Q&A
Inquiry into DOE early childhood education team size and capacity
2:01:34
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Council Member Shahana K. Hanif questions Deputy Chancellor Simone Hawkins about the size and capacity of the Department of Education's early childhood education team.
- Deputy Chancellor Hawkins reports a total team of about 550 staff
- The finance team supporting payments directly consists of around 65 people
- Hawkins explains that the ideal caseload for Operations Associates (OAs) is 30 per person, but they're currently handling about double that
- To reach the ideal caseload, the department would need to hire at least another 20 OAs
Shahana K. Hanif
2:01:34
And then how large is your team?
Simone Hawkins
2:01:37
So I have a powerful team of about five fifty staff but the finance team, I will get you that specific number.
2:01:45
I do know the actual operations team that support with payments directly is around a team of 65.
2:01:52
Full headcount,
Shahana K. Hanif
2:01:53
not And what's like what's the at what point would you feel that your team is maximized?
2:02:01
At how many staff members?
Simone Hawkins
2:02:03
Yeah it's really looking at the caseloads, We really hope for our OA specifically to have caseloads around 30 per person.
2:02:09
They're about double that right now and so that will require us to hire at least another 20 OAs.