Red Rover, the fastest-growing provider of modern human capital management (HCM) solutions for K-12 education, today announced it will host the industry's first K-12 HR and Payroll Leadership Forum. The free, virtual event, taking place November 17, 2026, is the only forum exclusively dedicated to bringing together HR, payroll, and finance leaders from school districts nationwide to collaborate, break down operational silos, and tackle the unique workforce management challenges facing K–12 education.
First K-12 HR and Payroll Leadership Forum on November 17, 2026, free virtual event.
Peer-led panels and interactive breakout sessions for district HR, payroll, and finance leaders.
Topics: aligning HR/payroll, modernizing payroll systems, leave management, workforce planning.
Founded by Jim O'Halloran with Red Rover's Jennifer Duvall and Rob Tibbs co-leading.
Over 2,000 school districts nationwide use Red Rover.
Red Rover serves K-12 workforce management across absence, time tracking, hiring, and professional development.
Dani O'Shaughnessey, Co-founder and CEO at Red Rover, stated: "Our work centers on removing the administrative complexity that bogs down district operations, freeing up leaders to focus their efforts on what really matters - cultivating schools where both students and staff can thrive. HR and payroll leaders are the hidden engine that keeps our schools running, yet they rarely have a forum built specifically for the realities of K-12. This Forum is our way of bringing these essential leaders together to define what modern K-12 workforce management looks like."
Sessions will feature collaborative discussions led by district HR and business leaders from across the country, alongside members of the Substitute Management Advisory Council (SMAC). Attendees can expect actionable insights around aligning HR and payroll operations, modernizing payroll systems for greater accuracy and compliance, navigating complex leave and absence management including FMLA, workforce planning and staffing visibility, and breaking down silos between HR, payroll, and finance.
Defining K-12 Workforce Management explores why workforce management in K-12 is fundamentally different from the private sector. The ROI of Integrated HR & Payroll Systems examines how unified systems create visibility across people, time, and financial expenditure. Navigating Leave Management Complexity dives into the payroll implications of leave management through a joint HR and payroll panel discussion. Data at Your Fingertips explores what workforce data HR and payroll leaders need most and how access to insights can transform decision-making.
Led by Red Rover's Jennifer Duvall, Co-Director of HR, and Rob Tibbs, Co-Director of Payroll, the Forum gives attendees direct access to Red Rover leaders and fellow K-12 professionals shaping the future of HR and payroll nationwide. The Forum was founded by Jim O'Halloran, whose vision for a dedicated gathering space for K-12 HR and payroll professionals laid the groundwork for this inaugural event.
About Red Rover
Red Rover empowers every classroom with the best educators every day with a modern human capital management platform purpose built for K-12 districts to cultivate thriving school communities. The Red Rover platform delivers a unified approach to HR and human capital management, connecting the employee lifecycle across absence management, time tracking, hiring, and professional development management. Over 2,000 school districts nationwide are using Red Rover's modern solutions.
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