WSPA this Week, February 6-10, 2023
SUPPORT, ADVOCACY, AND PROFESSIONAL LEARNING FOR THE K-12 HUMAN RESOURCE PROFESSIONAL
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MESSAGE
Hello everyone!
With the Annual conference less than one month 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 Four is here for your reading pleasure! WSPA and OSPI are offering 2 FREE workshops in February, one on preparing for an HR audit February 7 from 9 to 11 via Zoom, and the other 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, they are 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 that webinar is $50 and it will run from 9 to 11 on Zoom as well. 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:
I am still looking for board policies that a District has concerning hotel room accommodations when attending out of town workshops. Examples: Conference must be at least 50 miles from the district... If you have a board policy addressing costs/cost savings when attending out of town conferences, please email them to me: admin@wspa.net
Funny for the week: "If a cookie falls on the floor and you pick it up. that's a squat right?"
- February 7, 2023 - HR Audit
- February 14, 2023 - Certification
- February 15, 2023 - Evaluation and Non-Renewal
- February 26 - March 1, 2023 - Annual Conference - Silver Cloud Hotel - Tacoma
- March TBD, 2023 - Worker's Compensation Series
- March 9, 2023 - Reductions in Force
- March 14, 2023 - Career Fair - Spokane Convention Center (registration is open)
- March 23, 2023 - Bargaining Workshop (registration is open)
- March 28, 2023 - Career Fair - Greater Tacoma Convention Center (registration is open)
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
Funny for the week: "Sunday and Monday are in a fight, who wins?......Sunday of course, Monday is a weekday"
Have a great week everyone!
Darrell Heisler
WSPA Executive Director
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ButtonAmerican Association of School Personnel Administrators
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.
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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.