1. APT structure
Review job descriptions, build job families with APS, test range design and recommend placements.
Aurora Public Schools · Colorado
Reviewing APS’s APT and Classified pay structures
A response companion built from APS’s own reference files. Explore the published schedules, job inventory and proposed study method.
HSG response to RFP B2728 · HR Compensation Consultant
562
job descriptions
Q&A 2
About 2,450
employees
Q&A 2
2
salary structures
Q&A 12 and 13
12
named peers: 8 districts and 4 cities
Q&A 10 and 11
±5%
market-midpoint target
Q&A 22
April 2027
final recommendations
Q&A 19
July 1, 2027
target implementation
Q&A 4 and 19
What APS asked for
2. Classified structure
Review steps and range assignments, including whether skilled trades need a separate structure.
3. Agreement for Services
Test rates and examine requests, approvals, tracking and payment controls.
4. Job descriptions and the three-year cycle
Review duties and qualifications, then set a repeatable annual review schedule.
5. Market benchmarking
Match jobs to APS-approved peers and report sources, effective dates and pay comparisons.
6. Off-cycle review
Evaluate new jobs, reclassifications, reorganizations and changes in the labor market.
7. Internal equity
Use documented job factors and review employee placement, compression and unexplained differences.
8. Business rules
Write rules for hiring, progression, transfers, adjustments and exceptions.
9. Implementation and training
Deliver roadmaps, cost models, communication materials and tools APS can maintain.
Source: RFP IV.2, service areas 1 to 9, pp. 12 to 16; Q&A, October 22, 2026.
What this site shows
The two schedules
Published pay ranges and steps, with the arithmetic behind close ranges and overlaps.
The job list
Search the supplied titles and inspect a draft family assignment for every list row.
The market baseline
Published peer ranges, title matches and sources, with the limits of the endpoint screen.
Agreement for Services
The full rate sheet and the evidence we would request for a controls review.
The evaluation method
Adjust factor weights and inspect a synthetic placement example.
The work plan
Proposed dates through implementation and a draft three-year review rotation.
The live platform
Follow a fictional study in Plumbline using the access code in the proposal.
How the work runs
Confirm the work
APS HR confirms the job inventory. Supervisors review missing duty information; targeted questionnaires and interviews resolve gaps.
Evaluate each job
HSG applies agreed factors and matches benchmark jobs. APS reviews the proposed structure and costed placement options.
Prepare implementation
HSG documents business rules, supports Oracle Cloud testing and trains designated APS staff.
Source: HSG proposed approach; RFP IV.2; Q&A 8, 9, 19 and 26.
The public record behind this review
June 16, 2026 compensation actions
The board approved a 2.00% general increase on each of the Classified and APT schedules, with progression under the applicable policies. These published schedules are the baseline used here.
Classified agreement in development
APS says a Classified agreement is being developed and it will coordinate changes that affect the study.
Source: June compensation actions: public_record_2026-10-26.md, June 16 items 3.A and 3.B; Classified agreement: Q&A 27, October 22, 2026.