New Hire Information

Welcome to the team at Pickens County School District! We want to build a relationship and have a solid communication line with all new hires. 

Alex Prince will be your main point of contact for onboarding. You should have received an email from Alex via your YOSS account.

If you have any issues getting us this information, we will be happy to go over this paperwork with you in person. If you'd like to discuss your options, feel free to call Alex Prince at (706) 299-2934 or alexprince@pickenscountyschools.org.

ALL NEW HIRES

Criminal Background Check

All New Hires are required to have a criminal background check completed for their new position. We complete this process in-house and in your welcome email, you should receive a link to schedule your appointment.

The district will cover the cost of the background check. 

Direct Deposit Form

Direct Deposit Forms can be completed in the Yoss Platform. Please make sure to read and follow the directions carefully and submit all necessary documentation.

Tax Forms

Tax Forms can be completed in the Yoss Platform. Please make sure to read and follow the directions carefully and submit all necessary documentation.

Employee's Withholding Certificate (W-4)
State of Georgia Employee's Withholding Allowance (G-4)

Employment Eligibility Verification (I-9) and (2) forms of identification

Verification of Experience Forms

Get Verification of Work Experience forms from all former employers. Please fill out Part A and have ALL your past school district employers complete the form and return it as soon as possible. We can only verify years of experience based on these forms. Employees will be placed on step 0 until we get verification forms.

CERTIFIED NEW HIRES

Contract Status

If you have already signed a contract in another district, you will need to notify us of this immediately. You will need to obtain and provide to us a Release from Contract letter from the district with whom you have a contract. Pickens County will not issue you a contract until this information is received by our HR team. 

BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THE FOLLOWING:

School Email

You should receive an email from our Technology department with details on setting up and accessing your school email account. The initial email will be sent to the email address you provided on your application.

Employee Handbook

Review the Employee Handbook. You are responsible for all information in the Handbook.

Staff Portal

All of our Employee information is readily available in Google Drive or through our PCSD Staff Portal.  Please download the App to your phone (pickens.glide.page).  If you are on your phone, when you click the link you should have an alert telling you to hit the Up button at the bottom and click "Add to Home Screen".  You will then have to log in. Log in using your school email and it should send you a pin.  You must be logged in to use the app to access employee information. 

Vector Solutions

VectorSolutions is our service that provides all mandatory training. You will receive emails from VectorSolutions asking you to login to complete training (Child Abuse, Mandated Reporting, FERPA, etc.).  This is a requirement for all employees in the school system.

Benefits

We will be contacting you regarding your benefit options. You have 31 days from your hire date to elect or decline coverage.  If you fail to enroll within 31 days, you will forfeit coverage and will not have the opportunity to enroll again until Open Enrollment (effective the next January) outside of having a qualifying event.  If for some reason you do not wish to enroll in any of our insurance offerings at this time, please register and choose "no coverage" or "waive coverage".

We are excited to have you on our team.  Please let us know if we can do anything to make your transition easier.