EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MESSAGE

Good morning everyone, Our next FREE webinar (5/7/24 from 9:00-11:00) is on Credits and Clock Hours by our friends at Puyallup SD and if you have not already done so, please sign up at the link below for your spot.  Also tomorrow is our Classified Administrator Boot camp webinar from 8:00-3:00 (link and information on this webinar is below).  On May 21, we have a webinar on Discipline and Investigations put on in combination with Stevens Clay attorneys and WSPA.  The HELP summer series PD including certification for Conflict Mediation are all live and can be signed up for now.

What's Happening Now:

• The voting is complete for our WSPA Secretary and Treasurer and those two positions will be held by Secretary-Traci Cox of the West Valley SD (Yakima) from 2024-2026 and Treasurer-Tara Santucci of the Union Gap SD from 2024-2027.  Congratulations to these two ladies!

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.

• 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)
• HELP
• Legal Boot Camp
  

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 superintendent and board are asking what methods other districts are using to audio-record board meetings.  Please send responses to jnotman@highland.wednet.edu

Julie Notman

Highland School District 509.678.8630

Funny of the week: I don't always whoop, but when I do, there it is... (upside down and inside out). 
 

UPCOMING EVENTS:

• 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)
• HELP
• Legal Boot Camp

Have a great week everyone!

Darrell Heisler

WSPA Executive Director