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

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MESSAGE

Good morning everyone, in April we have two webinars scheduled.  One on Fitness for Duty (4/16) and one on the recent Legislative Impacts on Bargaining (4/25).  These two webinars are FREE to WSPA members, please sign up at the links below for your spot.  Coming in May, we have three webinars scheduled one FREE to WSPA members and two for a fee.  These are listed below.  Also, WASA is doing a lunch and learn "202 4 Legislative Session Wrap-up" Tuesday, April 16 from Noon - 1 PM.  It is free If you want to attend you must sign up (Register Here) .

What's Happening Now:

• Voting has ended for our President Elect, congratulations goes out to Melissa Kreuder, her term will go from July 1, 2024 as president elect, to June 30 2026 as past president.  Next up we will be nominating individuals for WSPA Treasurer (3-year term) and WSPA Secretary (2-year term) so please look for an email from me announcing those nominations are open and please be thinking about running for one of those positions. 

Membership Renewal: As of today, we are up to 702 members, If you have not renewed your WSPA membership for 2023-24 now is the time to do so.  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.   
WSPA's Address: WSPA PO BOX 14459 TUMWATER, WA 98511
SAVE THE DATES!  THE TIME TO REGISTER IS NOW FOR THESE TRAININGS/EVENTS.

• April 16, 2024-Fitness for Duty (ZW)
• April 25, 2024-Legislative Impacts on Bargaining (ZW)
• May 7-8, 2024-Spring Classified Administrator Boot-camp (ZW)
• May 7, 2024-Credits & Clock Hours (ZW)
• May 21, 2024-Discipline & Investigation (ZW)

WSPA Leadership 2023-24 Jennifer Koskovich, HRIS Manager, Renton School District, WSPA President: jennifer.koskovich@rentonschools.us
Jane Stencel, Director of HR at East Valley SD Spokane; WSPA President 22-23; WSPA Professional Development Coordinator: stencelj@evsd.org  
Tina Limmer, Director of Human Resources, Systems and School Support, Puyallup School District, WSPA Treasurer: limmetm@puyallupsd.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: None
Funny of the week: What did the dustpan say to the broom?  You are nothing without me and you know it! 
 
UPCOMING EVENTS :

• April 16, 2024-Fitness for Duty (ZW)
• April 25, 2024-Legislative Impacts on Bargaining (ZW)
• May 7-8, 2024-Spring Classified Administrator Boot-camp (ZW)
• May 7, 2024-Credits & Clock Hours (ZW)
• May 21, 2024-Discipline & Investigation (ZW)
• June 26-28, 2024 & July 11-12-Conflict Mediation (ZW) & (IP)
  
• July 8-12, 2024-HELP & Summer Series (IP)

Have a great week everyone!
Darrell Heisler WSPA Executive Director

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