K-12 schools and districts, public and private
Hiring, credentials and pay for schools and districts that can’t wait
Amanex is K-12 operations consulting led by a former district Director of Recruitment and Retention. We fix the hiring, credential and pay problems that cost you teachers and time, then leave the process running.
Sound familiar?
The work behind every classroom is stretched thin
- “We’ve had the same openings posted for months, and good candidates take other offers before we call them back.”
- “We found out a certification had lapsed when the auditor did.”
- “Our pay schedule hasn’t been checked against the market in years, and the board wants an answer before budget season.”
Your departments are capable. They’re also at capacity running the work as it is, with no one free to redesign it.
Why now
Fewer students, same fixed costs
US high school graduates peaked in 2025 and are projected to fall 13% by 2041, according to WICHE. For most districts and private schools, that means fewer students and tuition dollars against costs that don’t shrink on their own.
How the work gets done stops being a back-office detail. We bring Lean Six Sigma, a set of methods for removing waste and errors from a process, along with design thinking and business analytics, so you can protect what matters at a cost you can sustain.
Where we start
The offices districts ask for most
People Office
Hiring, onboarding, classification and compensation studies, retention, and the HR business partner model.
Days to hireOffer acceptanceFirst-year turnoverPay position vs. market
Compliance Office
Certifications, background checks, required training and audit files, kept current all year.
Credentials currentLapses caught before auditAudit findings
Performance and Analytics Office
Data pulled from the systems it’s scattered across, dashboards your cabinet uses, and a monthly scorecard your board reads in five minutes.
Days to produce the board packShare of goals with an owner and a measure
Business Office
Purchasing, vendor contracts, budgeting and the monthly close.
Days to closeSpend under contract
When enrollment forces a bigger change, such as consolidating programs or resetting a budget, we take it on as a Fix project. Transformation projects →
Track record
We’ve done this inside districts
Edwine Michel, our founder, served as Director of Recruitment and Retention in the nation’s 10th-largest school district. There he led a Lean Six Sigma hiring project targeting 10 days or less to fill a role, and the work was presented to peer districts nationally.
Since 2023, a large metro Atlanta school district has brought us back for six consecutive engagements: leadership retreats, standard operating procedures for core HR processes, Lean Six Sigma training that certified fifteen Yellow Belts on its HR council, executive coaching, an eight-month performance excellence readiness effort that carried its HR division through a state quality award application, and a classification and market study delivered on the district’s timeline.
In that study, the HR chief asked whether one support role belonged a grade higher. We compared eight districts using their own published documents and delivered on the client’s date, with every figure traced to a cited source. The answer came with the market position, the cost of each option, three options with trade-offs, and what evidence would change it. Studies like this commonly take months elsewhere. Compensation studies →
Buying from us
Built to fit how districts buy
Fixed fees, agreed up front, with a clear scope and dates. We work with procurement for public agencies, and we can scope a first engagement so it moves through your purchasing process without a long cycle. Private and independent schools usually decide with the head of school and the board, and we’re glad to brief both.
Many districts come to us for a moment: a hiring push before the year starts, an audit on the calendar, a board retreat.
Common questions
Questions from schools and districts
Can you work through our procurement process?
Yes. We work with procurement for public agencies and give you a fixed fee and a written scope up front. Tell us your purchasing rules and thresholds on the first call, and we’ll shape the first engagement to fit them.
Do you work with private and independent schools?
Yes. Private schools face the same hiring and credential pressure with thinner administrative teams. The head of school usually decides, often with the board, and we start the same way, with a two-week Diagnose.
How long does a classification and compensation study take?
It depends on the number of roles and comparators. We set the date with you at the start and build the study to meet it, with every figure traced to a source your board can check.
Will you replace our HR department?
No. We work alongside your People Office leaders, fix the process, and hand it back with simple procedures and short training. If you’d rather not staff it, we match you with a vetted specialist and stay on as the quality check.
Tell us what’s slowing your hiring.
In 30 minutes we’ll tell you honestly whether we can help, and what a diagnostic would show.
