WSPA this Week, November 11-15, 2024

Darrell Heisler • November 11, 2024

SUPPORT, ADVOCACY, AND PROFESSIONAL LEARNING FOR THE K-12 HUMAN RESOURCE PROFESSIONAL

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MESSAGE

Good morning!  Registration is now open for several WSPA workshops listed below.  Many of our member school districts use Ethics Data and I have been asked to share that since the principal owner Don Schmidt has passed away, his daughter and her husband are taking over the business and can be reached at the following email address: anna@ethicsdata.com


What's Happening Now:


Membership Renewal: As of today, we are up to 655 members, If you want to get a discount on any of the trainings we offer please join.  Please reach out to Kaley VonVolkli (kvonvolkli@wasa-oly.org) to make that happen.  Here is a reminder that we are contracting with WASA again to manage our membership roster and payments.  Membership for 2025 (September 1, 2025 - August 31, 2026) will begin July 1, 2025 when renewal notices will be sent to you and/or your District.


2024-25 Membership Renewals: 

Below is information on the renewal process. For questions, please contact Kaley VonVolkli. 

 

July 1, 2024: Renewal Notices sent to districts with a deadline of August 31 to submit any membership changes for the upcoming 2024-25 school year. 

 *District Membership: Must have at least 10 members renewing or joining for 2024-25 SY to retain District Membership. 

 *Retiring Members: WSPA offers a retiree membership at $100/year. Please contact Kaley VonVolkli to join as a Retired Member. Eligible retirees may receive first year of retiree membership complimentary. Those with 5+ years of membership are eligible. 

 

August 15, 2024: WSPA begins making the membership changes in our database. 

September 30, 2024: Invoices have gone out to districts for the 2024-25 SY.   Please make checks payable to:

WSPA's Address:

WSPA

PO BOX 14459

TUMWATER, WA 98511


Please contact Kaley VonVolkli at kvonvolkli@wasa-oly.org with membership and billing question(s). To add new members from your district, please complete a return a membership application to Kaley VonVolkli.

 

If you are retiring this year, please consider continuing your support of WSPA through a Retiree Membership at $100/year. To join as a Retiree member, please complete and return the membership application to Kaley VonVolkli.



WSPA Leadership 2024-25

Jennifer Koskovich, Director of HR, Federal Way Public Schools, WSPA President: jkoskovich@fwps.org
Melissa Kreuder, ESD 112, Vancouver, WA: melissa.kreuder@esd112.org

Jane Stencel, Director of HR at East Valley SD Spokane; WSPA President 22-23; WSPA Professional Development Coordinator: stencelj@evsd.org 

Tara Santucci, Union Gap School District, WSPA Treasurer: tsantucci@uniongap.org

Traci Cox, Human Resource Coordinator, West Valley (Yakima) School District, WSPA Secretary: coxt@wvsd208.org

Darrell Heisler, Executive Director of WSPA: dheisler@wspa.net


Member Requests this week: Are there any districts managing their department files (other than their employee/payroll files) digitally? If so, can you share the name of the service provider you are using?

Alexia Bautista, HR Specialist

Personnel & Human Resources | Mount Vernon School District | 124 East Lawrence Street | Mount Vernon, WA 98273 | 360.428.6182 | www.mountvernonschools.org

 


Funny of the week:  In my defense, I was left unsupervised....:)

 

SAVE THE DATES!  THE TIME TO REGISTER IS NOW FOR THESE TRAININGS/EVENTS.

UPCOMING EVENTS:

November 12, 2024-9:00-11:00-Job Descriptions (ZW)

November 19, 2024-9:00-11:00-Improvement Plans (ZW)

December 3, 2024-Communicating when the Stakes are High (ZW)

January 2025-Classified Brownbag Series (ZW)

1/7/25-Climate & Culture (ZW)

1/14/25-Discipline/Counseling (ZW)

1/21/25-Evaluations (ZW)

1/28/25-Communications (ZW)

2/4/25-DEI Awareness (ZW)

January 23, 2025-9:00-11:00-RIFs/Non-Renewals (ZW)

January 27, 2025-Beginning Bargaining (IP)

January 28, 2025-Advanced Bargaining (IP)

February 3, 2025-Beginning Bargaining (IP)

February 4, 2025-Advanced Bargaining (IP)

February 11, 2025-Certification (ZW)

February 23-26, 2025-Annual Conference-Clearwater Casino Resort (IP)

March 4, 2025-Leaves (ZW)

March 25, 2025-Pathways to Certification (ZW)

April 1, 2025-Interviewing and Hiring Best Practices (ZW)

April 23, 2025-Washington Educator Career Fair-Spokane (IP)

April 30, 2025-Washington Educator Career Fair-Tacoma GTCC (IP)

May 30, 2025-Legislative Impacts on Bargaining (ZW)


Have a great week everyone!

Darrell Heisler

WSPA Executive Director



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WSPA News to Know

WSPA Membership

                                                                               702+ members and counting...

Total Number of WSPA Members

702

Number of Entities Represented

186

Individual Memberships

379

District Memberships (10+ members)

23

REGION ESD'S NUMBER OF MEMBERS WELCOME to WSPA
1 Inland Empire ESD 101 51
2 Ipanco ESD 105, 123 &171 113
3 Lower Columbia River ESD 112 57
4 Puget Sound ESD 113 & 121 322
5 Olympic ESD 114 60
6 Northern Puget Sound ESD 189 94

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Member Requests

Sample Contracts & Salaries

A district is looking for sample contracts & salaries for the following positions:

  • Superintendent
  • Assistant Superintendent
  • Executive Director
  • Chief Operating Officer
  • Business Manager with CPA
  • Human Resources Director

Procurement Specialist


A colleague is wondering if anyone employs a procurement specialist, and if so, would you please share the job description, salary, and whether or not it is a represented position.

IEP Days

Substitute Resources

A district is wondering how other districts handle IEP days.  Does the teacher get a substitute for IEP preparation, meetings, etc., or do they get paid for an additional day for these activities?

A district is wondering if any other districts have a resource for Substitute Guidelines. 

  • Do they get paid for a certain number of hours?
  • Can they cover a class if they are willing rather than getting paid?
  • How long can you use a long-term substitute?

Partner News to Know

Unemployment Insurance: Sign up now for upcoming SOC code webinars

Learn more about Standard Occupational Classification codes on May 20 or June 3

Do you have questions about Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) codes? Sign up for one of our upcoming webinars!

All employers will be required to report SOC codes when they submit their quarterly tax reports starting with their fourth quarter 2022 report. At that time, you could get a penalty for incorrect SOC reporting. Reporting SOC codes is currently optional and is available only to single filers.

Upcoming webinars

If you have questions or want to learn more about using SOC codes, register for one of our free webinars.

  • Friday, May 20, at 11 to 11:45 a.m. - Register
  • Friday, June 3, at 11 to 11:45 a.m. - Register

During these webinars, we’ll talk about:

  • What are SOC codes?
  • When are SOC codes mandatory?
  • How to look up SOC codes.
  • How to add SOC codes with keyed or imported wage data.

Note: We will provide the same information in both webinars. However, questions could vary in each webinar, so you are welcome to sign up for both.

What is SOC?

SOC is a federal coding system that helps government agencies and private businesses compare occupational data.

In 2019, the Washington State Legislature passed a law requiring employers to report SOC codes in their quarterly reports for unemployment insurance.

Other resources on SOC

  • Watch this short video.
  • Try out the SOC code search tool. Under “Occupation Keyword Search” you can search by keyword, SOC code or industry.

2022 Legislative Report

Dan Steele, WASA Assistant Executive Director, Government Relations and WSPA Legislative Liaison has completed a 2022 End of Session Report and you can find it here.

 

The End of Session Reports includes full details of the 2022 Supplemental Operating Budget and the 2022 Supplemental Capital Budget, along with a comprehensive review of the many education-related bills the Legislature addressed this session.

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