MARCH 01, 2022
8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
8:00 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:15 am - 8:30 am
Nine Mile Jazz Band
Nine Mile High School
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Welcome
Vendor Introduction- Toni Neidhold, WSPA President
WSPA General Membership Meeting- Kim Holland, WSPA Executive Director
9:00 am - 9:30 am
Trivia Activity
Session 1
9:45 AM - 10:45 AM
How to Create Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Job Descriptions While Avoiding Implicit Bias
Marie Antoinette Room
This presentation will discuss how job descriptions may unintentionally discourage qualified applicants from applying for open positions and how to avoid this pitfall. Finally, we will discuss bias and hiring and tips, tricks, and toolkits the district can use during the hiring process to help ensure qualified, diverse individuals fill open positions.
Get Your VEBA Game On!
Elizabethan Room
Make VEBA part of our playbook this year. We'll cover the group rules and unique game-day strategies (tips and tricks) used by major league VEBA players. While you might not win a new car, you'll become better prepared for negotiations and how to achieve the win-win outcomes you're looking for
Round Table Discussion: OSPI Statewide Compensation Review Committee
Isabella Ballroom
The K-12 Basic Education Compensation Advisory Committee is seeking written and verbal proposals to consider as part of their work to advise the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the Governor, and the Legislature. WSPA is working with WASBO and WSPA to formulate a proposal for this committee. This discussion will generate ideas to be presented to the group of individuals working with WASBO and WSSA to formulate our joint response to the call for proposals that will be submitted to the Advisory Committee.
Session 2
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Exempt vs. Non-Exempt Employees
Marie Antoinette Room
Reviewing which employees are covered by the Minimum Wage Act and the Fair Labor Standards Act.
Becoming a Racial Equity Advocate
Elizabethan Room
When you can recognize, support, and engage in dismantling institutional racism, now what! How does one engage to be a racial equity advocate in leading with racial equity or any type of equity? How do I build transformational relationships that are accountable to colleagues, children, families, and communities of color? We will explore these questions in the interactive workshop.
Navigating Grievances
Isabella Ballroom
Learn helpful tips, best practices, and "dos and don'ts" for navigating the grievance process.
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
Lunch- Thank you to our sponsor: Washington Schools Risk Management Pool (WSRMP)
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
Mead Jazz Choir with Rhythm Section
Mead High School
Keynote
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
Grand Pennington Hall
Collective Bargaining in Washington Public Schools 2022: Pandemic, Epidemic or Endemic?
- Buzz Porter
- Porter Foster Rorick LLP
- Attorney
Which themes and issues are likely to surface at the bargaining table in 2022, and how can public schools successfully navigate the challenges and opportunities presented by collective bargaining?
1:45 pm - 2:30 pm
Break / Vendor Visits
Session 3
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
OSPI- Educator Equity Data Collection Overview
Marie Antoinette Room
Overview of the tool, tips and tricks, look-fors, resources
Racially Equitable Hiring Practices
Elizabethan Room
Following historical recruitment processes will typically continue to produce the same results, including limited diverse applicants. In this session, Puget Sound ESD will share some strategies and practices that have supported diverse applicant pools and continued progress building and sustaining a workforce that reflects the communities we serve. The goal of this session is to enhance the great work you already do by providing you with tips to support you in exploring and implementing new strategies to build and nurture a diverse workforce.
Certificated Plans of: Support, Growth & Improvement
Isabella Ballroom
Research shows that urban school districts can pay upwards of $25,000 per teacher hire over an educator's time with a district. Surely an investment of that magnitude should be nurtured and grown whenever possible should concerns arise.
In this session, you will hear about a variety of tools intended to improve teacher efficacy. Each tool will provide more intensive support. You will also learn the process for what to do if it just isn't working out despite all of your best efforts.