Centre Region Parks And Recreation Board Centre Regional Recreation Authority - Recreation Employee Scheduling - Case Study

Case Study: Centre Region Parks And Recreation Board Centre Regional Recreation Authority in State College, Pennsylvania, United States

Business Overview

We are a multi-municipal agency serving 5 municipalities in Central PA. The agency operates a total of 829 acres at 52 sites across the region (48 parks, 2 pools, nature center, senior center). The agency is the official “Parks and Recreation Dept.” for each municipality. Since 1966 the agency was created because we can do more, less expensively, through cooperation.

Scheduling Overview

We started with one director and one parks maintenance worker and now we have 18 full-time year-round employees, 80 part-time seasonal, 80 in the school year and 200 each summer. Each supervisor schedules their own seasonal staff: 2 pools, parks maintenance, nature center, senior center, summer camps, etc. Many of the program positions are weather-dependant. The fact that there are multiple, independent sites is a challenge.

Previous Scheduling Method

Our previous employee scheduling system was paper posted on the various office bulletin boards.

Since ShiftPlanning

We are pleased that multi-site scheduling is now supported in this work scheduler - along with the other improvements that have been made. There are many other P&R Departments in PA that would be interested in this. We employ many teens who will appreciate this service and we will be happy to tell other P&R agencies about this service.

Ryan impressed me with his quick responses and vision. - Ron Woodhead - Director - Centre Region Parks And Recreation Board Centre Regional Recreation Authority