WSPA this Week, April 22-26, 2024
SUPPORT, ADVOCACY, AND PROFESSIONAL LEARNING FOR THE K-12 HUMAN RESOURCE PROFESSIONAL
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MESSAGE
Good morning everyone, Our webinar this week (4/25/24 from 9:00-11:00) is on the recent Legislative Impacts on Bargaining by Dan Steele and Buzz Porter. This webinar is FREE to WSPA members, please sign up at the link 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.
What's Happening Now:
- We are currently nominating individuals for WSPA Treasurer (3-year term) and WSPA Secretary (2-year term) so please check your email from me last week announcing those nominations are open and please be thinking about running for one of those positions. Nominations for those positions close tomorrow (4/23/24).
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 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: Our school district is seeking recommendations for new software to assist in evaluating salary placements for classified job descriptions and reclassification requests. If you use software that has been effective in this area, please share your recommendations. If you developed an in-house system, we'd be interested to know that too.
Pam Montgomery, SHRM-CP
Assistant Director - Human Resources
Bethel Public Schools 253.800.2033
email: pmontgomer@bethelsd.org
Funny of the week:
Bigfoot saw me, but nobody believes him!
- 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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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.
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.
Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction
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.