WSPA this Week, February 13-17, 2023

Hello everyone!
With the Annual conference two weeks away, I am looking to our tradition of honoring all WSPA retirees. If you or someone you know is planning on retiring sometime during the 22-23 school year, please fill our this form and let me know so we can honor you/them properly. The TWIO Week Five is here for your reading pleasure! WSPA and OSPI are offering a workshop on Certification February 14, from 9 to 11 via Zoom . Please encourage your teaching and learning department to attend the Certification webinar so they get the latest on the NEW requirements for certification renewal starting July 1, 2023. Yes, it is FREE, but you must click on each link and sign up to take part. On February 15, we have a webinar on Evaluation and Non-Renewal in partnership with Porter Foster Rorick and WSPA . The cost for the webinar is $50 and it will run from 9 to 11 on Zoom. Registration for our Annual Conference is FULL and at this time we have a wait list for those who are still interested in attending. The Title IX training offered the day before the Annual Conference on February 26 from 9 to 4 is a stand alone in-person workshop and can be purchased separately. There is still room for participants in that workshop and the draft agenda can be seen here .
We have partnered with OSPI to get out the information on the NEW requirements in (HB 1426) specifying minimum continuing education requirements for administrator and teacher certificate renewals that focus on equity-based school and classroom practices starting July 1, 2023. We currently have a FREE webinar scheduled February 14, 2023 which will be open to everyone and a session scheduled during our Annual Conference to get members more information. This does NOT affect certificate holders who need to renew by June 30, 2023 unless of course they miss the deadline. Look for more information coming out from OSPI on this bill and forward it to all administrators and other certificate holders due for renewal on or after July 1, 2023.
Member Request this week: Franklin Pierce is looking at what other districts are doing to compensate (specifically teachers/cert staff) for attending new hire training. Currently, our newly hired teachers are asked to attend a full 4-day in depth training (separate from any PRAD training) and they are being compensated with a stipend. Would you please share with us…
1. How long does your new hire induction training last?
2. How do you compensate for this training, if at all?

Thank you,

Mandie McAfee
Certificated Manager, Human Resources
Franklin Pierce Schools
315 129th Street South
Tacoma, WA 98444
Ph. 253.298.3082
Fax. 253.298.3016
Email. mmcafee@fpschools.org

Funny for the week: "A friend started a dating site for chickens. It's not his day job, he did it to make hens meet" UPCOMING EVENTS :

DRAFT Topics for the Annual Conference

Calculating Salary & Benefits by Union Group
Legislative Update
Recruiting and Retention
Surviving the Acronym Puzzle
Certification Requirements
Dealing with Conflict
Grievances, Demand to Bargain
Working with Labor Unions
Special Education
Drug Free Business
Educator Equity Tool
Working with School Boards
Workforce Secondary Trauma Initiative
Investigations & Reasonable Suspicion
Fitness for Duty
Paraeducator Law Updates
E-certification Tool
ADA & Accommodations
Retirement Information
Balancing your Workload
RIFS - What is happening out there?
HELP & SHRM - What are they all about?
Public Records Requests
Electronic Records
HR and Payroll Team Collaboration
HR & District's Strategic Plan Alignment

Have a great week everyone!
Darrell Heisler WSPA Executive Director

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