MARCH 01, 2023
8:30 AM - 12:00 PM
8:00 am
Breakfast
8:15am - 8:30 am
Jump Rope Presentation
Fife School District
Keynote
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
Jeneva Burton
International Speaker and Author
Session 1
9:45 AM - 10:45 AM
Updates on Paraeducators
Alicia Erezim
Policy Associate, PESB
Liisa Preslan
Paraeducator Workforce and Development Program Manager, PESB
Sterling Ballroom I & II
Updates on potential changes to the minimum employment requirements for paraeducators and requirements for the Paraeducator Certificate Program.
Public Records & Records Retention Basics for HR Professionals
Jay Schulkin
Attorney, Porter Foster Rorick LLP
Sterling Ballroom III
Compliance with the Public Records Act (PRA) and records retention requirements is critical for school districts, and frequently intersects with the work of Human Resources professionals. This presentation will provide an overview of PRA and records retention compliance, with an emphasis on new developments and issues that commonly arise in the Human Resources context.
Calculating Salary & Benefits by Union Group
Janette Jeffris
Director of Finance, Walla Walla Public Schools
Onyx Room
Is part of your job to project the cost impacts of collective bargaining agreement negotiations? Are you preparing to start bargaining? Is your district facing financial challenges and you need to have a more clear picture of staffing impacts from bargaining? This session will walk through information needed to build a tool to more accurately project staffing costs for current and future years along with discussion on how to cost out some common non-base contract costs.
Session 2
10:55 AM - 11:55 AM
SHRM Certification & Membership
Heather Smith
Senior Director for HR, A Place for Mom & WA State SHRM Certification Director
Sterling Ballroom I & II
Review of opportunity to further growth and opportunity through SHRM certification and membership.
Retirement Plans
2, 3 & DCP
Catherine Cadoo
Education & Outreach Representative, Washington State Department of Retirement Systems
Sterling Ballroom III
This presentation is an overview of the rules governing Plans 2, 3 and the State of Washington’s Deferred Compensation Program for members of SERS & TRS
Centering the Employee in Developing a Best Practice Workplace Safety Culture
Aliza Hauser
Return to Work Manager, PSWCT/UP
Christian Porter
Return to Work Manager, PSWCT/UP
Onyx Room
Holistic and sustainable services focused on safe work environments are a win-win for all. Puget Sound Workers’ Compensation Trust Return to Work Managers will share insightful perspectives on how an employer's concern for "physical fitness for duty" can be managed effectively from recruitment to safe working conditions to an appropriate and safe return to work in the event of an injury.