Going Paperless with Helios
Helps new hires to complete forms and enter information online easily. New hires can read and sign district forms and documents, including manuals and policies. The information collected includes personal information, W-4, I-9, dependents, benefits, as well as documents like resumes and transcripts. Eliminate your paper packets and have everything online, allowing new hires to complete onboarding anywhere from a web browser.
Allows school and district staff as well as employees to report time and attendance. This includes absences (negative attendance) for permanent full time employees as well as time reporting (positive attendance) for hourly employees and substitutes. It generates reports for payroll and finance. It also can accrue and calculate leave balances for employees based on bargaining unit and other rules.
Helps streamline the personnel requisitions by making them completely electronic. District forms can be set up in Helios and the approval routing can be based on multiple criteria including account codes, funding sources, and employee types. At each step, Helios sends notifications to the approvers to review. All requisitions can be tracked and history and progress can be viewed. At each step, approvers can electronically sign and approve the requisition. After final approval, Helios updates position control and other appropriate areas based on the workflow.
Helps manage absences as well as place substitutes in the absentee assignments. You can manage the substitute pool as well as substitute rules for placement based on skills, teacher preferences, grade levels, subjects, and credentials. Teachers and employees can report absences either online or via automated phone service. The system will automatically make outbound calls to matched substitutes from the pool to fill absences. Substitutes can also pick assignments either online or via automated phone service. Substitutes can submit time sheets online. Administrators and staff can manage absences and substitute placements as well as approve substitute time sheets
Document management and tracking – helps with uploading or scanning in hard copy documents and attaching to employee profiles. This module is part of the Helios core product. Documents can be shared by employees or with employees. This creates an electronic employee file and provides easy access to documents including contracts, W-4, I-9, test scores, transcripts, resumes, memos, and other forms.
Helios also has eForms – electronic forms that enable employees and new hires to complete and electronically sign forms online without the need to download any software. Admin staff can design these forms within Helios easily using built-in Form Designer.
Helps with online evaluations based on district evaluation tools and templates. Allows administrators to complete evaluations online, electronically sign, and submit them. Employees can see evaluations on the Employee Portal and submit comments too. Multiple evaluation forms for different employee types can be built in. It also sends reminders as well as schedules next evaluation based on criteria.
Helps compare teacher credentials to courses and classes taught, check for compliance, and flag any potential mis-assignments. This is very useful to check which teachers may be teaching out of compliance. The assignment tracking feature of Helios is dependent on data sources such as teacher class assignments, course codes, and other values. The district may choose to import the assignment data from their student system and Helios can help with this integration. If the district uses the standard CBEDS/CalPADS course codes then that will reduce the setup time. The assignment monitoring feature in Helios also includes assignment monitoring prediction which is not meant as a substitution for a human professional conducting assignment monitoring but is only a very preliminary indicator.
Streamline your recruitment and hiring process. Post jobs, enable applicants to apply online, screen and manage applications, and allow review and scoring of applicants by HR, principals, and hiring managers. You can communicate with applicants online, check references, check credentials, and make final hiring decisions. This module is fully integrated with Helios’ position requisition and new hire onboarding modules to allow for seamless hiring workflow process.
Helios can talk to or integrate with other systems, including student information systems, financial systems, district and county systems, and other systems for data import or export. This integration reduces the multiple data entry, saving time and money, while reducing errors.