day. Sellers is at Keota School District on Tuesday, Pekin on Wednesday, Sigourney on Thursday, and English Valleys on Friday.

            “It’s been a challenging, because human resources in a health care field has major differences from my current position with the schools,” Sellers said. “I’ve been here since August, and I have barely scratched the surface, especially with something as tremendous as the ACA.”

            Along with the above duties, Sellers is making it a priority to watch and understand each school’s work process, and get to know both new and veteran staff. Currently, Sellers is scheduling tours of Pekin to discuss the upcoming bond election for improvements to the school, streamlining the processes of all the schools into one simple process, and filing reports to the state for administration, teachers and staff. Its those same people she works with each week, however, that make Sellers glad she has this position

            “I enjoy meeting some many new people and learning about them,” Sellers said. “Everyone has been very friendly and I feel welcomed at all the schools.”

            While she tackles the mountain of responsibilities before her, Sellers plans to make her colleagues jobs easier, by eventually taking over the reins of ACA work and making sure the districts comply with the Federal Medical Leave Act, which protects employees who take time off for medical conditions and lets them keep their jobs. 

            Sellers enjoys spending time with her family-husband Aaron and sons Hunter and Nile- in her free time. She loves the outdoors, the Detrioit Lions, Chicago Cubs and is the lone Cyclone in her family.