WSPA this Week, January 22-26, 2024
SUPPORT, ADVOCACY, AND PROFESSIONAL LEARNING FOR THE K-12 HUMAN RESOURCE PROFESSIONAL
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MESSAGE
Good morning everyone!
What's Happening Now:
- Registration continues to be open for the 2024 Annual Conference in Vancouver Washington! Discounted Hotel rates are good only until 2/1/2024 as long as there are still rooms available in our block. Select here for the DRAFT Breakout Sessions
- Registration is also open for the Career Fairs in Spokane and Tacoma Washington for both recruiters and for candidates.
- There are a few spots remaining for our 21st Century Bargaining Workshop on February 1 & 2 as we partner again with Porter Foster and Rorick. Contact them at the link below and reserve your spots now.
- Here is the link to nominate yourself or someone else for President Elect for our organization. This is a 3-year term starting June 23, 2024 and going through June 30, 2027. The window for nominations will close on February 2nd so please consider running for President or nominating one of your colleagues.
Membership Renewal: 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.
February 1-2, 2024-21st Century Bargaining Skills Workshops (IP)
The popular 21st Century Bargaining Workshop will run again this year as we partner again with Porter Foster and Rorick. Contact them and reserve your spots now.
March 3-6, 2024 - WSPA Annual Conference and Pre-Conference - Vancouver, WA (IP)
Our Annual Conference will feature a Title IX training on Sunday, March 2, and our conference will run from March 4 -6, 2024. Get registered now for the Early Bird pricing which ends January 10, 2024. There is also a hotel discount available too so register early.
March 12, 2024 - WSPA Educator Career Fair - Spokane, Wa (IP)
Our first of two Washington Educator Career Fairs is happening March 12, 2024 at the Spokane Convention Center. Get your District/Organization registered now!
March 29, 2024 - WSPA Educator Career Fair - Tacoma, WA (IP)
Our second of two Washington Educator Career Fairs is happening March 29, 2024 at the Spokane Convention Center. Get your District/Organization registered now!
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:
My boss told me to have a good day so I went home.
- February 1-2, 2024-21st Century Bargaining Skills Workshops (IP)
- March 3-6, 2024-Annual Conference-Hilton Hotel-Downtown Vancouver, WA (IP)
- March 12, 2024-Washington Educator Career Fair-Spokane CC (IP)
- Recruiter Discount Sign-up for Both Fairs
- Recruiter Sign-up Spokane Only
- Candidate Sign-up Spokane
- Hotel Reduced Rate Booking Spokane
- Recruiter Flyer
- Recruiter Handbook
- Candidate Flyer
- March 29, 2024-Washington Educator Career Fair-Tacoma GTCC (IP)
- Recruiter Discount Sign up for Both Fairs
- Recruiter Sign-up Tacoma Only
- Candidate Sign-up Tacoma
- Hotel Reduced Rate Booking Tacoma
- Recruiter Flyer
- Recruiter Handbook
- Candidate Flyer
Have a great week everyone!
Darrell Heisler
WSPA Executive Director
WSPA News to Know
List of Services
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
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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.