WSPA this Week, October 21-25, 2024

Good morning! Registration is still open for our membership FREE webinar on HB 1277 for Tuesday, 10/22/24 and the Fundamental Course of Study (FCS - see this link or the one below) . The WSPA registration link for the S-275 for this Wednesday, 10/23/24 zoom workshop is also available at the link below. If you have not yet signed up for these two very important webinars, please do so TODAY!
What's Happening Now:

Registration for the S-275 Workshop below along with our zoom webinars on various topics.

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: None

Funny of the week: A jumper cable walks into a restaurant, the waitress sees him and says, I will serve you, but don't start anything! SAVE THE DATES! THE TIME TO REGISTER IS NOW FOR THESE TRAININGS/EVENTS.
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