SUPPORT, ADVOCACY, AND PROFESSIONAL LEARNING FOR THE K-12 HUMAN RESOURCE PROFESSIONAL

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MESSAGE

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Good morning!  The Discipline and Investigations Webinar is tomorrow, this is your last chance to get registered for that webinar and others in November below.   
What's Happening Now:

• Registration for the following:
• November 5, 2024-8:00-12:00-Discipline & Investigations (ZW)  ($150 to All)
• November 12, 2024-9:00-11:00-Job Descriptions (ZW)  (FREE to Members)
• November 19, 2024-9:00-11:00-Improvement Plans (ZW)  (FREE to Members)
  

Membership Renewal: As of today, we are up to 655 members, If you want to get a discount on any of the trainings we offer please join.  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.  Membership for 2025 (September 1, 2025 - August 31, 2026) will begin July 1, 2025 when renewal notices will be sent to you and/or your District.
2024-25 Membership Renewals:  Below is information on the renewal process. For questions, please contact Kaley VonVolkli .    July 1, 2024: Renewal Notices sent to districts with a deadline of August 31 to submit any membership changes for the upcoming 2024-25 school year.   * District Membership : Must have at least 10 members renewing or joining for 2024-25 SY to retain District Membership.   * Retiring Members : WSPA offers a retiree membership at $100/year. Please contact Kaley VonVolkli  to join as a Retired Member. Eligible retirees may receive first year of retiree membership complimentary. Those with 5+ years of membership are eligible.    August 15, 2024: WSPA begins making the membership changes in our database.  September 30, 2024: Invoices have gone out to districts for the 2024-25 SY.   Please make checks payable to:
WSPA's Address: WSPA PO BOX 14459 TUMWATER, WA 98511
Please contact Kaley VonVolkli at kvonvolkli@wasa-oly.org with membership and billing question(s). To add new members from your district, please complete a return a membership application to Kaley VonVolkli.   If you are retiring this year, please consider continuing your support of WSPA through a Retiree Membership at $100/year. To join as a Retiree member, please complete and return the membership application to Kaley VonVolkli.

WSPA Leadership 2024-25 Jennifer Koskovich , Director of HR, Federal Way Public Schools, WSPA President: jkoskovich@fwps.org
Melissa Kreuder, ESD 112, Vancouver, WA: melissa.kreuder@esd112.org Jane Stencel , Director of HR at East Valley SD Spokane; WSPA President 22-23; WSPA Professional Development Coordinator: stencelj@evsd.org  
Tara Santucci , Union Gap School District, WSPA Treasurer: tsantucci@uniongap.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: Cherie Broeker of Clover Park SD would like to know what other districts require as far as a FMLA packet from employees when knowing they are going on leave but do not qualify for FMLA.
Contact Information for Cherie: cbroeker@cloverpark.k12.wa.us Student Services Center 10903 Gravelly Lake Dr. SW, Lakewood, WA 98499-1341 Ph: 253-583-5120 • Fax: 253-583-5088 www.cloverpark.k12.wa.us

Funny of the week:  Yes Officer, I saw the SPEED LIMIT SIGN, I just didn't see you...   SAVE THE DATES!  THE TIME TO REGISTER IS NOW FOR THESE TRAININGS/EVENTS.
UPCOMING EVENTS : November 5, 2024-8:00-12:00-Discipline & Investigations (ZW) November 12, 2024-9:00-11:00-Job Descriptions (ZW) November 19, 2024-9:00-11:00-Improvement Plans (ZW) December 3, 2024-Communicating when the Stakes are High (ZW) January 2025-Classified Brownbag Series (ZW) 1/7/25-Climate & Culture (ZW) 1/14/25-Discipline/Counseling (ZW) 1/21/25-Evaluations (ZW) 1/28/25-Communications (ZW) 2/4/25-DEI Awareness (ZW) January 23, 2025-9:00-11:00-RIFs/Non-Renewals (ZW) January 27, 2025-Beginning Bargaining (IP) January 28, 2025-Advanced Bargaining (IP) February 3, 2025-Beginning Bargaining (IP) February 4, 2025-Advanced Bargaining (IP) February 11, 2025-Certification (ZW) February 23-26, 2025-Annual Conference-Clearwater Casino Resort (IP) March 4, 2025-Leaves (ZW) March 25, 2025-Pathways to Certification (ZW) April 1, 2025-Interviewing and Hiring Best Practices (ZW) April 23, 2025-Washington Educator Career Fair-Spokane (IP) April 30, 2025-Washington Educator Career Fair-Tacoma GTCC (IP) May 30, 2025-Legislative Impacts on Bargaining (ZW)
Have a great week everyone!
Darrell Heisler WSPA Executive Director