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John will provide an update on the 2019-21 State Budget.
7:45 AM
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Your presenter will provide you with information pertaining to the selection and purchase of chemicals and cleaning equipment for your school district.
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WASBO Facilities Manager Core Certification - Module 1
8:15 AM
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This proposed bill requires all K-12 schools that receive public funding to test all sources of drinking water, known as potable water, for lead contamination. This proposed regulation is gaining momentum and will likely be pushed through in the near future. This course will look at the current regulatory requirements for testing drinking water, and how they relate to the proposed legislation. A summary of likely requirements for sampling all K-12 schools drinking water will be offered. In addition, a representative from a school district who has conducted water sampling district-wide will share their experience with the testing procedures, lab results and the response to elevated levels that were taken, as well as the best way to communicate the sampling and results. If you are considering pro-active sampling, this course will prepare you.
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Facilities Manager Certification Continuing Education
8:15 AM
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The school year is ending but that doesn't mean that things slowdown in the school business office. This session with review upcoming reporting deadlines and critical activities occurring during the summer.
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New Administrator/Year of Success
8:15 AM
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According to the World Health Organization, depression and anxiety cost the global economy more than $1 trillion in lost productivity annually. More and more districts are recognizing the challenges that mental health conditions, especially if untreated, can cause in the workplace.So what can be done? Please join us for a practical discussion where we will present strategies for supporting employees with mental health conditions, providing reasonable accommodations and reducing the stigma associated with mental health. We’ll also specifically address common legal pitfalls when complying with ADA, FMLA and other leave/accommodation laws.
8:15 AM
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Together we will talk about building a community of trust with your vendors. Learning to speak openly with kindness does not mean you are laying all your cards on the table; it means that you are looking to save time and money. Discussions with vendors can seem foreign however by finding a level of trust you get to go from vendors to partners.
8:15 AM
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You may often wonder if it is worth the effort to put a fine point on your district’s cash flow projections. In this session, we will focus on the benefits of a well thought out cash flow analysis and how it might impact your bottom line with increased opportunity for investment income. Additionally, if your school district does an annual cash flow borrowing, a fine-tuned cash flow will lead to optimizing that borrowing amount. We will also discuss the process for various cash flow borrowing techniques including issuing TRANs, Lines of Credit, or other borrowing arrangements.
8:15 AM
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Community involvement is a key component to the strategic planning process. Stakeholder-driven planning links the local community with the school district by planning strategically. In order to perform at high levels, school districts must have a written plan connected with community values, educational best practice and an unrelenting focus on student learning. The process outlined in this presentation is designed to fit all size school districts, connect with their community and link with school district stakeholders. This session will present an overview of Strategic Thinking, Strategic Planning, and the Stakeholder-driven approach.
8:15 AM
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Visit the School Nurse and Save a Life! Watch your email for the link to make appointment prior to the conference, or stop by during the day.
9:00 AM
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Your presenters will help you determine the proper staffing levels for your school district. You will receive examples of cleaning questions to determine the proper level of cleaning for your school district; these questions can be modified to fit your districts’ needs and usage. Attendees will also receive spreadsheets that you can use to collect your data and input. These sheets will calculate your cleaning time to help you determine if you are overstaffed or understaffed.
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WASBO Facilities Manager Core Certification - Module 1
9:25 AM
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Have you filed your form SBD-10710A “Summary of Work-Related Injuries and Illness?” If not, you should expect a visit from your friendly DSPS enforcement inspector! Under SPS 332.205, each employer shall report work-related injuries and illnesses to the department for the previous year by March 1 of each year. The report shall be made on Form SBD-10710 or the equivalent OSHA Form 300A. This course will inform you of how DSPS prioritizes districts to inspect and how to properly prepare for a DSPS compliance inspection. You will learn of the documentation required for the audit. A school professional that has participated in a recent audit will share the actual steps taken to prepare for the documentation audit, as well as the facility walk-through. In addition, the course will walk you through the actual procedures for the audit and inform you how to respond initially and following the audit.
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Facilities Manager Certification Continuing Education
9:25 AM
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Come to this session to gain a better understanding of current issues pertaining to school finance. Topics include: (1) energy efficiency exemption to revenue limits; (2) transfer of service (TOS) exemption to revenue limits; (3) Fund 80 eligible costs; (4) summer school FTE & fee reconciliation; (5) 2018-19 School level reporting.
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New Administrator/Year of Success
9:25 AM
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What does the successful implementation of creative and effective healthcare solutions look like for school districts? Join us for a statewide tour of the best practices and solutions school districts are using to reduce costs and improve employee health. School leaders who implement these ideas can achieve greater employee satisfaction, lower turnover and improved productivity – with the ultimate goal of better student achievement. Because implementing benefits is different for school districts than other employers, we will discuss how these strategies are uniquely suited to your school district setting.
9:25 AM
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Leadership can be the hardest part of anyone's career. However by being yourself, sharing your story and lifting up others around you - it becomes the most natural way to find the answers for almost any situation. This is a continuation on How to Be a Leader without Being the Boss. Experiences are not situational if you can learn and share with others. During this session we will interactively work on tough situations as experts in the field not the bosses.
9:25 AM
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This is part of a series of sessions that were developed based the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) Best Practices. The GFOA Best Practices aim to promote and facilitate positive change and include proactive steps that a government should be taking. Episode 2 will focus on long range financial planning including laying the foundation for operating or facilities referenda. We will look at these topics not only in the context of the GFOA Best Practices, but also from the perspective of effective community engagement and communication.
9:25 AM
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A Valuable, Interactive Tool to Foster Dialogue and Facilitate Understanding Around the Complex Topic of Wisconsin School Finance.This session will review the history of the tool, highlight updates and enhancements, and discuss different and creative ways to improve understanding of School Finance.
9:25 AM
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Supervision of employees is one of the primary responsibilities of buildings and grounds professionals. This segment of the Certification Program examines the tools you must have to supervise custodial staff. The instruction also explores the steps of progressive discipline and looks at the requirements of "Due Process."
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WASBO Facilities Manager Core Certification - Module 1
10:50 AM
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This presentation discusses the sometimes inconceivable events that can throw a district into a tailspin. Fires, floods, storms, car vs. building events, and even worse incidents propel districts down roads never imagined. During this hour, case studies will be examined as to what paths were taken that helped the districts and in some cases, caused difficulties. Experts in emergency services, insurance and health and safety will be on hand to offer insight, give valuable preparedness information, as well as answer any questions.
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Facilities Manager Certification Continuing Education
10:50 AM
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Are you anxious about your first audit? Don't Be! Learn what the auditors are doing and what you need to do to be ready.
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New Administrator/Year of Success
10:50 AM
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School districts are in a position to benefit greatly from Employee Assistance Programs (EAPs). An EAP can help teachers and other staff deal with bullying, violence, drug and alcohol abuse, and other stressful issues they encounter in their day-to-day work, as well as personal challenges at home. Most employers offer an EAP as part of their comprehensive benefits package, but most EAPs go unnoticed and unused. In this session, we’ll take a look at some best practices for promoting your EAP and helping your employees make the most of this benefit.
10:50 AM
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Understanding the factors that determine your district’s rating is the first step in maintaining, improving or establishing a credit rating. With this knowledge you can identify the potential impacts your district’s decisions could have on its rating. The strength of your district’s credit rating not only impacts the interest cost associated with debt issues, but also serves as an indicator to your community of the financial health of the district. Credit agencies do not just look at credit ratings at the time of a borrowing but also conduct ongoing surveillance of issuers to evaluate their credit health. You will also get answers the common questions such as, “If the District does this will it hurt our credit rating?”, “Which rating agency should the District use?”, “What questions are they going to ask?” and, “Does the District have to answer credit agencies’ surveillance questions even if it is not issuing debt?”
10:50 AM
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Everyone wants to do the right thing and act ethically. Is it really that simple? Join this panel of presenters to discuss, “What would you do?” when applying business ethics using real life experiences in the operations of your school district.
10:50 AM
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This course is about key strategies of the recruiting employees and building a high performing team. This includes hiring, recruiting, the interview process, and on-boarding. This course also covers the eight steps to performance management.
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WASBO Facilities Manager Core Certification - Module 1
1:50 PM
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Do you have a school roof or wall that leaks? Have a persistent leak that just doesn’t get resolved despite repeated attempts to find the source? Find yourself scratching your head to find the best approach to resolving your leak headaches and stop the maintenance request calls? If you answered yes to any of these questions, this session is for you! In this session Building and Grounds Directors and Managers will take away the following key deliverables: 1. A proven approach to take when a leak occurs 2. Lessons learned from a veteran K-12 facility manager 3. Building enclosure maintenance tips 4. How to resolve reoccurring leaks Best practices will be discussed along with school building case studies. A proven approach to implement the second you find a leak that will save you vital resources. A blend of best practices and lessons learned case studies will be reviewed to demonstrate what can be done to resolve your leaky roof or wall systems.
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Facilities Manager Certification Continuing Education
1:50 PM
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Officially or unofficially, you've just been named the Director of Transportation in your district. Now what? You are heading into summer with a list of reports and requirements. Do you have the policies and procedures in place that you need? Are the routes ready to go for the fall? Join us for this informational session and we will help you navigate the nuances of your new-found role.
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New Administrator/Year of Success
1:50 PM
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This session will focus on the process of evaluating requests from staff, the community or PTO/booster clubs to do an activity. We will briefly discuss the risk management process and walk through a number of examples. This will involve group participation and analysis of any issues a participant may be currently facing. Examples to be evaluated include: - Helicopter landing at homecoming - Drone to record swimming stroke - Gaga Pit - should we have one - Car Smashing Fundraiser - Donkey Basketball - Gun Shows on school property - Motorcycle racing - Inflatables
1:50 PM
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Schools face a dilemma. On one hand, students must be protected and have access to computing resources. On the other hand, students themselves can be a threat to network security. How do schools protect their systems from these inquisitive students? We will discuss a threat model for schools from the experience of someone who was once a student network threat, then became a security analyst for a school, and is now a cybersecurity specialist that works with schools to strengthen their security.
1:50 PM
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This panel discussion will articulate what it means to be a financially successful school district. What do districts do to gain strong public support, a solid credit rating and manageable taxes? We will discuss attributes that are inherent in financially successful districts. Hear school administrators discuss their strategies in establishing financial policies and practices to promote financial health. The focus of the discussion will be on practical ways to approach budgeting, capital planning and employee bargaining and offer strategies for informing stakeholders.
1:50 PM
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Learn about reading your utility bills, tracking energy use and ways to save energy for your district. Also included is using energy data to compare your energy use to other school districts and how can you become an "Energy Star."
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WASBO Facilities Manager Core Certification - Module 2
3:20 PM
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Learn from three districts who have long-standing sustainability programs that continue evolving and creating new initiatives that engage students and staff while benefiting their operational budgets. The panel will share tips and tricks on how and why to start benchmarking; the importance of engaging and harnessing your students passion for sustainability; and how bringing forward-thinking approaches to facility planning is the right thing to do. Key takeaways include:
Benchmarking & Metrics (Sun Prairie Area School District)
Highlighting benchmarking and energy performance for a district-wide energy program
Using data to inform further capital planning for energy performance
Simplifying and communicating your findings
District Culture & Behavior Change (Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District)
Using programming as a pilot for other areas/buildings within the District
Applying sustainability to help with staff attraction & retention
Incorporating sustainability into student curriculum
Net Zero & Financing (Oregon School District)
Introducing Board policy that supports a district’s values around sustainability
Using creative approaches to achieve sustainability goals (financing)
Setting forward-thinking goals (net zero)
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Facilities Manager Certification Continuing Education
3:20 PM
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Your first year is drawing to a close. But there is still a lot to do in the last month and a half! In this session we will review many of the critical (and sometimes overlooked) tasks that you should be addressing as June 30 nears.
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New Administrator/Year of Success
3:20 PM
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This session will review legal requirements for communicating with employees about reasonable accommodations, discrimination and harassment investigations and employee discipline/termination of employment. The session will include live demonstrations with feedback from the audience using fact simulations from recent court cases. Audience members will critique and evaluate the demonstrations to test their knowledge of the legal requirements in these complex and sometimes difficult situations.
3:20 PM
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Whether you already have a developed school forest area or not, are you maximizing your green space to it's full potential? If you don't know where to start or your forest area is underutilized, come explore some of the activities that have proven to be successful. Listen to others who can help you think outside of the box in funding, implementation, management, and attractions. Appeal to your entire community population while providing outdoor recreation for your particular demographics. Share ideas with others who want their school forests to be an educational and recreational jewel to their communities.
3:20 PM
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As a business official, you have access to data that relates to the financial aspects of your district, demographics and staffing. You will need to analyze this data and communicate to your staff, school board as well as the community how this data affects your district. Very few of these audiences understand school finance and the data that goes along with it. This data can also help make decisions that will maximize academic success for your district. This session will help you develop strategies for using your data to identify trends, benchmark against other districts and discover how the data can be used to produce the highest academic results.
3:20 PM
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Learn how the Cedarburg School District developed their Long-Range Master Plan (LRMP) to identify and confirm teaching and learning needs to achieve CSD’s vision: to be a premier school district in the country, now and in 5, 10 and 25 years. The LRMP process included a multi-faceted approach to assess the conditions of all the CSD buildings and educational programming to ensure the facilities aligned with current and future curricula. As the youngest CSD students will graduate into the job market of 2031 and beyond, it was imperative to listen to teachers, parents, students, alumni and community to understand their perspectives and thoughts on the evolution of teaching and learning, and how physical learning spaces influence curriculum goals. Our team will share with you the end-product of months of research, community input and strategic planning… all boiled down into a 29-page LRMP that the District’s leadership and community will use as their guide for years to come.
3:20 PM
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