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ESC Business Office

ESC Business Office

Employee Portal

TRS - Teacher Retirement System of Texas Website

TEA - Texas Education Agency Website

TSDS - Texas Student Data System Website

For More Information Contact:

  • arickert@esc14.net

    Bachelor's of Business Administration in Marketing & a Master's of Science in Human Resource Management.  20 years of Customer Service Experience. New to Education

  • bschlueter@esc14.net

    BBA & MBA in Accounting

    15 years at the ESC, serving as Fiscal Services Accountant for 10 years and Business Accountant for 2 years, before stepping into the role of Business Manager.

    13 years in public accounting prior to coming to the ESC.

  • jseca@esc14.net

    CTSBO certified with TASBO.

    Employed by Region 14 since August 2013, focusing on payroll and benefits since July 2015.

    2 years of business ownership and over 25 years of customer service experience, including retail, auto insurance, and Medicare billing

  • nnations@esc14.net

    CTSBS certified through TASBO.  Bachelor’s of Business Administration with a concentration in Human Resources, 16 Years as a Business Owner, and 25+ years of service and customer service experience.  Been employed at the service center since 2022.

  • theresad@esc14.net

    7 years of experience at Region 14, in which

    The last 33 years have been in the Business Office

  • wheld@esc14.net

    Bachelors of Business Finance

    10 Years of experience in Accounting 

    2.5 Years of experience in school finance

  • rrodriguez@esc14.net

    Bachelors of Business Administration in Accounting. 

    7+ years of being a business owner, 2+ years of non-profit accounting experience, and 15+ years of service and customer service experience

  • klafever@esc14.net

    Bachelor's of Business Administration, Master's of Professional Accountancy.  8 years of experience in Accounting, with 6 of those in public accounting and 2 in the oil and gas industry.  Start at the ESC in 2024.

  • cdpolk@esc14.net

    Bachelor of Business Administration; General Business.
    18 years of leadership, management, and human resources experience with an extensive background in employee relations, process improvement, strategic planning, and organizational leadership.
    Started at the ESC in 2018 and currently serve as the HR Coordinator, supporting organizational human resources operations and strategic HR functions.

Ascender Applications

  • The application collects and streamlines a wide range of detailed information in accordance with the Financial Accountability System Resource Guide. The GL summary drill-down gives insight into all transactions and account details. 1099 processing, invoice matching, automatic balancing, and easy corrections ensure a balanced history month after month. In addition, Budget Amendment Request (BAR) tools accommodate every situation after final approval.

  • The application puts users in control of department budgets, whether built from scratch or automatically generated. Items can efficiently be amended during the recommendation to approval process, and automatically post the approved budgets to Finance.

  • The application provides reliable, accurate paycheck processing for multiple pay concepts and frequencies, plus automatic computation of pay rates and deductions, leave balances, and more. TRS processing is built in, and payroll simulations ensure predictable results.

  • The application keeps users in control of items ordered. Workflow tools guide users through requisition, purchase order, and contract processes. Easily track actual costs and threshold amounts and use comparison reports to better understand expenditures.

  • The application automatically generates invoices and interfaces directly with the Finance application to maintain billing records. Flexibility is built in, allowing for full or partial payments, overpayments, adjustments, credit memos, and approvals, while always keeping the general ledger in sync.

  • The application keeps multiple accounts and fiscal years in one location, and simplifies reconciliation with flexible drill-down features, merging tools, and easy recalculation.

  • The application assures that the employee data is easy to enter, change, and view when needed. Retrieve personnel certifications, salary verification, and reports with ease.

  • The application will guide HR departments in filling, changing, vacating, and separating from positions, plus forecasting features for next year’s budget and benefits.

  • The application ensures accurate tracking of capital and inventory assets, transferring purchased item information from Finance and simplifying inventory management. From depreciation to reporting, the tools are uncomplicated. ASCENDER Asset Management is GASB 34-compliant.

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